Posted on 01/01/2020 8:29:02 AM PST by Artemis Webb
DNA and genetic genealogy have helped investigators solve a century-old Idaho mystery.
Outlaw Joseph Henry Loveless was killed and dismembered in 1916 and buried in a shallow grave in Buffalo Cave outside Dubois. At the time, Loveless was wanted for escaping from a jail where he was being held for killing his wife with an ax.
Loveless’ remains were found in the cave four decades ago—but not his head--and they remained unidentified until just recently.
Lee Bingham Redgrave, a genealogist with the nonprofit DNA Doe Project, determined the remains belonged to Loveless after painstaking research that included constructing an elaborate family tree of Loveless' extended relatives.
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The crazy violent grandson of Dr. Miguelito Quixote Loveless?
I couldn’t resist the WWW reference.
guy named “Loveless” kills his wife. Should have been a sign to her going in.....
You get today’s prize for obscure reference.
Who killed him and cut off his head?
He axed his wife. Her relatives axed him. Seems like justice served. Perhaps he was “aided” in his “escape” from jail.
Thanks Artemis Webb.
Sometimes that’s about all I’m good for.
Prize accepted.
Loveless didn’t kill himself.
“Who killed him and cut off his head?”
I am going to guess it was someone from the wife’s family. Loveless probably contacted someone for help and they contacted the wife’s family. Or, whoever helped in the escape was the one who wanted revenge.
This was a time when almost everyone butchered their own meat and met out their own justice. Odd, though, they dismembered him. That’s what leads me to believe it was a revenge killing. If it was just your average killing, they wouldn’t even bother burying him.
Cut off? Maybe the rope and drop were just a wee bit much and it popped off and was lost in the bushes?
Well...okay...shoot him full of holes!!
“Loveless’ remains were found in the cave four decades ago—but not his head—....”
I can tell them where to look first but Mr. Robinson would bleep me.
rwood
Yes, but even without his head, he was taller.
He kind of looks like Freddy Krueger, before he acquired his scars. 8>)
it was the type of photograph process- it could make most anyone look spooky - There’s just somethign abotu those old time processes that does that- but yeah, this dude probably was spooky lookin in real life too-
check this page out- they are wetplate photos- mostl ook pretty spooky:
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