There appears to be a follow-up story, but it is in Norwegian only: https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/xl/er-dette-isdalskvinna_-1.13...
The Isdalen mystery
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#22The wikipedia page has some additional information not covered in this story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isdal_Woman
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#23Spoiler: "until now" means just some new media thing about it, no news
On the contrary! Here are some of the recent developments in the case: - A brand new police-sketch of her face (after interviewing witnesses) aiming for photo realism. (As opposed to the sketch from the 70's which is more stylistic in nature.) - Handwriting analysis of her diary, itineraries, etc. to narrow down where she could've been educated. - A complete DNA profile from samples of her internal organs. (Samples w…
This is what the series of articles will say. The second article (apparently in Norwegian only, I plowed through the Google-translate version) just talks about the reactions of people to the new police-sketch of her face.
Re: The Isdalen mystery
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
> So going forward it will probably take genetic sampling at birth so that everyone can be identified or every set of remains can be. How many people are reported missing is irrelevant in this discussion; a better question is, how many unidentified bodies are found in the United States every year?
Yeah. I was once reported missing (by my mother) to the police because I didn't arrive from the big city in the bus she expected. I had just chosen the next one, two hours later. I was 20 at the time and serving in the army. There I was actually leading company-strength motor marches. Talk about overly worried parents. As to your question, a quick Google arrives at a story claiming the number is 4,400: "U.S. medical…
I get the feeling that a big slice of that remaining 1000 still wouldn't be identified even if they were genetically sampling at birth. Simply because the kind of person who ends up as an unidentified body in the U.S. is less likely to start out being born in a hospital, or being born in the U.S. at all.
Re: The Isdalen mystery
#25There appears to be a follow-up story, but it is in Norwegian only: https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/xl/er-dette-isdalskvinna_-1.13...
It is just interviews of the people who worked at the hotel at the time the lady was there. They also got multiple drawings of the lady done, which they showed to these people who remember her. The drawings are not 100% according to the witnesses, but good enough they say. Must have made quite an impact the lady and the event since they remember all that still.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah. I was once reported missing (by my mother) to the police because I didn't arrive from the big city in the bus she expected. I had just chosen the next one, two hours later. I was 20 at the time and serving in the army. There I was actually leading company-strength motor marches. Talk about overly worried parents. As to your question, a quick Google arrives at a story claiming the number is 4,400: "U.S. medical…
I get the feeling that a big slice of that remaining 1000 still wouldn't be identified even if they were genetically sampling at birth. Simply because the kind of person who ends up as an unidentified body in the U.S. is less likely to start out being born in a hospital, or being born in the U.S. at all.
Sure, but that's still a human tragedy - there are probably people out there who would like to know that their loved one has deceased.