This week, we take a deep dive into what it takes to construct an entirely new database--from the ground up--of a database that not only collects data on the missing and unidentified, but hopes to use that research to assist the communities least likely to receive resources, and most likely to remain unidentified after death. We analyze the construction of the new Mississippi Repository for the Missing and Unidentified, explore its unique “mapping” system for identifying clusters of the missing, and speak with its creators, two MSU professors, Drs. Jordan Lynton Cox and Jesse Goliath. Pre order Laurah’s book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Social handles and email for Mississippi Repository for Missing and Unidentified Persons  Email is: MissinginMS@MSState.edu Poster Presentation: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365360272_Mapping_Medico-legal_Disparities_The_Mississippi_Repository_for_Missing_and_Unidentified_Persons Cemetery Preservation Project: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/news-1/2023/2/7/msu-field-school  Episodes mentioned: Sovereign Bodies: http://bit.ly/40xNI5D  LAMMP Database: http://bit.ly/3ll4gxf Submit a case to The Fall Line: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/case-submissions Written, researched, and hosted by Laurah Norton, with research assistance from Bryan Worters, Kyana Burgess, and Michaela Morrill/Interviews by Brooke Hargrove/Produced, scored, and engineered by Maura Currie/Translation by Guadalupe Lopez/Content advisors are Brandy C. Williams, Liv Fallon, and Vic Kennedy/ Theme music by RJR/Special thanks to Angie Dodd, Liz Lipka, and Sarah Turney  Sources at our website: https://www.thefalllinepodcast.com/sources Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thefalllinepodcast 2023 All Rights Reserved The Fall Line® Podcast, LLC Want to advertise/sponsor our show? Contact Glassbox Media https://glassboxmedia.com/contact-us/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices