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• January 2022
• NEW Parabon Tops 200 Solved Cases
  

  Buoyed by technicological advancements, Parabon's Snapshot team reports 67 IDs in 2021

• NEW Trial scheduled in 1986 Chisholm homicide after DNA leads to suspect

  TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press twincities.com

  

  A nearly four-week trial has been scheduled for the Chisholm, Minn., man accused of raping and killing a woman in 1986. Michael Allan Carbo Jr. (St. Louis ...

• NEW Trial set in 1986 northeast Minnesota slaying - InForum | Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo news, weather and sports

  Pine Journal pinejournal.com

  

  With the case involving complicated and novel DNA issues, it may take a jury up to four weeks to hear the case of Michael Carbo in the rape and beating ...

• NEW Trial set in 1986 Chisholm slaying

  Duluth News Tribune duluthnewstribune.com

  

  With the case involving complicated and novel DNA issues, it may take a jury up to four weeks to hear the case of Michael Carbo in the rape and beating ...

• NEW Suspect in 2006 Miami U. rape case again asks for bond reduction due to health issues

  Dayton Daily News daytondailynews.com

  

  An Indiana man accused in the 2006 sexual assault of a Miami University student is again asking for a bond reduction due to his medical condition.

• NEW Murder of 2 Oregon teen hitchhikers solved 43 years later

  The Denver Channel thedenverchannel.com

  

  The murder of two Oregon teen hitchhikers has been solved 43 years later, thanks to the help of DNA technology and genetic genealogy.

• NEW The Gruesome Murders of 2 Teen Hitchhikers Shocked an Ore. Community — 43 Years Later, Police Close the Case

  PEOPLE.com people.com

  

  Kirk Leonard Wiseman, 19, and Cynthia Lynn Frayer, 17, were shot multiple times in the head with a small caliber firearm.

• NEW Maine man on trial for murder in Alaska in 1993, when he was a college freshman

  WMTW Portland wmtw.com

  

  Jury selection is underway in the trial of Steven Downs, 47, who says he's innocent of the 1993 murder that occurred in his dormitory when he was an ...

• Case of teen hitchhikers shot in head lay fallow for 43 years; now, Oregon police say they know the killer

  Joe Siess reporting for OregonLive oregonlive.com

  

  On Nov. 17, 1978, a person cutting firewood near Lake of the Woods came across two dead bodies — a young man and woman. Both had been shot to death.

• Oregon Police Unearth Killer Ray Whitson in 1978 Murders of Cynthia Frayer and Kirk Wiseman

  Daily Beast thedailybeast.com

  

  Cynthia Frayer and Kirk Wiseman were found dead in rural Oregon on a frigid November day, and their case remained cold for 40 years.

• Suspect in 2006 Miami University rape case gets bond reduction, new attorney

  Yahoo News yahoo.com

  

  Jan. 7—An Indiana man facing multiple charges for allegedly raping a Miami University student in January 2006 was in court Thursday for a pre-trial hearing ...

• Klamath County cold case suspect identified after four decades

  KVAL kval.com

  

  After four decades, detectives with the Klamath County Sheriff's Office solved a double homicide cold case with the help of DNA technology and genetic ...

• 43-Year-old Klamath County cold case solved [VIDEO]

  Klamath Falls News klamathfallsnews.org

  

  KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - A 43-year-old cold case regarding a double homicide in Klamath County has now been closed due to recently processed DNA evidence ...

• DNA helps Klamath County investigators identify suspect in unsolved 1978 double murder

  KDRV kdrv.com

  

  The young couple had been hitchhiking through Oregon, possibly to visit Crater Lake, when they disappeared sometime in September of 1978.

• DNA evidence brings closure to Klamath County cold case | KMVU Fox 26 Medford

  KMVU Fox 26 Medford fox26medford.com

  

  KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – Family members of two people who were found dead in rural Klamath County over four decades ago may finally have some closure.

• DNA evidence brings closure to Klamath County cold case

  KOBI-TV NBC5 / KOTI-TV NBC2 kobi5.com

  

  KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – Family members of two people who were found dead in rural Klamath County over four decades ago may finally have some closure.

• Suspect in 2006 Miami U. rape case involving DNA genealogy tracing wants bond reduced

  Yahoo! Voices yahoo.com

  Jan. 5—The attorney for an Indiana man who is facing multiple charges for allegedly raping a Miami University student in January 2006 says he should be ...

• CeCe Moore: meet the self-taught sleuth cracking crimes for the FBI

  The Times co.uk

  

  In early 1997 a 19-year-old called Christopher Tapp was brought into the police station in Idaho Falls, in the US northwest, to be questioned about the rape ...

• December 2021
• JonBenét Ramsey's Murder: Police Probing More Than 1000 New Tips

  Radar Online radaronline.com

  

  Although the 6-year-old pageant queen JonBenét Ramsey was found mysteriously murdered in the basement of her Colorado home nearly 25 years ago, ...

• JonBenet Ramsey cops probing over 1,000 new tips & 800 DNA samples received on murdered beauty queen in...

  Christopher Eberhart reporting for The Sun co.uk

  

  POLICE have tested 800 DNA samples and received about 1000 tips in the last five years related to the unsolved murder of JonBenét Ramsey.The six-yea.

• How Your DNA Test Could Send a Relative to Jail

  Rafil Kroll-Zaidi reporting for The New York Times nytimes.com

  

  On any given day, CeCe Moore's inbox is flooded with strangers asking her to solve the mysteries of life and death, and on a good day, she can.

• Your DNA Test Could Send a Relative to Jail

  Rafil Kroll-Zaidi reporting for The New York Times nytimes.com

  

  Thanks to “genetic genealogy,” solving crimes with genomic databases is becoming mainstream — with some uncomfortable implications for the future of ...

• "I WANTED TO MEET YOU": ANSWERS LEAD TO MORE QUESTIONS FOR FAMILY, POLICE IN 46-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY

  Enterprise-Tocsin enterprise-tocsin.com

  

  Carolyn Jeanette Dunn Moudy disappeared from Indianola in 1974, leaving behind two daughters. Her fate remained a mystery for over four decades.

