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DNA TESTS CONFIRM IDENTITY OF LULA CORA HOOD

07/15/2011

Investigators with the Knox County Sheriff's Department have received the results of DNA testing conducted on samples collected from Lula Cora [last name withheld] of Jacksonville, Florida and the known standards of Grace M. Kivisto and Debra L. Sanfo, biological daughters of the missing Lula Cora Hood.

The DNA test results show that with 99.99% degree of certainty, Grace M. Kivisto and Debra L. Sanfo are the biological daughters of Lula Cora [last name withheld] of Jacksonville, Florida.  Therefore, it can be concluded with the same 99.99% degree of certainty that Lula Cora [last name withheld] from Jacksonville, Florida is the Missing Lula Cora Hood.

The testing was conducted by Genetic Technologies, Inc. of Glencoe, MO, an accredited private laboratory.

The Investigation into the Lula Cora Hood Missing Persons case is CLOSED...

Department Contact:

Sergeant Jason Landers
Investigations Division
(309) 345-3887