Two sets of remains found last year at Oaklawn Cemetery have yielded enough DNA to possibly identify them by name and as victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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Shortly after providing a DNA sample, Allen admitted that she was the biological mother of Baby Doe. During a follow-up interview, she admitted to cutting the baby’s throat shortly after his birth.
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Human remains found in Midland County in 2013 have now been positively identified as Sylvia Nicole Smith following an extensive investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety. A homicide investigation is now underway.
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In a very fitting end to a 45-year law enforcement career, Detective Jim Scharf of the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office and oft-partnered Parabon Nanolabs solved the 1990 sexual assault and murder of 17-year-old Michelle Koski with an extremely challenging DNA sample and a full year of genetic genealogy research.
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After falling short the first time, the East Haven Police Department has successfully located the burial site of the unidentified 1975 homicide victim at the State Street Cemetery in Hamden, Conn.
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The unidentified woman was found with a small 8 inch Christmas tree and when her identity could not be determined, she became known as "Christmas Tree Lady."
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Anne Pham disappeared while walking to her kindergarten class at Highland Elementary School on January 21, 1982. She was never seen alive again.
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Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced his office’s DNA forensic genetic genealogy program has now helped solve three cold cases, including one with multiple victims.
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On the 40th anniversary of the finding of Princess Doe, investigators announced the identity of Princess Doe as 17-year-old Dawn Olanick. They also charged Arthur Kinlaw with 1st degree murder in her homicide.
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A Wyoming woman has been arrested and is awaiting extradition to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to face arraignment in the death 25 years ago of a baby found discarded in the waste pit of an outhouse.
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