Meet the Montreal-area woman who solves cold cases from her computer
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'Unidentified Human Remains Canada' is not the catchiest name for a Facebook group. But for founder Jan Guppy, it's at the heart of a personal initiative to find answers about missing people across Canada -- beginning with unidentified remains in morgues around the country.
"Unidentified Human Remains Canada" is not the catchiest name for a Facebook group.
But for founder Jan Guppy, it's at the heart of a personal initiative to find answers about missing people across Canada -- beginning with unidentified remains in morgues around the country.
"We have all these unidentified bodies in Canada. Who is doing these comparisons? I want to know who these people were," Guppy told CTV News at her home in Laval, Que.
2,500 people are currently listed in Canada as either dead and unidentified, or missing without a trace.
When they're adults and no foul play is suspected, police don't always follow up -- and this is where Guppy's work begins.
"Immediately, my first thing is I wanna make sure that DNA has been collected, family DNA, and that is within the national database in Canada," she explained.
The RCMP's national DNA database isn't public. But Guppy has enough contacts among police and coroners to quickly get information.
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