Family members of two women reported missing from New Haven, Connecticut, around 10 years ago have submitted DNA samples as police try to identify human remains found in Vernon last year.
A Vernon resident who was searching for scrap metal to build a sculpture stumbled upon a skull in March 2013 in the area of 126 West St., which used to be the Rockville Landfill.
For the last year, police have been unable to identify them, but they have made some progress and determined they are that of a white woman in her 40s. On Tuesday, police released a sketch that a Quinnipiac University medical student created based on the woman’s biological profile.
New Haven Police said on Thursday that they have two missing persons cases, each about 10 years old, that could be related, and police have taken DNA samples from their relatives to help the investigation.
One of the family members is the mother of Evelyn Ann Frisco, who disappeared on June 29, 2004 at the age of 42, according to the New Haven Register.
Frisco’s mother, Janet Frisco, told the Register that police took a DNA sample on Tuesday to compare it with remains found in Vernon.
This is a common investigative tool, police said, and there is no evidence to tie the missing women to the remains found in Vernon other than the ages.
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The U.S. Department of Justice’s National Missing and Unidentified Persons System compares unidentified remains and missing persons. So far, they have ruled 15 cases.
New Haven police said DNA samples have been taken about a dozen times since the remains were found in Vernon.
