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Suspect in decades-old murder, rape cold cases ID’d through DNA: Police – ABC News

Suspect in decades-old murder, rape cold cases ID’d through DNA: Police  ABC News

The man behind a 1989 rape and a 1994 rape and murder in suburban, Washington, D.C., has finally been identified through DNA and genetic genealogy, …

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Arrest of Golden State Killer suspect sparked break in 1999 murders of Alabama teens – AL.com

Arrest of Golden State Killer suspect sparked break in 1999 murders of Alabama teens  AL.com

The 2018 arrest of the alleged Golden State Killer through use of a genealogy and DNA database sparked the chain of events that led to the break in an …

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Ozark police chief: ‘DNA doesn’t lie’ – Dothan First

Ozark police chief: ‘DNA doesn’t lie’  Dothan First

DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — Through the use of DNA engineering and genetic genealogy, Coley McCraney, a man with no criminal background, has been …

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DNA links suspect to 1999 cold case murders of 2 teenage girls, police say – ABC News

DNA links suspect to 1999 cold case murders of 2 teenage girls, police say  ABC News

Alabama police have linked a suspect to the 1999 cold case murders of two 17-year-old girls using DNA and genetic genealogy. Investigators identified Coley …

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DNA links Navy classmate to 1984 cold case murder of 25-year-old woman – ABC News

DNA links Navy classmate to 1984 cold case murder of 25-year-old woman  ABC News

DNA and genetic genealogy have linked a Navy man to the 1984 murder of his classmate, 25-year-old Pamela Cahanes, authorities announced Thursday.

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A Dead Baby Was Found in a Ditch in 1981. DNA Helped Charge the Mother With Murder. – The New York Times

A Dead Baby Was Found in a Ditch in 1981. DNA Helped Charge the Mother With Murder.  The New York Times

On a winter day in 1981, the body of a newborn baby was found abandoned in a ditch near a cornfield in Sioux Falls, S.D. He had been wrapped in a blanket.