The Akron Police Department was awarded its third National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Grant in the amount of $150,000. The funds will be used over three years specifically for genetic genealogy testing of approximately 20 cases per year.
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A webinar training event on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020 will cover cold case investigation and solving crime through new technology: forensic genetic genealogy and familial DNA searching.
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Authorities in Idaho have accepted an unresolved case from 1984 as part of a genetic genealogy study that could help police identify a body found 36 years ago.
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