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This lottcr Morrns you that thc spccirEcas list€d above are beiug provided to you forouclear DNA tceting. Pleas€ rlote rhlt the.extarred DNA subrnitted to you in this case forWccim€n QI is mr suitabtc frr firrtler foreosic nuclear DNA tcsring.

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Referslcs: Coomurication dated March I 1, 2008

Your No.: 2008-1002896

NATIONAL MISSING PERSON DNA DATABASE:I.INIDENTIFIED REMAN{S

DirE specimcns rccsived: Maroh 14, 20OE

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This repon'bforus you that the ryecimens listed above were forwardod tothc Minnesota Boreau of Crinirml Approhcnsion @CA) !,aborafory in SL Paul, Minnesota fornuclcar DNA tcsting on Juoe Z$ 20f0- NrDlear DNA o<arnioations wgro initiated by thc FBIl-abora,tory ia &is case but will be conplcred by thc BCA Laboralory, and eligiblc profilcs willbe uploaded into the Combiacd DNd r''dex Sy$sm (CODIS).

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Tl*c rcsul's of tbc nuoier DNA anallces will be the zubjocn of a separarer€polt forwarded to you by thc Minnesora ECA tr boratory. Thc'widence items s€IIt to theMindesota BCA Iaboratory will be retr:roed directly to yor.rr agency. AJly itsms Dot forwrded tothe Miunosota BCA Laboratory will be retrmcd to you und€r s€parate cover'

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Your No.: 2008-1002896

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Datc spccinrcns rcceivcd: lvlgch 14, 2008

The itcruc listed below wcre,udroitted,:mdor.cov€r of aglqrylf#lgg.&.tedMrrch i 1, 2008,rsigncd l$oraoryorrobcr O80314O1 1 and received ia the DNA Analysis Unil tr:

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This rcport contains tbc re$rlts of tbe mitochon&ial DNA cxauliDations.

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Mtocbondrial DNA (nONA) scqtericesamplc, id€cdtrcd c comirg fromTAlvl]vgN. The naflNA seqgc,*ecs Aou slecilneos'Ql add K1 are difbreat. TherEfore'RO}.IAI"D TAMIGN cm be excludcd as tle sarco of the Qt funw.

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A ponioa ftom ite6s Ql &d Kl wiIl be retained f6 rchiral purposos for possible future testing.The ficai dispositi,on of the subrnitted ircnrs will be addressod in a scparate commu:ricarion- Theprocessed DNA cen be fouod in a packagc a:arkcd PROCESSED DNA SAMPLES: SIIOULDBE REFRIGERATEDIEROZEN. It is.recorDm,edded thal these saGpl€s be stored in arcfrigurafclilfrcr.zn atrd isolced ftom evidme that has lot beca exaoined.

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To:Forensic Anthro,po lo gistGcorgia Burearr of Invcsrigarion3 1 2 l .PanthcrsviDs.RtmdDc{ailr, Georgia 30034

Refprence Cotmunication, datcd lVkirch I l, 20OE

YourNo.: 2008- 1002896

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Darcr llarch 24,2008

Case ID No.: 301-HQ-1578727

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NATIONAL MISSING PERSON DNA DATABASE;LJNJDENTTIED REMAINS

Date ryccimers received: March 14, 2008

The FBi Laboratory has r.ccrived your r.equest for exanination. The accompanyingitems of evidencc lravc been inveotoried. The provided listing and description of rhc subnitteditems rnay bc sr$ject to.cllage when tbc clcaftir.talion,phase b€j!s- If oharg€s are made, tbeywill bc rcflictcd in the:.Report ofExbr$ination issocd by the exa'.:'ner making thc change,

Each examioer 25signed to yo*r req.est wili issue a separate Repon of Examinationthat will address thc resulrs of his/ber expcrtisc. For tcctrnical questions, clnract thc tbllowinguni(s) assigned to yow case: DNA Analysis unit I (l.,luclear) - io3-632-u46, DNA Ar:alvsirUnit II (Mitochon ei^I) - 7{3432-7572.