• Sensational cases: Why years go by but investigations do not end

  Dhaka Tribune dhakatribune.com

  

  Many horrifying and shocking cases that drew public attention and triggered street agitations are not seeing any progress due to a lengthy investigation ...

• How JonBenet Ramsey murder mystery could be 'solved in HOURS'

  Christopher Eberhart reporting for The US Sun the-sun.com

  

  THE smallest, most minute sample of DNA from the 25-year-old murder case of JonBenet Ramsey can solve one of the country's most infamous cold cases "in as ...

• How JonBenet Ramsey murder mystery could be ‘solved in a matter of hours’ thanks to DNA, expert reveals

  Noah hilton reporting for News Nation USA newsnationusa.com

  

  THE smallest, most minute sample of DNA from the 25-year-old murder case of JonBenet Ramsey can solve one of the country's most infamous cold cases "in as.

• UPDATE: Bones found in river belonged to Virginia family: Coroner - ABC 36 News

  WTVQ wtvq.com

  

  UPDATE POSTED 5:30 P.M. DEC. 22, 2021. LEXINGTON, Ky (WTVQ)- Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn has released the identity of human remains found by the ...

• Mystery solved: Three Virginians missing for 48 years perished at Ky.’s Valley View Ferry

  Lexington Herald Leader kentucky.com

  The disappearance about 48 years ago of Virginians John Ed Keyton, an eccentric 81-year-old World War I vet, his live-in housekeeper Flora Helmick, ...

• Opinion: Genealogy kits aren't fun holiday gifts. They're privacy violations waiting to happen

  Andray Domise reporting for The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com

  

  Our DNA represents some of the most intimate data we have. And yet genealogy companies such as 23andMe and Ancestry have normalized giving ours away to ...

• ICYMI: Groundbreaking Project in Miami, Slain Woman Identified After 46 Years

  NBC 6 South Florida nbcmiami.com

  

  Here are some of the top stories from the past week from NBC 6 News.

• Man accused in 2006 rape, robbery of Miami University student

  WLWT Cincinnati wlwt.com

  

  An Indiana man has now been arrested, accused of raping, robbing and burglarizing a Miami University student more than 15 years ago.

• NYPD Utilizes ‘Virtual Mugshots’ Despite City Hall’s Words

  GovTech govtech.com

  

  City Hall in New York City claimed that NYPD would no longer employ a controversial company that creates “virtual mugshots” for investigations, ...

• Genealogy sites, DNA lead to arrest in 2006 rape of a Miami University student

  Dayton 24/7 Now dayton247now.com

  

  OXFORD, Ohio (WKRC) - An Indiana man is now in custody, accused of raping a Miami University student back in 2006. Butler County investigators used familial ...

• Bond set for man arrested in 2006 Miami University rape case involving DNA genealogy tracing

  Dayton Daily News daytondailynews.com

  

  An Indiana man is facing multiple charges for allegedly raping a Miami University student in January 2006, and it was DNA coupled with forensic genealogy ...

• NYPD Still Using Controversial Lab After Saying Ties Were Cut

  Governing governing.com

  

  The controversial lab uses DNA to create “virtual mugshots” of crime suspects. Defense advocates consider the images unreliable. Police use of the company ...

• Extended Kinship Analysis of Historical Remains Using SNP Capture

  Forensic Science International: Genetics Journal Publication FSIGenetics.com

  
• NYPD still using controversial DNA lab for investigations

  Rocco Parascandola, Larry McShane reporting for New York Daily News nydailynews.com

  

  The NYPD's use of a controversial Virginia-based tech company for criminal investigations remains in effect more than a year after City Hall announced the ...

• NYPD still using controversial DNA lab for investigations more than a year after City Hall said ties were cut

  Yahoo! Voices yahoo.com

  

  The NYPD's use of a controversial Virginia-based tech company for criminal investigations remains in effect more than a year after City Hall announced the ...

• Davie Police Give Missing Woman’s Daughter Some Closure After 46 Years

  Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, South Florida | CBS4 Miami – CBS Miami reporting for CBS Miami cbslocal.com

  

  MIAMI (CBSMiami) – For 45 years, no one knew what happened to Carolynn Dunn Moudy until now. Davie Police have announced, a body found in a canal just two ...

• Slain Woman Whose Body Was Found in Davie Canal in 1975 Identified

  NBC 6 South Florida nbcmiami.com

  

  A woman who was likely murdered and had her body dumped in a Davie canal in 1975 has remained unidentified for nearly 46 years, but now cold case ...

• Woman found murdered in Davie identified 46 years later - South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  Sun Sentinel sun-sentinel.com

  

  After 46 years, Davie police have put a name to a woman whose body was discovered floating in a canal on Dec. 23, 1975. The Jane Doe in the cold case was ...

• CMPD identifies ‘Myers Park Rapist’ accused of preying on young girls in 1990s

  WSOC Charlotte wsoctv.com

  

  CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said it has identified the man known as the “Myers Park Rapist.”.

• Appeals court cites bias, overturns cold-case murder verdict

  CHAT News Today chatnewstoday.ca

  

  EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — An appeals court in Washington state on Monday overturned the cold-case murder convictions against a man accused of killing a young ...

• CMPD: 'Myers Park rapist' identified, tied to 15 sexual assaults in 1990s

  WBTV wbtv.com

  

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Officials with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said they have identified the perpetrator behind 15 sexual assault cases ...

• Man Arrested in 2018 for 1987 Cold Case Has Conviction Overturned Because of Juror Bias

  Ayumi Davis reporting for Newsweek newsweek.com

  

  William Earl Talbott II, who was arrested in 2018 for the 1987 killing of a Canadian couple, had his conviction overturned because of juror bias by an ...

• Conviction for murder of young B.C. couple reversed due to juror’s bias: court ruling

  Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca

  

  A Washington State man who was found guilty of two counts of aggravated murder of a young B.C. couple in 1987 has now had his conviction overturned.

• Convictions for 1987 murder of Saanich couple overturned by appeals court - BC News

  The Canadian Press reporting for Castanet.net castanet.net

  

  A Washington state man found guilty of the aggravated murders of a young Saanich couple more than 33 years ago has had his convictions overturned due to ...

