Jason Moran

JEMM Consulting, LLC is a limited liability company organized in 2017 to provide consulting and training services to individuals, businesses/associations, educational institutions, and government agencies on certain law enforcement subfields. Some of these subfields are missing/unidentified persons, death investigations, human identification, cold or unresolved cases, and death care industry incidents. Jason P. Moran is the President of JEMM Consulting, LLC. Jason is also a member of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office where he has served for twenty-five (25) years. He currently holds the rank of Commander of Police. In that role, Jason leads the Forensic Services Initiative which is responsible for the investigation of human identification cases, complex deaths, cold missing person and homicide cases, and death care industry incidents. He has made local and national headlines for leading major investigations and closing several high-profile cold cases. Among these are the Chicago Burr Oak Cemetery Case and the identification of three (3) of the victims of the serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Jason has appeared in several news programs and has been featured in several documentaries. Recently, he has filmed two (2) separate, multiple part series on the Discovery ID channel called “Deadly Legacy” and “The Clown and the Candyman”. He also appeared in “Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes” which aired on Netflix in 2022. Jason has completed in depth research and field work regarding the burial of Cook County’s Indigent, Unclaimed, and Unidentified. He has served the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office as the Vice-Chairman of their Advisory Board and has assisted that office with several items like the proper handling of Unidentified Deceased Person cases. As a result of his investigations, Jason has worked with county and state officials in drafting legislation regarding public burials and certain forensic methods. He has formed a Forensic Archaeology Team and has conducted dozens of grave exhumations and inspections to include clandestine grave excavations. Jason has received several notable awards for his work. Some of these are the International Association of Chiefs of Police 2012 August Vollmer Excellence in Forensic Science Award, Cook County Crime Stoppers 2015 Excellence in Law Enforcement Award, and the National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College 2017 Conference Service Award. He is trained in many investigative sub-categories like forensic archaeology, human/comparative osteology, human identification, and DNA evidence to include Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy. Jason is an instructor and lecturer. He teaches Illinois’ Lead Homicide Investigator course and a Missing/Unidentified Person course. He has lectured at a 2017 FBI National Academy Regional Meeting, the 2019 International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference and Expo, and a 2021 United States Department of Justice Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person Training. In 2022, Jason co-presented a workshop at the International Symposium on Human Identification called “Sherlock in Your Homes”. He has published several articles and presented several webinars for the National Police Foundation on various cold case topics. Recently, Jason was published in the 2021 issue of the Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice (DOJ Journal, formerly USA Bulletin) on Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons – “Living in a Cruel Limbo”, A Guide to Investigating Cold Missing Person Cases.