Jimmy, 16, Missing 50 YEARS: FOUND! John Doe Remains Found in 1973 Identified in 2025

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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RECORDED AT THE HAMPTONS WHODUNIT - PODCAST STUDIO FUNDED BY BILLY JOEL AND SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY!!!

Jimmy Dolison was only 16-years-old in 1972 when he vanished. His family reported him missing in November and looked for him for days, weeks, and months, and years, but the trail went cold and Jimmy became another missing person statistic to the world, but not his family. Imagine the shock family members felt when more than 50-years later, an investigator contacts you to ask questions about your relative that has been missing for more than half a century. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go back in time to try and figure out what happened to Jimmy, all those years ago. Professor Morgan will also explain how partially decomposed remains found in 1973 were able to provide DNA 50 years later that provided a positive identity and solve the disappearance of Jimmy Dolison.

Transcript Highlights
00:00.03 Introduction

05:38.66 Jimmy Dolison missing since 1972

06:53.11 Garnett John Doe, remains found in 1973

11:09.42 Cold weather clothing helps understand the murder

16:44.94 Unidentified remains had multiple pieces of unique jewelry

21:33.74 Did he die when he went missing?

26:36.78 Clothing is not disrupted

31:12.08 Othram DNA work

39:23.34 Conclusion

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0:00.0	Bodybacks with Joseph Scott Moore.
0:05.0	Known only to God.
0:13.0	Over the course of my career, I had the unfortunate responsibility on a couple of occasions to be in charge of the burial of unclaimed remains.
0:33.0	We've gotten away from cremation a number of years before because it creates a problem.
0:42.3	If you cremate remains, you have nothing left, but there is still an opportunity if you bury the remains.
0:52.3	Some essence might still exist.
0:56.0	And I know that seems rather innocuous,
1:01.0	but if you're a family that has been missing
1:06.0	your 16-year-old son or brother since 1972,
1:16.6	it might mean the world to you to have something that remains.
1:21.6	Today, we're going to have a discussion about a young man who vanished in 1972.
1:32.3	And he has just now been identified in 2025.
1:39.3	But you know what? There's more to this mystery.
1:43.3	Because in this particular case, not only did he vanish, he was a homicide.
1:52.0	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan, and this is Body Bag.
1:58.0	Brother Dave, we are in an interesting place today.
2:04.0	We are actually out on Long Island.
2:06.8	We're here for the Hamptons, Who Done It, in Long Island, New York, and East Hampton, to be
2:14.8	very specific, but we are in the East Hampton Library,
2:20.2	and we're in a rather special spot.
2:23.4	I would argue that perhaps one of the most well-known pop stars of the 70s and into the 80s is the benefactor of the room that we're in
2:37.9	right now. Dave, I'll go ahead and let you tell us where we are and the equipment that we're
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