• Seattle man's conviction for 1987 murders of B.C.'s Tanya van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook overturned

  CBC.ca cbc.ca

  

  The double murder conviction of a Seattle-area man found guilty in the cold-case homicide of a young B.C. couple has been overturned because of juror bias.

• How DNA Solved One of the Final Mysteries of Pearl Harbor

  Bryan Bender reporting for POLITICO politico.com

  

  SPRING VALLEY, Calif. — On Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941, Mess Attendant 2nd Class Jesus Garcia, stationed aboard the USS Oklahoma, was preparing to go to ...

• Body of deceased child identified, mother arrested | News | newportnewstimes.com

  Newport News Times newportnewstimes.com

  

  The body of a young girl found in a remote area of north Lincoln County almost a year ago has been identified, and two women have been charged with her.

• Fire Island John Doe: Genetic genealogy IDs second Alaska cold case victim in 6 weeks

  FOX13 Memphis fox13memphis.com

  

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska state police officials have announced for the second time in six weeks that DNA and genetic genealogy have helped identify a ...

• Women charged in 9-year-old's death will be extradited to Oregon

  KATU katu.com

  

  Two women charged in the death of a 9-year-old girl will soon be extradited from Michigan back to Oregon. Shawna Browning and Lauren Harrison have been ...

• Oregon authorities use genealogy to ID 9-year-old found stuffed into duffel bag in woods

  KIRO Seattle kiro7.com

  

  LINCOLN COUNTY, Ore. — Almost a year to the day after a slain girl's remains were found, stuffed into a duffel bag in the scenic Oregon woods, ...

• Young girl whose remains were found in Lincoln County identified; mother, her girlfriend arrested for murder

  KPTV.com kptv.com

  

  LINCOLN COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - Investigators have identified the young girl whose remains were found near a rest area in Lincoln County last year, ...

• Girl found dead in Lincoln County woods identified nearly a year later; 2 women arrested

  KTVZ ktvz.com

  

  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — After widely disseminating two sketches for months, Oregon State Police have identified the remains of a child found last year and say ...

• 2 women arrested in Michigan, charged with murder of girl found in bag in Oregon woods

  KCBY.com 11 kcby.com

  

  NEWPORT, Ore. - Two women faces charge of Aggravated Murder in connection with the body of a little girl found last year in the woods near a rest area along ...

• Baby Andrew was found in a ditch in 1981. Here's what we know about the case after 40 years

  Alfonzo Galvan, Sioux Falls Argus Leader reporting for Argus Leader argusleader.com

  

  Sioux Falls woman Theresa Bentaas charged with the death of her newborn son "Baby Andrew" was sentenced to 10 years in prison in December 2021.

• November 2021
• The ISHI Report: Genetic Genealogy for Cold Case and Active Investigations: 2021 Update

  Ellen McRae Greytak, Director of Bioinformatics, Parabon NanoLabs promega.foleon.com

  
• As critics warn of genetic 'surveillance', RCMP explores use of DNA matching in criminal probes

  Yahoo News Canada yahoo.com

  

  For years, he was only known as Septic Tank Sam — a macabre nickname the RCMP pinned on a disfigured body pulled from a septic tank in rural Alberta in the ...

• Kilgore police, DNA Doe Project seek information in unsolved case.

  Kilgore News Herald kilgorenewsherald.com

  

  The DNA Doe Project, a national nonprofit that seeks to identify John and Jane Does using genetic genealogy, has added a Kilgore case to its projects and is ...

• Third Almeda Fire victim positively identified

  KOBI-TV NBC5 / KOTI-TV NBC2 kobi5.com

  

  The final unidentified victim of the September, 8 2020 Almeda Fire has been positively identified. Derrick Glenn Mills, 55, originally from Yreka, ...

• Third Almeda Fire victim positively identified | KMVU Fox 26 Medford

  KMVU Fox 26 Medford fox26medford.com

  

  ASHLAND, Ore. – We now know the name of the only remaining Almeda Fire victim who was still unidentified. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office sent out the ...

• Angela R. Siebke Pleads Guilty in 'Baby April' Case

  Law & Crime lawandcrime.com

  

  A woman charged in the 1992 case of “Baby April” pleaded guilty on Monday to a lesser charge in connection with the infamous death of the newborn.

• How Your Family Tree Could Catch A Killer

  Raffi Khatchadourian reporting for The New Yorker NewYorker.com

  

  Genetic genealogists like CeCe Moore are cracking cold cases and transforming policing. As DNA analysis redefines ancestry and anonymity, what knowledge ...

• Baby April suspect pleads guilty to lesser charge on Monday

  WHBF - OurQuadCities.com ourquadcities.com

  

  A former Orion, Ill., woman accused of first-degree murder in the 1992 death of an infant has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Monday in Rock Island County ...

• Murders of Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg: How a childhood Halloween photo helped a woman uncover a killer in her family tree

  Guest Author reporting for CBS News cbsnews.com

  

  In 2013, Chelsea Rustad was 31 years old and realized she could not name a single one of her great-grandparents. As she told "48 Hours" correspondent Erin ...

• DNA Doe Project revives decades-old cold case of dead woman found in Kilgore

  KLTV kltv.com

  

  GREGG COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - A 20-year-old East Texas case is active again involving a woman's remains that have yet to be identified.

• DNA Doe Project seeking to identify woman in 21-year-old East Texas cold case

  CBS19.tv KYTX cbs19.tv

  

  KILGORE, Texas — The DNA Doe Project has taken on the case of identifying the body of a woman who was found in the Kilgore area on Dec. 23, 2000.

• How recreating faces from DNA can help solve cold cases

  atang@businessinsider.com (Abby Tang,Ally Giannini,Clayton Dyer) reporting for Business Insider businessinsider.com

  

  Watch how forensic scientists are recreating faces using only DNA in an attempt to solve cold cases involving unidentified remains.

• Judge affirms DNA database searches that led to arrest in 1986 Chisholm slaying

  Duluth News Tribune duluthnewstribune.com

  

  While expressing concern for individual privacy, the judge said police are free to seize evidence left at a crime scene and test it against samples in ...

