In November 2019, Moline Police Chief Darren Gault submitted a budget request for expanded funding for cold case investigations, which was unanimously approved. The extra funding allowed investigators to submit a genetic DNA profile for the Baby April case to Parabon Nanolabs.
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In the investigation of the homicide of Jennifer Watkins, Parabon submitted the genetic data profile created from the unknown crime scene DNA sample collected from the pants of Jennifer Watkins to a public genetic genealogy database for comparison.
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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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