If thcre is a charge in thc statrs of your invesigation rhar would hrve an affect on thcprioritization of yo$r rcq{E$, sucb, as corrrt deadlincs. disnissal of chzrges, or gui.lty pt€asi or if, you havc qr:esdons regardim thc sBtus of your case, coaract Rcques Coordinato{-ltl

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March 11, 2008

Georgia Bureau of Investigation31 21 Panthersvllle RoadDecatur, Georgra 30034

FBI LaboratoryEvidence Control UnitSamples for National Missing Person DNA Database2501 Investigation ParkwayQuantico, Virginia 221 35

To whom it may concern,

Enolosed are a right and left femur from skeletal remains that wereexhumed in Januiry 2008. The remains have been aisioned G8l2008-1002896. Also enclosed are buccal swabs fromi-Ronald Tammen for com,arison with the skeletal material. lt ispossible buthE-hly unlikeiy ihat the remains "r" iho"t of Ronald rammen, ? yh1t, t,il:,yl:;i:;;p;;; i;m oxroro, ohio shortlv before the remgins y1"!g!9:-ltjll f'9'{"investiqator send the consent forms as well as determine

Ronald Tammen.

Also enclosed is an autopsy and/or anthropology report on the remains. I would like tohave both nuclear and miiochoncrial DNA analysis perfornec cn the ren'lains Pleaseroute these items to the NMPDD program for analysis. Your help will be greatlyappreciated.

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P.O. Box 370E08Decatur, Gcorgla 30037-0808

Invcstigatlve DisirionP.O. Box 370003

Decatq(, Ccorgir 30037-0808

3orr,Q- I51g1A'.l-lGeorgia Crimc In(ornration Center

P,O. Bor 37074tiDecatur, Georgi. 3Cr037-074E

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Case Number: 2008-1002896

H"r", uiol-lDate: February 13, 2008

Introduction: On February 8, 2008 I (FJS) met the walkerCounty Sheriff s Department to exhume the remainsfound beside West Rogers Road, Lafayefte, Georgia in Apill 1953.had found a report that stating that shortly before the remainswhite male, Ronald Tammen, vanished from his dorm room at Miam' Universitv in

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.@fd-gnio. Since Highway 27 runs between Oxford, Ohio and Lafayette, Georgia,| | speculated that the remains may be those of Tammen.

After meeting withl ll was taken to the city cemetery where theremains had beeninteneclTolEffi!?n on-site autopsy in 1953. A backhoe was usedto remove the overburden, and upon reaching the outline of a wooden coffin, which hadlong since decomposed, the remainder of the soil was removed by shovels and trowels.

At a depth of approximately 4.5 feet I found a dark brown body bag. The body bag waslargely intact but not impervious to percolating ground water, lnside the body bag I

found the left and right femora, left and right tibiae, left and right ulnae, left and righthumeri, a fragmentary left radius fragmentary left and right parietals, the ocoipitalportion of the skull, two molars, and two premolars. All skeletal elements were found tobe in extremely poor condition after having been exposed to ground water and acidicsoil for 55 years. The bones were waterlogged, exhibited cortical flaking anddemineralization, and fell apart at the slightest touch. No other skeletal elements wererecovered.

The bones were placed in brown paper bags and Vansported to Georgia Bureau ofInvestigatlon Headquarters for analysis. Following the exhumation, the grave wasrefilled.

Analysis: Due to the extremely poor condition of the bones, no morphologioal ormorphometric analysis could be performed. In addition, the roots of all four teethrecovered are also in extremely poor condition and the pulp cavity has been penetratedby groundwater. Several of the long bones witl be submitted to the Federal Bureau ofInvestigation's National Missing Person DNA Dalabase for nuclear and mitochondrialDNA analysis.

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