John Morrison and his wife Jessie (nee Palivoda), were both found in their apartment several days after they had died, apparently bludgeoned by a hammer. As of early April 1984, it was not stated definitively if it was a murder-suicide or two murders.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania); digital images, Newspapers.com Newspapers Clip: 32074795 : accessed 26 Oct 2023); citing Saturday, 7 April 1984, pg. 4, col. 1.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150951253/jessica-morrison: accessed 25 October 2023), memorial page for Jessica “Jessie” Palivoda Morrison (5 Nov 1920–6 Apr 1984), Find A Grave: Memorial #150951253, citing Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Lincoln Lowery (contributor 47305178).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jessie: