Bibb County’s Teen John Doe Finally Identified!
Daniel Paul Armantrout. Age 16. Died in 1961 in Bibb County.
Missing since 1961, Danny’s identification makes him the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s oldest subject ever to have their case solved through the process of genetic genealogy.
The research was funded by Gray Hughes of Gray Hughes Investigates and his YouTube fans who affectionally refer to themselves as FREAKS. 🙂 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q9IKnIA5_Xc
The research team from Identifinders International was the world renowned Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick, along with genealogists Misty Gillis and Allison Peacock.
Danny ran left home due to family problems with a stepfather. His parents (Alfred Valentine Armantrout and Virginia Berner Armantrout had divorced in 1946.)
He assumed at that time that this man (Hamilton) had legally adopted him and his brothers.
(The three brothers of the family were told they were legally adopted by the stepfather, but this was false.)
His older brother Donald joined the army and looked for Danny for years, never knowing he died in Bibb County in 1961.
Danny’s older brother David is also missing.
The genealogy research solved this one through twist and turns of several NPE’s (not parent expected) and false adoptions.
Buried in Centreville since 1961, Bibb County’s teen Joe Doe finally has his name.
Many people never forgot this boy, chief among them being Mr. Jim Oakley.
He wrote the first story about the boy, served as a pallbearer at the funeral and brought the case before the public many times throughout the years.
Live stream at 7 CST: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q9IKnIA5_Xc
Details: https://web.archive.org/web/20211030231501/http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2844umal.html
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