Authorities are hoping to solve a 16-year-old Hartford cold case murder by using new genetic genealogy testing made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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In December 2020, the Cold Case Team identified the woman's adult son. Through DNA, the unidentified woman was positively identified as Laurie Diane Potter.
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The case—known in popular culture as Babes in the Woods—dates back to 1953, when skeletal remains of two boys were discovered by a groundskeeper near Beaver Lake, in Stanley Park.
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The Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office and the DNA Doe Project announce the identity of a woman whose body was discovered on May, 25, 1981, at a low water crossing near Dixon, MO. the victim of an apparent homicide.
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Because of clues developed with DNA technology, genetic genealogy tracing and old-fashioned detective work, the native Californian has a real name, and investigators are trying to jump-start their search for his killer.
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The Hanson case was considered high risk because after 50 years, the crime scene DNA was severely degraded and believed to be unusable.
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DNA evidence preserved after a 1956 double homicide and the use of forensic genealogy has helped a Montana sheriff’s office close the books on the 65-year-old cold case.
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Using DNA technology not available to detectives in the 1980s, Gresham Police have identified a Troutdale man as the suspect in the city’s oldest cold case homicide.
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The profile built at Othram revealed a genetic admixture commonly found in populations in Pennsylvania. Genealogical search produced a handful of genetic relatives, all of which were more distant than second cousins.
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In March 2020, the case was re-examined to assess the potential utilization of genetic genealogy testing to identify a suspect.
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