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Happy Face Killer: Who is Jane Doe? – WEAR

Happy Face Killer: Who is Jane Doe?  WEAR

It was a gruesome crime spree – Keith Hunter Jesperson, known as the Happy Face Killer, confessed to murdering eight women across several states. One of …

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Happy Face Killer: Who is Jane Doe? – NBC 15 WPMI

Happy Face Killer: Who is Jane Doe?  NBC 15 WPMI

It was a gruesome crime spree – Keith Hunter Jesperson, known as the Happy Face Killer, confessed to murdering eight women across several states. One of …

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‘It must be a mistake:’ DNA from baseball cap helps Milwaukee police solve cold case murder – WITI FOX 6 Milwaukee

‘It must be a mistake:’ DNA from baseball cap helps Milwaukee police solve cold case murder  WITI FOX 6 Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE — A 34-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2002 cold case homicide that happened near 6th and Burleigh in Milwaukee.

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DNA, dedication bring WWII casualty home « Special Projects – The Columbian

DNA, dedication bring WWII casualty home « Special Projects  The Columbian

It’s been a long, long time since U.S. Navy Musician Second Class Francis E. “Ham” Dick was last home. The Woodland High School graduate was just 19 years …

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Apple or Pear? Your DNA Can Determine Your Body Shape – Healthline

Apple or Pear? Your DNA Can Determine Your Body Shape  Healthline

Researchers say your genes can determine where you store belly fat, and that can have health consequences.

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He threw away a napkin at a hockey game. Police used it to charge him with a 1993 murder – USA TODAY

He threw away a napkin at a hockey game. Police used it to charge him with a 1993 murder  USA TODAY

Jerry Westrom, 52, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with a 1993 cold case after police used a genealogy site to identify him as a suspect …

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DNA leads to man’s arrest 46 years after murder of 11-year-old girl – ABC News

DNA leads to man’s arrest 46 years after murder of 11-year-old girl  ABC News

A man has been arrested through DNA and genetic genealogy in the decades-old cold case killing of 11-year-old Linda Ann O’Keefe, who was strangled to …

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Shark DNA could help cure cancer and age-related illnesses in humans – BBC News

Shark DNA could help cure cancer and age-related illnesses in humans  BBC News

Great white sharks may hold the secrets to curing cancer and other age-related diseases, experts believe. The first map of great whites sharks’ DNA has …

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A suspected killer eluded capture for 25 years. Then investigators got his aunt’s DNA. – The Washington Post

A suspected killer eluded capture for 25 years. Then investigators got his aunt’s DNA.  The Washington Post

Sophie Sergie’s cold murder case went unsolved for a quarter century until genealogical analysis helped play a role in capturing a suspect.

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