• A 15-year-old vanished without knowing he was a father. An Oregon cold case helped his daughter learn his fat

  Alexandra Skores reporting for OregonLive oregonlive.com

  

  It was a call forever burned into Lori Merriam's memory. It put to rest questions she had been asking all her life about who she was. The 50-year-old Idaho ...

• October 2021
• Victim of Serial Killer Robert Hansen Identified as Robin Pelkey 37 Years After She Was Discovered

  Alaska Department of Public Safety Press Release Alaska.gov

  
• After 50 Years, Remains of Missing Idaho Teen Found on Oregon Coast Identified as Winston Arthur Maxey III

  KPIC-TV, CBS 4, Roseburg, OR KPIC.com

  

  COQUILLE, Ore. - The Coos County Sheriff's Office was able to put to rest a “cold-case” missing person report, identifying remains and giving closure to ...

• Sheridan Police identify victim in 33-year-old cold case

  Alex Rose reporting for FOX 31 Denver kdvr.com

  

  The Sheridan Police Department and Colorado law enforcement agencies used genetic genealogy to positively identify a Middle Eastern man who was killed more ...

• Colorado woman murdered by Alaskan serial killer 37 years ago identified

  9News.com KUSA 9news.com

  

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A woman killed by an Alaskan serial killer who was previously known only as "Horseshoe Harriet" has been identified after 37 years as a ...

• Colorado Woman Robin Pelkey Identified As Alaska Serial Killer’s Victim

  CBS Denver cbslocal.com

  

  (CBS4) – DNA testing confirmed the identity of a woman believed to be a victim of serial killer Robert Hansen, Alaska authorities announced Friday.

• What is NC law enforcement doing with your genetic testing results?

  Greensboro News & Record greensboro.com

  

  Genetic testing kits give users a fun look into the past.

• Woman On A Mission To Fund DNA Cases Until All Unidentified Remains In Mississippi Get Their Names Back

  Oxygen oxygen.com

  

  Carla Davis has been funding multiple cases in her home state of Mississippi and even helped identify a possible victim of serial killer Samuel Little.

• 37 years later, a victim of serial killer Robert Hansen identified through DNA match

  Must Read Alaska mustreadalaska.com

  

  The Alaska Bureau of Investigation Cold Case Investigation Unit recently launched another attempt to identify the remains of one of serial killer Robert ...

• An Interactive Map Showing Some Of The Places Where Parabon Has Helped Solve Cases

  David Raynor and Danielle Battaglia reporting for the Raleigh News & Observer NewsObserver.com

  

  Parabon Labs DNA analysis services have been involved in solving 115 cases across the US, including NC. Interactive map shows details and where the cases ...

• Here are the 115 US cases Parabon Labs’ DNA analysis services has assisted in solving

  Durham Herald Sun heraldsun.com

  Parabon Labs DNA analysis services have been involved in solving 115 cases across the US, including NC. Interactive map shows details and where the cases ...

• How does genetic genealogy and phenotyping work? DNA agencies weigh in on NC crimes

  Raleigh News & Observer newsobserver.com

  

  Parabon NanoLabs scientists are using people's DNA as a blueprint to predict what a suspect might look like to NC police. How does it work and is it ...

• Interview: Recreating Faces of Egyptian Mummies Using Ancient DNA

  An interview with Dr. Ellen Greytak ISHINews.com

  
• New composite released to ID remains found in Sweet Home

  Mid-Valley Media reporting for Corvallis Gazette-Times gazettetimes.com

  

  The Linn County Sheriff's Office is using a new composite rendering and DNA analysis to try to identify the woman whose remains were found last year near ...

• DNA key in revisiting 2 Kilgore cold case murders

  KLTV kltv.com

  

  KILGORE, Texas (KLTV) -An East Texas police department is looking back into a couple of cold cases in the hopes identifying victims, and ultimately solving ...

• Parabon Receives Justice Improvement Award

  Paul H. Chapman $10,000 Award will be used to support JusticeDrive^™ casework fund

  
• DNA Technology Helps Authorities Identify Remains of Murdered Man Found in 1976

  Lake County, CA News Report LakeCoNews.com

  

  Human remains found near Lower Lake, California, in 1976 have been identified as belonging to Leopoldo Torres Melendez. Courtesy photo. LAKE COUNTY, Calif.

• Alleged Stanford serial killer convicted in 1974 murder of football legend Chuck Taylor’s daughter

  KOKI FOX 23 fox23.com

  

  REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — It took California police detectives more than 40 years to link John Arthur Getreu to at least two brutal murders that occurred near ...

• September 2021
• Missing 46-year-old man found safe in Iredell County

  WBTV wbtv.com

  

  The Iredell County Sheriff's Office was looking for Michael Wayne Williams. Deputies shared the good update Wednesday evening.

• 3 Egyptian Mummy Faces Revealed in Stunning Reconstruction

  Mindy Weisberger reporting for Live Science LiveScience.com

  
• Durham DA’s Office won’t seek death penalty for Faith Hedgepeth’s accused killer

  CBS17.com cbs17.com

  

  DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — Faith Hedgepeth's accused killer will not be eligible for the death penalty, the Durham County District Attorney's Office confirmed on ...

• NC DA’s Office won’t seek death penalty for Faith Hedgepeth’s accused killer

  Jeff Reeves reporting for WGHP FOX 8 Greensboro myfox8.com

  

  DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — Faith Hedgepeth's accused killer will not be eligible for the death penalty, the Durham County District Attorney's Office confirmed on ...

• Special Report: Killing of Eugene, OR Teens Solved 44 Years Later

  Matt Templeman reporting for KEZI-TV, ABC 9, Eugene, OR KEZI.com

  
• Special Report: Killing of Eugene teens solved 44 years later

  KEZI TV kezi.com

  

  EUGENE, Ore. -- Retired detectives have solved a Lane County murder mystery that began 44 years ago. It involves the shooting deaths of two teenagers from ...

