The only physical evidence located at the scene of a quadruple assault and homicide of teenagers has been linked to known serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers who, years later, died by suicide during a police standoff—with the same gun he used to murder 13-year-old Amy Ayers on that night in 1991.
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After 31 years, the suspect accused of killing Tina Heins in Jacksonville, Florida has been identified as Michael Shane Ziegler.
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After many attempts to obtain a DNA profile for Jane Doe, Astrea Forensics' work resulted in a genealogy profile that has been uploaded to accessible investigative genetic genealogy databases.
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On Tuesday, Othram identified skeletal remains recovered in 1998 and 2021, respectively.
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It was clear the unidentified man had Ecuadorean ancestry, but a lack of records and endogamy complicated the investigative genetic genealogy research on this case.
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Kimberly Carter was a 19-year-old mother of three who disappeared under suspicious circumstances from Kansas City, Missouri on July 5, 1984.
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On July 24, 1976, skeletal remains of a young woman were found in the area of Wolf Creek near Swamp Mountain in Linn County. For 49 years, her identity was not known—until now.
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She recalled that a man by the name of Chett Williams had been living with her parents around 1998-1999 and had suddenly disappeared.
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Police in one of the most affluent counties in Maryland have not only solved the department’s oldest cold case homicide, but also reunited the victim’s surviving adult children who were unaware of what had happened to their mother and each other.
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St. Joseph County Police, the Coroner’s Office, and other agencies will exhume the remains of this man—known only as the “Howard Johnson John Doe”—from Tutt Cemetery in an attempt to give him his name back.
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