Human remains belonging to multiple young children found in Memphis: Police

News mentioned they only checked Memphis area missing children, they may need to check outside the city for missing children. It could be from another state even. Investigation is still early, they will find more with DNA testing.

The most likely scenario imho.

In that case they might be able to use familial dna to identify them

I get a crime feed on my rss reader. You’d be startled (or maybe not) by how many American parents kill their children. The most dangerous person in an infants life is their video game playing father.

Malnourished and habitually abused children can look much younger, but I don't know how they estimate ages from skulls. Probably size and plate fusion? Not sure what the error range would be.

Especially with just fragments, I wonder how precise the estimate is. So it could still be them.

This is the first case that came to my mind too 😔.

You definitely can but it takes time.

Even if they had nothing else to compare it to, they could probably tell whether the three kids were related to each other. Everyone seems to assume that they were siblings, but without identifying them it’s not guaranteed. Knowing that would narrow down the search. And they can compare it to known missing children that roughly fit the profile (like the estimated age and maybe they can even tell something more about ethnicity etc. from the DNA).

Yes, you need a record to compare to. But people who murder children and hide the bodies are probably unlikely to be stable individuals who have never had a run-in with the law. So their DNA may be on record for an unrelated crime. Even if the murderer's DNA isn't on file, there's a good chance that a relative's is, which will help narrow down the possibilities.

They can compare it to public records. When I did the DNA test, I opted in to share it.

They found a suspected glove, but unfortunately Kash immediately began playing with it by ordering every officer on the scene to wear the glove, shouting, "If it fits, the 'killer' buys everyone a round at Hooters!"

Despite the horrors of the situation, that made me laugh lol.

You moved the headstones but you didn't move the bodies!

You mother f*****

I don't recall claiming otherwise.

>To be fair, america is a country with over 300 million people in it. That is an insane number of anything, let alone people. Per capita, no other country even comes close to the United States where things like mass shootings, serial killers, or even incarcerations are concerned. >It's a testament to our sociatal infrastructure that it doesn't happen more often. It happens virtually every single day. I don't really think "it could be worse" is a testament to anything but American complacency.

Most family anniliators seem to do it out of control and revenge. His wife was leaving him so he decided to hurt her. He was just too pathetic to finish the job. So I doubt it was a psychotic break.

Thin speculation that is very unlikely.

Yup, every Thanksgiving they broadcast stories about it. Really sad. Always hope they find their bodies for the poor mother.

Maybe, but again it would be odd to drive into a densely populated area to hide evidence of a crime. Usually people are trying to find somewhere remote and further away from people.

If a skull had deciduous teeth they would be fairly precise.

Approximately 3 - 7 isn't so different from 5 - 9.

Krash Petal is suing you for 88 bajillion dollars

The cabinet ministers of the current US president are probably the most unqualified in US history. A chronic drunk who is always rat arsed on the job A mediocre ex military officer enthusiastic about killing civilians in boats Deranged anti vaxxer and conspiracy theorist A former governor who murdered her own dog Billionaire Nazi EV car salesman from South Africa (now gone) I don't know about the others...

Any homeschooling should really be part of correspondence learning, or a good co-op. I was homeschooled and I still think it saved my life. I did NOT deal with other kids well when I was young. Undiagnosed ADHD, and probably high functioning autism. I got all the special interest stuff, and still struggle with social situations at 40. I had really horrible depression as a teen - combine that with a bunch of middle schoolers or high schoolers? Yeah, no. Instead I wound up doing correspondence schooling, and was full time college at 15 (dual credit!). We tried pure homeschooling, but it was driving my mom crazy trying to come up with a curriculum, and teach, and deal with my conniving child self who was a master at dodging homework. As to “people home schooling can barely read…” my parents are both college grads, and my dad’s entire family is just full of smart folks. My friend homeschools her kids in a co-op, because Texas schools are horrible. She teaches math and creative writing via Dungeons and Dragons. Yes, there needs to be some guardrails on homeschooling, but for some kids and some areas it’s a better option than public school.

I have an added layer in that I was stalked by Israel Keyes for a week or two before he killed Samantha (who was also a friend of a friend of mine). I lived right behind him and a few houses down. He was in the parking lot at my job for two weeks in a truck. I had someone walk me out to my car every night after work (I bartended). I called the cops one night because he was making crazy f****** eye contact while I was pulling out of the lot and the vibes were just not golden. Come to find out, I could see the shed he kept Sam in from my dining room window. When they showed the truck after Sam was kidnapped from her coffee shop, I about threw up. My trust is shot. 😂  I just laugh at shit now. Absurdity is way more fun than depression.