• Durham man charged with murdering Faith Hedgepeth in 2012

  Jeff Reeves reporting for WGHP FOX 8 Greensboro myfox8.com

  

  On Sept. 7, 2012, Hedgepeth's body was found in her Chapel Hill apartment bedroom. An autopsy revealed she died from a severe beating to her head.

• 'Stanford murders' conviction renews hope for justice in 2nd alleged victim's cold case

  ABC News go.com

  

  John Getreu, found guilty in the Janet Taylor case, goes to trial for the Leslie Perlov case in 2022.

• Woman charged in 'Baby April' case wants judge to release her on recognizance bond

  KWQC-TV6 kwqc.com

  

  MOLINE, Ill. (KWQC) - An Ohio woman charged with the 1992 death of her newborn baby girl, known as “Baby April,” is asking a judge to release her on a ...

• No bond for man charged with 2012 murder of UNC-Chapel Hill student Faith Hedgepeth

  WRAL.com wral.com

  

  Chapel Hill, N.C. — A man charged with first-degree murder in the 2012 death of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student Faith Danielle Hedgepeth ...

• Parabon Recreates Egyptian Mummy Faces From Ancient DNA

  GlobeNewswire globenewswire.com

  

  New Snapshot methods for low-coverage sequencing bring hidden data to life...

• DNA cold case: New Jersey man charged in 1999 bludgeoning death of high school senior

  KIRO Seattle kiro7.com

  

  SAYREVILLE, N.J. — Genetic genealogists have once again used DNA evidence and ancestry websites to track down an alleged killer.

• Raymond 'DJ Freez' Rowe claims he met Christy Mirack DJing, had affair: testimony in his bid to withdraw murder guilty plea

  LNP | LancasterOnline lancasteronline.com

  

  Raymond Rowe, who is trying withdraw to his guilty plea for the 1992 rape and murder of Christy Mirack, now claims to have met the schoolteacher at the ...

• 'Justice for Nancy': Sayreville community reacts after arrest made in teen’s 1999 slaying

  Suzanne Russell and Susan Loyer, MyCentralJersey.com reporting for My Central Jersey mycentraljersey.com

  

  Social media was flooded with comments about justice finally coming for Nancy Noga, who was 17 at the time of her death in 1999.

• August 2021
• Philadephila Police Release Composite Photo of Fairmount Park Rapist Based on DNA Profile

  Kristen Johanson and Rachel Kurland reporting for KYW Newsradio, 1060 AM, 103.9 FM, Philadelphia, PA Audacy.com

  
• Detectives see new promise in long-shelved DNA. But there are pitfalls.

  Las Vegas Review-Journal reviewjournal.com

  

  Cold case detectives often rely on DNA evidence, and advancements in technology are giving decades-old samples new promise. Sometimes, though, a match isn't ...

• Young murder victim helps solve her own cold case

  Sand Hills Express sandhillsexpress.com

  

  [This story previously aired on November 7, 2020. It was updated on August 7, 2021.] In the early hours of December 20, 1979, the body of 18-year-old ...

• ‘Baby April’ case continues; suspect appears Thursday in court

  WHBF - OurQuadCities.com ourquadcities.com

  

  A 48-year-old former Orion woman accused of first-degree murder in the death of an infant in 1992 appeared Thursday in Rock Island County Court.

• July 2021
• DNA Connects Pennsylvania Man to 33-Year-Old Homicide

  Ed Weinstock reporting for WGAL-TV, NBC 8, Lancaster, PA WGAL.com

  
• Company uses DNA to create aged photo of Joe Constance

  KPLC kplctv.com

  

  The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office has released an aged photo of Joe Constance, who is wanted in the shooting death of his estranged wife, Mary “Jeanette ...

• Police make arrest in 34-year-old homicide cold case of murdered Adams County woman

  Lena Tzivekis, Hanover Evening Sun reporting for The Evening Sun eveningsun.com

  

  Edna Laughman was last seen alive the day before when she was dropped off at her home, after attending a church service.

• New Oxford man arrested, admits to 1987 homicide in Adams County

  FOX43.com fox43.com

  

  Christopher Speelman, 58, has been charged with robbery, rape, and homicide in the 1987 killing of 85-year-old Edna Laughman.

• UO scientist aids in ID of child in the state's oldest cold case

  AroundtheO uoregon.edu

  

  A toddler who was found dead in Oregon 58 years ago has finally been identified, thanks to a concerted effort involving local, state and national law ...

• Detective explains how DNA was obtained; week 1 of murder trial complete

  EH Extra ehextra.com

  

  The first week is complete in the double murder trial of Raymand Vannieuwenhoven. The 84-year-old man is accused of the brutal 1976 murders of two people at ...

• The Justice Files: Unsealed search warrants offers new insight in Sherry Black murder investigation

  ABC 4 abc4.com

  

  SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Utah) – It was science that led to a suspect in the 2010 murder of Sherry Black. In search warrants that were recently unsealed, ...

• Colorado Man Sentenced to Life in Prison After DNA Links Him to 1987 Rape and Murder

  Inside Edition Staff reporting for Inside Edition insideedition.com

  

  Michael Whyte has been sentenced for the murder and brutal assault of 20-year-old soldier Darlene Krashoc, in 1987.

• Army vet sentenced to life in brutal 1987 torture-murder of female Fort Carson soldier

  FOX13 Memphis fox13memphis.com

  

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A U.S. Army vet was sentenced to life in a Colorado prison last month after DNA on a soda cup and genetic genealogy led to his ...

• Cold case trial: DNA match doesn't prove responsibility for murders, defense says

  Kent Tempus, Green Bay Press-Gazette reporting for Green Bay Press Gazette greenbaypressgazette.com

  

  Editor's note: This story has been updated to include additional details from Monday's court proceedings, including jury selection and opening statements.

• 1987 Army CID Cold Case Solved, Suspect Convicted

  Ronna Weyland reporting for the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command DVIDShub.net

  
• Police arrest girl, 15, in 'brutal' Lake Oswego assault

  Pamplin Media Group pamplinmedia.com

  

  Police arrest girl, 15, in 'brutal' Lake Oswego assault , Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

• DNA & Ancestry technology credited with cracking 14-year-long deadly mystery in Lancaster

  FOX43.com fox43.com

  

  Newborn baby Mary Anne was found dead in a dumpster outside the YMCA in Lancaster in 2007. Now, her alleged mother is charged with homicide.

