In September 1989, the owners of the Good n Loud Music store in Madison, Wis., made a grisly discovery: a human skull seen through a pipe connecting the boiler to the chimney. Further investigation uncovered a full skeleton with a faded, paisley dress and pointed heels.
For decades, he came to be known as Dane County Doe, or Chimney Doe, featured in television programs about cold cases and unsolved mysteries with a sculpted reconstruction of his face. Now, his name has been returned to him: Ronnie Joe Kirk.
He was born in Tulsa, Okla., in 1942, was adopted and had family ties to Wisconsin, Madison police officials said at a news conference on Monday.
The identification of Ronnie Joe Kirk has relaunched a Madison Police Department investigation that had idled for decades, thanks to DNA and genetic genealogy techniques.
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