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It was reported that Elizabeth Fern Rathjen walked away from Stockton State Mental Hospital in 1956. But did she? Mass graves were found with at least 40 intact human skeletons. Is one of the skeletons Elizabeth? Her daughter Joyce Tafoya thinks so. Tammy Davidson, the licensed private investigator Joyce hired to locate her mother, thinks it is a good possibility. Joyce ran into obstacles at every turn. She finally was granted an injunction to keep the skeletons from just being reburied when unearthed by a construction company working on the old hospital site and to get them examined for time of death, sex and height. Will Joyce be successful in getting DNA tested on the two skeletons that are potential matches? The State of California Department of Health has refused. What do Joyce and Tammy do now? Listen to show

Joyce Tafoya

Joyce Tafoya was born Terry Lee McDonald. Joyce always knew she was different from the rest of the family. When Joyce was 37 years old, her adopted grandmother broke the news that she was adopted. Joyce ultimately obtained a copy of the relinquishment document that included her birth name and the name of her mother, Elizabeth Fern Rathjen. Joyce spent the next 20 plus years looking for her mother and finally located her Uncle Bud who gave her photos of her mother and her mother’s medical records. Her mother was committed to a mental institution, Stockton State Mental Hospital in Stockton, CA but walked away in 1956. After years of searching on her own and hiring private investigators, Joyce found licensed private investigator, Tammy Davidson in 2007.Tammy located information concerning mass graves found on the old hospital grounds and the results are still pending. Interviews concerning this incredible journey are posted on Youtube by searching Joyce Tafoya’s name. In you can help Joyce with her mission, Joyce can be contacted at TafoyaJoyce@yahoo.com

Tammy Davidson

Tammy Davidson has assisted hundreds of clients locate lost loved ones including missing children and  was instrumental in recovering two missing children from a SF Bay Area underground child advocacy group operated by a convicted child molester. She continues to assist family members search for information about patients from the now closed Stockton Mental Hospital in Stockton, CA who disappeared never to be seen again.

Tammy, a licensed private investigator owns Double Edge Investigations and specializes in Investigative Internet research, locating people, documents and assets; and other types of investigations. Tammy holds a teaching certificate and was an administrator and instructor with Center for Private Investigations & Training, Inc. for ten years. Prior to becoming a PI, Tammy spent over ten years in the High Tech Interactive Television Industry and was responsible for all areas of software testing and approval for USA and Japanese product releases. Tammy can be contacted at Tammy@DoubleEdgeInvestigations.com