• 'That floored me': Community reacts to arrest made 14 years after Baby Mary Anne was found dead in 2007

  LNP | LancasterOnline lancasteronline.com

  

  Editor's note: Though David Ressler said at the time of this article that he remembered Tara Bazzle being pregnant, another former coworker of hers told LNP ...

• Oregon authorities using DNA in effort to ID young Jane Doe found stuffed in duffel bag

  FOX13 Memphis fox13memphis.com

  

  LINCOLN COUNTY, Ore. — Little is known about the girl. Oregon authorities have yet to identify the child, whose badly decomposed remains were found Dec.

• Minnesota investigators hope genetic genealogy can help ID 3 babies found dead in river

  KIRO Seattle kiro7.com

  

  RED WING, Minn. — The first unidentified baby pulled from the Mississippi River was a girl, named Jamie by the Minnesota investigators probing her death.

• A break in the case of three dead babies found in Mississippi River?

  Yahoo News yahoo.com

  

  Jul. 6—RED WING, Minn. — The deaths of three unidentified babies found in the backwaters of the Mississippi River has confounded investigators from the days ...

• Oregon’s coldest ‘Doe’ case solved after dead boy’s sibling found through genetic genealogy

  ActionNewsJax.com actionnewsjax.com

  

  ASHLAND, Ore. — For nearly 58 years, the boy has simply been known as Ashland Baby Doe, or the Keene Creek Boy. An Oregon man fishing in the Keene Creek ...

• Minnesota cold-case suspect alleges constitutional violations in DNA database search

  Brainerd Dispatch brainerddispatch.com

  Private services intended for individuals to conduct genealogical research have increasingly been used by police and researchers to crack long-unsolved ...

• June 2021
• Chisholm cold-case suspect alleges constitutional violations in DNA database search

  Duluth News Tribune duluthnewstribune.com

  

  Private services intended for individuals to conduct genealogical research have increasingly been used by police and researchers to crack long-unsolved ...

• Florida police nab 2007 rape suspect using public genealogy databases

  Antonio Planas reporting for NBC News nbcnews.com

  

  Jared Vaughn, of West Virginia, turned himself in to a jail in Tampa on June 16. Florida police said he was linked to a 2007 rape through genealogy ...

• Cold case suspect fighting DNA collection for 1986 case

  KARE11.com kare11.com

  

  Michael Carbo was charged after a company provided Chisholm police a composite sketch and his name from genetic genealogy.

• Police arrest a suspect in an Oregon city's oldest cold case homicide with the help of DNA

  CNN cnn.com

  

  (CNN) Police in Gresham, Oregon, say a suspect in the city's oldest cold case homicide was arrested with the help of DNA technology more than 40 years since ...

• May 2021
• Defendant in 1986 Chisholm killing not entitled to DNA database details, judge rules

  Duluth News Tribune duluthnewstribune.com

  

  A company hired by police formed a "hypothesis" that Michael Carbo was the killer, but it was law enforcement that conducted the necessary work to make an ...

• Sand Canyon, NV John Doe Identified as Vincent Marion Trapp

  Scott Sonner reporting for The Associated Press APNews.com

  

  RENO, Nev. (AP) — For nearly three decades, he was known only as Sand Canyon Joe Doe, the apparent victim of a homicide found in northern Nevada's high ...

• Lyon County murder victim identified after nearly 30 years; investigators hope new info will solve case | Carson City Nevada News

  Carson Now carsonnow.org

  For the past two years, the Major Crimes Division of the Lyon County Sheriff's Office has been actively investigating the unsolved murder of an unknown ...

• Sheriff's Office hopes new DNA technology will help solve cold case

  Sand Mountain Reporter sandmountainreporter.com

  

  Marshall County Sheriff's Office Chief Investigator Keith Wilson wants to close the office's oldest cold case with the help of the public and a new ...

• DNA yields prediction of victim's appearance in 1997 cold case

  Gadsden Times gadsdentimes.com

  

  The Marshall County Sheriff's Office hopes an image created through DNA of a 1997 murder victim, found without head or hands, will help identify him.

• Genetic genealogy is 'game changer' in case of Beaumont teacher killed in 1995

  12newsnow.com KBMT-KJAC 12newsnow.com

  

  Nearly three decades later, crime scene DNA and genetic genealogy are what investigators relied on to crack open the case in the murder of a Beaumont ...

• Florida dental hygienist, 61, will go on trial for the 1984 cold case murder of female Navy graduate

  Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com reporting for Daily Mail co.uk

  

  Jury selection is under way in Florida in the trial of Thomas Garner, 61, for the 1984 murder of Navy recruit Pamela Cahanes, who was found beaten and ...

• April 2021
• Maine man to stand trial for 1993 Alaska murder after genetic genealogy tied him to crime scene DNA

  WMTW Portland wmtw.com

  

  Living a quiet life and working as a nurse, 44-year-old Steven Downs was surprised to receive a knock on his door from police in February 2019.

• EFF Challenges Surreptitious Collection of DNA at Iowa Supreme Court

  EFF eff.org

  

  Last week, EFF, along with the ACLU and the ACLU of Iowa, filed an amicus brief in the Iowa Supreme Court challenging the surreptitious collection of DNA ...

• Who is "Bones 17?" Authorities Release New Sketch Hoping to ID Victim of Green River Killer

  Crystal Bonvillian reporting for the Cox Media Group National Content Desk KIRO7.com

  
• Investigators hope new image will help ID Green River Killer victim

  knkx.org knkx.org

  

  Gary Ridgway, the notorious Green River Killer, has claimed responsibility for the murders of 48 women in Washington. All but two of those victims have…

• March 2021
• Faith Hedgepeth murder: Timeline of events, evidence, arrest | Raleigh News & Observer

  Raleigh News & Observer newsobserver.com

  

  Resources on the 2012 killing of UNC college student Faith Hedgepeth in Chapel Hill, NC, including key facts, suspects, arrest, documentaries, podcasts and ...

