Our Mission
Identify Indiana Initiative is an effort to put a name to the unidentified human remains that have languished upon the shelves of Coroners Offices and Colleges for months, years or in some cases decades or have been buried in unnamed or unmarked graves. It is the goal of Identify Indiana Initiative to bring closure to the families of these victims of time and to breathe life back into these cold cases to bring forth the justice that so many deserve.
Identify Indiana Initiative is a volunteer organization of professional investigators, educators, genealogists and caring citizens who strive to give these unidentified human remains their rightful names and send them home to their families.
Identify Indiana Initiative works with Local, County and Indiana State Law Enforcement agencies and County Coroners Offices. National agencies like National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs and Border Patrol and United States Immigration Services. This list is not complete as we will and do work with many other State, Federal or International Agency to bring these cases to a close.
Our Story
The Identify Indiana Initiative began in YYYY and consists of coroners, investigators, and forensic scientists with different backgrounds, experiences, and expertise all with the same objective of giving names to unidentified human remains cases. Volunteers meet quarterly to discuss progress and barriers of active casework, identify possible cases to pursue, and set goals to increase the number of cases identified.
Our Success
To date, the Identify Indiana Initiative has led to the identification of ## individuals spanning cold cases from YYYY to YYYY.
Has assisted with # case analysis, # family reference samples, etc.