The Arizona Attorney General’s Office Cold Case Unit has assisted in a second cold case identity confirmation with investigative genetic genealogy, giving Kermit Wayne Anderson his name back.
A man was found under a bridge in Phoenix, Arizona on October 13, 2011. He had apparently died as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had no identification on him when he was found.
The Maricopa County Bridge John Doe carried a gray flashlight and TUMS medicine, had an upper denture, and wore dark blue pants, a green jacket and black shirt. His shoes were black, size 10, and he wore white ADIDAS socks.
His identity remained unknown for 13 years. In 2024, the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner (MCOME) contacted the Ramapo College Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center located in Mahwah, NJ. Upon Ramapo accepting the case, MCOME sent a portion of the bloodstain to Genologue in Tucker, GA, where a DNA extraction and whole genome sequencing was performed. Genologue sent files to Parabon Nanolabs in Virginia for bioinformatics.
In September of 2024, the genotype files were received by the IGG Center and subsequently uploaded to GEDmatch Pro to try and identify John Doe. This case was worked on by students in the Ramapo College Investigative Genetic Genealogy Certificate Program, who commenced research in November 2024. That same month they were able to identify Kermit Wayne Anderson b. 1934 as a possible candidate for John Doe and relayed this information to MCOME.
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