DNA's Unwavering Resolve Family Members Aid in Justice

Green and Rae-Venter began analyzing hair from the Bear Brook murders in 2017 and ultimately identified three of the four victims last June. ... solve a rape and murder case almost 50 years after the crime. Page 2 ... But because a Y-STR profile is common to a group of male family members, it. New technology is allowing detectives to take DNA evidence from old cases and search for family ties online ... used new forensic methods to solve ... But the company was ... Investigative genetic genealogy was applied in a Swedish double murder case. Whole-genome sequencing was performed on forensic samples. Of those cases, about 33% have resulted in adverse admissions by the accused. This means that an accused has admitted the facts as disclosed by the DNA evidence ... CMPD has solved at least two cold cases using DNA evidence paired with family trees. The process is known as forensic genetic genealogy. Jeffreys put his DNA profiling discovery to practical use in 1986 when the police asked him to apply it in solving the sensational Pitchfork rape and murder ... CeCe Moore, a leading specialist in using DNA evidence and family trees to identify criminal suspects — a method known as investigative genetic ... More recently, such forensic tests have been taken to a new level with evidence suggesting that 'familial searching' is assisting law enforcement to solve ...