• For 40 Years, Her Identity Was Unknown. Now, a Delaware Homicide Victim Has Been Identified as Marie Petry Heiser

  Isabel Hughes reporting for the Delaware News Journal DelawareOnline.com

  

  For decades, the case was cold. Police recently had a breakthrough — and the victim was someone who had never been reported missing.

• DNA evidence in 1976 double murder allowed at trial, judge rules; 1957 battery conviction left out

  Kent Tempus, Green Bay Press-Gazette reporting for Green Bay Press Gazette greenbaypressgazette.com

  

  MARINETTE - A judge ruled Friday that DNA from a suspect in a nearly 45-year-old double homicide, obtained through a ruse, is admissible in court.

• DNA Technology Could Help Close Two Unsolved Infant Deaths from 1970

  Nina Sparano reporting for WGBA-TV, NBC 26, Green Bay, WI NBC26.com

  

  MANITOWOC COUNTY, Wis. (NBC 26) -- The deaths of two infants more than 50 years ago in Neenah and Two Rivers are still unsolved today. Now, with the help of ...

• DNA expert says she found suspect Steven Downs through profile matching in 1993 Alaska murder case

  Lewiston Sun Journal sunjournal.com

  

  The murder trial for Steven Downs, an Auburn man accused in a 1993 murder case out of Fairbanks, Alaska, continues.

• Could science of genetic genealogy help solve Jonathan Foundling case?

  Online Athens onlineathens.com

  

  Chromosomes today are reopening the dusty files of old homicide cases that have languished for years.

• February 2021
• Northern Virginia Firm That Helps Solve Decades-Old Crimes Has Its Next Target: Cancer

  Sara Gilgore reporting for the Washington Business Journal BizJournals.com

  
• Chisholm cold case suspect to remain in custody, but battle continues over DNA evidence

  Duluth News Tribune duluthnewstribune.com

  

  A defense attorney wants access to a private company's files. A prosecutor says it's "irrelevant." A judge is unsure whether he can legally order it.

• Parabon NanoLabs tackles cancer therapeutics - Washington Business Journal

  Washington Business Journal bizjournals.com

  

  Parabon NanoLabs uses DNA technology and genetic genealogy to help law enforcement solve decades-old crimes. But it also has a therapeutics division.

• Defense still awaiting DNA evidence in 1986 Chisholm slaying

  Duluth News Tribune duluthnewstribune.com

  A judge indicated he may release the defendant from custody if an agreement is not in place by next week to ensure timely access to investigative reports.

• Human remains found at Multnomah Falls identified after 42 years; more cold cases may be solved with genetic

  Samantha Swindler reporting for OregonLive oregonlive.com

  

  On Sept. 14, 1979, two hikers discovered human remains off the steep trails near Multnomah Falls. They found a partial skeleton, eyeglasses, ...

• Greeley Police solve 2001 child kidnapping and sex assault case with the help of DNA technology

  The Denver Channel thedenverchannel.com

  

  The Greeley Police Department has solved a child kidnapping and sex assault case from 2001 using a specialized DNA technology.

• Body found by Oregon waterfall identified decades later. ‘Heartbreaking,’ family says

  Tacoma News Tribune thenewstribune.com

  

  Hikers discovered human remains near Multnomah Falls, Oregon in 1979. Officials weren't able to identify the body, until now.

• January 2021
• The Victims Left Behind by Genetic Genealogy

  Jacob Stern and Sarah Zhang reporting for The Atlantic TheAtlantic.com

  
• DNA Technology Helped Identify Two DC-Area Cold Case Suspects in 2020

  Rebecca Burnett reporting for WDVM-TV, DCW 50, Washington, DC LocalDVM.com

  
• Defense blasts delays in 1986 Chisholm homicide case

  Duluth News Tribune duluthnewstribune.com

  

  A judge should either exclude evidence or release the suspect from custody due to unexplained delays in the discovery process, a defense attorney said.

• Winston-Salem man arrested for 2016 murder after police use genealogy technology

  WXII12 Winston-Salem wxii12.com

  

  Law enforcement arrested a man in Winston-Salem Tuesday for a murder that happened nearly five years ago using new forensic DNA technology.

• Genetic genealogy leads to arrest in 5-year old murder investigation

  WFMYNews2.com wfmynews2.com

  

  David Lee Blair, 55, was identified as a suspect and was arrested on Tuesday.

• SBI: Genetic genealogy results in arrest in 5-year-old murder

  wcti12.com wcti12.com

  

  A North Carolina man has been arrested for a 2016 murder thanks to the help of genetic genealogy, officials announced Wednesday.

• Parabon Continues Cold Case Crime-solving Spree in 2020

  Officer officer.com

  

  Reston, VA — In mid-December, when Colorado Springs detectives identified Ricky Severt as the person responsible for the 1999 murder of Jennifer Watkins, ...

• Virginia company says it helped police close dozens of cold cases last year

  John Domen reporting for WTOP wtop.com

  

  Families of cold case murder victims can often go years and years without closure, but one Virginia company said they helped police close the book on dozens ...

• Fort Myers Police close cold case from 1984

  Fox 4 fox4now.com

  

  The Fort Myers Police Department responded to a call of shots being fired in Palm Ave and Lincoln Blvd in 1984. When they arrived, officers located Claretha ...

• Vincennes, IN Police Hope New Technology Is Key To Solving 12-Year-Old Sexual Assault Case

  DeSherion McBroom reporting for WIBQ, 1230 AM, Terre Haute, IN WIBQam.com

  

  VINCENNES, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Vincennes authorities are hoping new technology will be the key to solving the city's only violent unsolved crime.

• Colorado Springs Police Department Solves 1999 Cold Case Murder of Jennifer Watkins

  Erin Chapman reporting for KOAA-TV, NBC 5, Colorado Springs, CO TheDenverChannel.com

  
• Colorado Springs Police Detectives Solve 1999 Cold Case

  Genetic Genealogy and DNA Phenotyping Identify Jennifer Watkins's Murderer @ColoradoSpringsPolice

  
• Police use of genetic genealogy to solve crimes raises privacy concerns

  Times Colonist timescolonist.com

  

  U.S.-based Parabon NanoLabs has gained international attention for its groundbreaking use of genetic genealogy to solve cold cases, including the 1987 ...

