Posted on 07/31/2023 1:19:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A cold case investigation that kept bringing up more questions than answers has been put to rest due to a new DNA testing process.
According to the Monterey Police Department, in February 2014, officers responded to a death of a woman at a home on Fourth Street in Monterey. Inside the home, police found Francesca Linda Jacobs. Francesca had died from starvation, and no foul play was suspected.
During their initial investigation, police located the decomposed remains of another person inside a box under the kitchen table. The remains were fully clothed.
The investigation also found a handwritten will in the apartment. The will told police the woman in the box was Francesca's mother, Florence Jacobs.
For police, the investigation got even weirder. The driver's license located for Francesca said she was born in 1995, but she appeared to be older, and investigators couldn't find information about Francesca from before her time living on the Monterey Peninsula.
Eight years later, in 2022, DNA samples from both women were sent to a private forensics lab in Texas.
The woman, who they had identified as Francesca Jacobs, was actually Linda Rae Jacobs. Linda Rae was born in 1942, 12 years before her stated birthday on her license. Her mother was identified as Ida Florence Jacobs. DNA did confirm that the two were mother and daughter.
Investigators were able to contact living relatives who confirmed the pair's identity.
No foul play is suspected in either death.
"The reasons Linda Rae Jacobs assumed a new name or why she would keep her mother’s body in a box under the kitchen table will likely never be known," said the sheriff's office in a press release.
The older I get, the more bizarre this world seems . . .
Carrion LUGGAGE PING!.................
Alfred Hitchcock was unavailable for comment.
“The reasons Linda Rae Jacobs assumed a new name or why she would keep her mother’s body in a box under the kitchen table will likely never be known,” said the sheriff’s office
How about why the DMV thought a 72 yo (1942) was 19 (1995)?
“The will told police the woman in the box was Francesca’s mother, Florence Jacobs.”
That’s one detailed will you’ve got there.
“How about why the DMV thought a 72 yo (1942) was 19 (1995)?”
How about why the DMV thought a 31 yo (1983) was 19 (1995)?
“The reasons Linda Rae Jacobs assumed a new name or why she would keep her mother’s body in a box under the kitchen table will likely never be known,” said the sheriff’s office in a press release.
Not reporting her death would keep the checks coming.
“The reasons Linda Rae Jacobs assumed a new name or why she would keep her mother’s body in a box under the kitchen table will likely never be known,” said the sheriff’s office in a press release.
Ya think??? lol
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.