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Womans 1979 cold case rape, murder solved with genetic genealogy; 82-year-old suspect arrested

Tuesday, March 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A man has been arrested in a woman's 1979 cold case murder after investigators used genetic genealogy to zero in on his identity, police in Maryland announced.On March 3, 1979, the body of 31-year-old secretary Kathryn Donohue was discovered in a... Read More.

Genetic genealogy leads to mans arrest in 1993 rape and murder of his 19-year-old neighbor

Wednesday, September 4 by ABC News

(INDIANAPOLIS) -- A man has been arrested in the 1993 rape and murder of his 19-year-old neighbor in Indiana after he was linked to the case through genetic genealogy, authorities said.On March 24, 1993, Carmen Van Huss' father went to her Indianapolis apartment to... Read More.

Genetic genealogy IDs suspect in 1989 rapes, man now at large: DA

Wednesday, May 15 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Massachusetts authorities are searching for a newly identified suspect in two rapes from 1989 -- a crime the Framingham police chief said "haunted the Framingham community for decades."Stephen Paul Gale, 71, who was identified through genetic genealogy, is wanted on four... Read More.

Lawyer arrested in over decade-old rapes after being identified by genetic genealogy

Wednesday, May 31 by ABC News

(BOSTON) -- Police have arrested 35-year-old Matthew J. Nilo, a former Boston attorney, in connection with several decades-old rapes that took place in Boston. Officials said they were able to identify the suspect using forensic genetic genealogy.Nilo has been charged with three counts of aggravated... Read More.

Idaho murders: Suspect was identified through DNA using genealogy databases, police say

Monday, January 2 by ABC News

(MOSCOW, Idaho) -- Police identified Bryan Christopher Kohberger as the suspect accused of murdering four University of Idaho students in November through DNA using public genealogy databases, law enforcement sources told ABC News.Local police and the... Read More.

Genealogy technology identifies killer of Michigan woman missing for 33 years

Wednesday, September 7 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Investigators in Georgia have used genealogy DNA testing to determine the killer of a Michigan woman who vanished more than three decades ago.Stacey Lyn Chahorski of Norton Shores, Michigan, was reported missing in January 1989. But it wasn't until earlier this... Read More.

Genetic genealogy identifies suspect in 1990 murder of 17-year-old girl

Friday, July 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A suspect has been identified in the 1990 cold case murder of a Seattle teenager through the investigative tool of genetic genealogy, Washington state officials announced.But the suspect, Robert Brooks, won't stand trial, because he died in 2016 from natural causes, the... Read More.

Arrest made in city’s oldest cold case murder thanks to genetic genealogy: Police

Wednesday, June 9 by ABC News

(MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore.) -- An arrest has been made in a decades-old Oregon cold case murder thanks to an investigative tool known as genetic genealogy, authorities said.Robert Plympton, now 58, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly killing a 19-year-old college student in January 1980,... Read More.

Arrest made in 1972 killing of 15-year-old Illinois girl thanks to genetic genealogy

Friday, June 4 by ABC News

(NAPERVILLE, Ill.) -- Nearly 50 years after a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death in suburban Chicago, genetic genealogy has led to an arrest in the case.Barry Lee Whelpley, 76, was arrested on Wednesday for the July 1972 murder of 15-year-old Julie Ann Hanson... Read More.

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