{"id":124975,"date":"2024-05-22T18:45:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T17:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1698339"},"modified":"2024-05-22T18:45:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T17:45:54","slug":"ronnie-joe-kirk-disappeared-in-1970-how-did-his-skeleton-end-up-in-a-music-store-chimney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/22\/ronnie-joe-kirk-disappeared-in-1970-how-did-his-skeleton-end-up-in-a-music-store-chimney\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronnie Joe Kirk disappeared in 1970. How did his skeleton end up in a music store chimney?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 1989, the owners of the Good \u2019n’ Loud music store in Madison, Wisconsin were alarmed by something they found in a pipe connecting the building’s boiler to the chimney: A human skull. Other human bones were found inside the chimney, but for years, the remains could not be identified.<\/p>\n

Over time, the skeleton discovered inside the music store chimney became known as “Chimney Doe<\/a><\/strong>,” or the “Dane County Doe.” It was determined early on the person was a white male and likely between the ages of 18 and 35 when he died. Police found “feminine clothing” along with the body and an iron cross necklace, according to Inside Edition<\/em><\/a>. And whoever it was, they could have died anywhere from two months to two years before the bones were found, The New York Times<\/a><\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, the person’s pelvis was fractured, and investigators determined the person likely didn’t end up in the chimney on his own. There were few other leads as to who the person was, the Good ‘n’ Loud building has since been torn down, and the “Chimney Doe” case went cold, ABC News<\/a> reported. <\/p>\n

Years later, in 2018, however, Wisconsin Detective Lindsey Ludden referred the cold case to the DNA Doe Project, hoping that advances in DNA genealogy using strands of hair found at the scene might finally provide some answers.<\/p>\n

Ronnie Joe Kirk is \u201cChimney Doe\u201d<\/h2>\n
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