Project 31 began in the summer of 2022. It was named for the 31 open Toronto Police Service cases involving long-term unidentified deceased people for whom DNA material is readily available.
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DNA evidence has led detectives to identifying a suspect responsible for the murder of two young women in the 1990s.
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Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a new statewide partnership aimed at helping law enforcement agencies solve cold cases using advanced forensic DNA testing and genetic genealogy.
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After nearly 50 years, genetic genealogy has helped identify the suspect in a cold case homicide that plagued the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin for decades.
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A first-of-its-kind initiative in San Antonio—and one of the few in Texas overall—San Antonio Chief of Police William McManus announced the launch of a new $1 million forensic genetic genealogy program to tackle cold cases.
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This identification proves that the skull fragment found was the result of a memorial scattering rather than a disappearance, resolving the mystery of the man formerly known only as Burlington John Doe.
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On Feb. 18, 1980, motorists discovered the body of an unidentified female approximately 35 feet down a ravine off Highway 74, south of Cahuilla, in an unincorporated area near Palm Desert.
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The river was searched by boat, roadway, and with the assistance of a Coast Guard helicopter; however, Marrs’ body was never located.
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After 32 years, the suspect in the 1994 murder of Clive Bland has been identified as 50-year-old Jeffry Brandenburg, who is now charged with murder.
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Investigators located cigarettes at the crime scene that were believed to have belonged to the suspect. However, forensic science at the time was limited, and DNA testing did not yet exist.
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