*Tracking ID:* BM-CANDIDATE-046
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## Source Notes and Editorial Disclosures
**Wikipedia — Lori Erica Ruff**
URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Erica_Ruff
Status: Fully fetched this session. Used for: complete timeline of dates (birth certificate request May 20 1988; Idaho ID June 16 1988; Dallas name change July 5 1988; Social Security July 12 1988; Texas ID July 13 1988; driver’s license April 18 1989; passport March 19 1990; community college October 1 1990; bankruptcy February 21 1997; UT Arlington graduation December 13 1997; marriage January 5 2004; daughter born September 15 2008; death December 24 2010; lock box found January 1 2011; SSA investigation opened September 1 2011; Seattle Times article June 22 2013; Fitzpatrick DNA work 2014; Cassidy family traced December 2015; Velling to Philadelphia March 2016; NamUS removal September 19 2016). Also used for: Kimberly McLean birth details (October 16 1968, Philadelphia), family background (James McLean, Deanne Cassidy, Bishop McDevitt High School, King of Prussia), Becky Sue Turner details (born July 18 1969, died December 30 1971, Fife, Pierce County).
**Seattle Times Timeline — Becoming Jane Doe**
URL: https://projects.seattletimes.com/2016/local/ruff-timeline/
Status: Fully fetched this session. Used for: date-specific timeline entries confirming the Wikipedia sequence; confirmed Becky Sue Turner born Bakersfield California, died December 30 1971 Fife Washington; confirmed Lori’s daughter born September 15 2008; confirmed NamUS removal September 19 2016. Primary sourcing authority for the investigation’s official timeline.
**Fox News — Case Cracked: A Texas Mother’s Identity**
URL: https://foxnews.com/us/case-cracked-a-texas-mothers-identity-is-revealed-six-years-after-her-suicide.amp
Status: Fully fetched this session. Used for: confirmation details of DNA method (Ruff family submitted to 23andMe and Ancestry.com); Velling’s role and travel to Philadelphia; relative’s recognition (“My God, that’s Kimberly!”); Deanne McLean’s DNA confirmation; Tom Cassidy as source for family details; King of Prussia as Kimberly’s last known Pennsylvania address; article published September 22, 2016.