• December 2020
• Baby April's 28-year-old cold case solved with the help of genetic genealogy testing

  Montse Ricossa reporting for KWQC kwqc.com

  

  Baby April's 28-year-old cold case has been solved thanks to a DNA match. 47-year-old Angela Renee Siebke's DNA was matched within Parabon Nanolab's ...

• Watchdog calls out RCMP for exploring new genetic investigative techniques without privacy disclosures

  Colin Freeze reporting for The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com

  

  The RCMP is flouting federal directives by exploring a new investigative technique without spelling out its effect on the privacy of Canadians, the Office ...

• October 2020
• Clackamas County, OR Skull Identified as Wanda Ann Herr

  CCSO Case #86-025724 clackamas.us

  
• Suspect Identified, Arrested in 2010 Former Cold Case Murder of Sherry Black

  Spencer Burt and Spencer Joseph reporting for KSTU-TV, Fox 13, Salt Lake City, UT Fox13Now.com

  
• September 2020
• Remains Found in Chesterfield County, VA Landfill Identified as 16-Year-Old Christy Lynn Floyd

  Ali Rockett reporting for the Richmond Times-Dispatch NewsAdvance.com

  
• NYPD won’t work with Virginia firm that creates digital police sketches with DNA analysis

  Molly Crane-Newman reporting for New York Daily News nydailynews.com

  

  The NYPD will not work with a private Virginia tech company that uses DNA analysis to produce sketches of crime suspects and victims, a spokesman for Mayor ...

• NYPD to use DNA test data to create 'virtual mugshots' - New York Daily News

  Molly Crane-Newman reporting for New York Daily News nydailynews.com

  

  Snapshot” phenotyping analyzes the genetic content of DNA — like a person's skin tone, eye color or hair color — to generate a composite illustration of ...

• The controversial company using DNA to sketch the faces of criminals

  Nature.com nature.com

  

  Parabon Nanolabs shot to fame using DNA and genealogy analysis to solve cold cases. Then it hit a setback.

• August 2020
• Fingerprint Leads to Arrest in Multiple Rape Cases

  Jacob Brubrink reporting for WPTA-TV, ABC 21, Fort Wayne, IN WPTA21.com

  
• Parabon Receives First Permit Granted in New York for Advanced DNA Analysis

  Investigative genetic genealogy and DNA phenotyping promise to solve more NY crimes

• Exclusive: Commercial DNA Testing Company to Perform "Genetic Genealogy" on Crime Scene DNA in NY

  Bronx Justice News bronxjusticenews.com

  

  By Sasha Gonzales and Kevin Deutsch sgonzales@bronxjusticenews.com , kdeutsch@bronxjusticenews.com. State officials this week granted a permit to a private ...

• July 2020
• How Parabon NanoLabs Helped Chisholm Police Identify A Cold Case Murder Suspect

  FOX 21 Online fox21online.com

  

  CHISHOLM, Minn. — The company that helped Chisholm Police pinpoint suspect Michael Carbo Jr. in the cold case murder of Nancy Daughtery is called Parabon ...

• Bail set at $1 million for Chisholm cold-case suspect

  Duluth News Tribune duluthnewstribune.com

  Investigators used Michael Carbo's garbage to obtain a DNA sample that was compared to bodily fluids recovered at the crime scene 34 years ago, ...

• Snohomish County, WA Detectives Make Arrest in 1993 Murder of 15-Year-Old Melissa Lee

  KIRO7.com

  
• June 2020
• Genetic Genealogy Used To Crack Golden State Killer Case Opened Door For More Than 150 Cold Cases

  Julie Watts reporting for KOVR-TV, CBS 13, Sacramento, CA CBSLocal.com

  
• Meet CeCe Moore, The Woman Partnering With NoVA's Parabon NanoLabs To Solve Cold Cases

  Buzz McClain reporting for Northern Virginia Magazine NorthernVirginiaMag.com

  
• May 2020
• True crime show focuses on N. Virginia company's work

  John Domen reporting for WTOP wtop.com

  

  A Northern Virginia tech company that combines advanced DNA analysis with old fashioned genealogy to help police departments solve crimes is seeing its work ...

• Armentrout's company's trailblazing work focus of ABC show

  The Inter-Mountain theintermountain.com

  

  ELKINS — A Randolph County native is using cutting-edge science to help law enforcement develop leads in crimes and identify potential criminals. The use o.

• The Reston Company Cracking Cold Police Cases Is Coming To Your TV

  Sara Gilgore reporting for the Washington Business Journal Washington Business Journal

  

  A small Reston DNA technology company often in the news for cracking cold cases across the country is about to get another taste of the spotlight — this ...

• Parabon Genetic Genealogist CeCe Moore Stars in New ABC Series, "The Genetic Detective"

  KC Baker reporting for People People.com

  
• March 2020
• DNA-Generated Photo Gives Face to Torso Found in Dunes on Cape Cod, MA Beach

  Kathy Curran reporting for WCVB-TV, ABC 5, Boston, MA WCVB.com

  
• Woman's Body Found in Chesterfield, VA, Landfill

  Brendan King reporting for WTVR-TV, CBS 6, Richmond, VA WTVF.com

  
• February 2020
• Cold case murder suspect killed in Virginia Beach

  Dan Morse reporting for The Washington Post washingtonpost.com

  

  Investigators in Montgomery County, Md., say Hans Huitz, 51, killed a shopkeeper in 1992. Huitz was fatally shot by police after they say he held out a gun ...

• This DNA Testing Firm Said It Wanted To Bring Closure To Families Of Murder Victims. Then It Blocked A Rival From Using Its Database To Solve Crimes.

  Peter Aldhous reporting for BuzzFeed News buzzfeednews.com

  

  On Jan. 31, 2019, after BuzzFeed News revealed that Family Tree DNA was working with the FBI to solve murders and rapes using its DNA database, ...

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