CANADA Canada - Susan Tice, 45, & Erin Gilmour, 22, Toronto, Aug & Dec 1983

[dotr]

June 22 '24

Meet the ex-hobbyists revolutionizing how Toronto detectives catch cold-case killers

In Toronto and beyond, the coldest of cold cases are now being cracked by a new breed of sleuths like Susan Page — a 70-year-old grandmother with a talent for

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Killers in your family tree: Inside the push to unleash Canada’s criminal DNA databanks

If Canada allowed familial testing against its national DNA bank, the murders of Susan Tice and Erin Gilmour might have been solved sooner.

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Jan 27, 2026
''Police cold case units say catching killers just got tougher after Ancestry.com restricted access to its vast genealogical database. For The National, Jonathon Gatehouse explains how that pool of genetic information helped bring a murderer to justice 40 years later, and what losing access means for catching others.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7064047

Why cold case murders just got harder to solve''

''Police cold case units say catching killers just got tougher after Ancestry.com restricted access to its vast genealogical database. For The National, Jonathon Gatehouse explains how that pool of genetic information helped bring a murderer to justice 40 years later, and what losing access means for catching others.''

 

[othram]

There are plenty of resources available to work cases so please don’t worry.

 

[Snoopster]

There are plenty of resources available to work cases so please don’t worry.

I agree but that Ancestry base is huge. No doubt it would help solve more. I have given permission, on multiple sites, for my DNA to be used to solve cases but I'd love if it could be used on Ancestry. Many people in that database just don't know how to make their DNA available, even if they wanted to.

P.S. - Thank you for all that you do at Othram! It's been a game changer.

 

[othram]

I agree but that Ancestry base is huge. No doubt it would help solve more. I have given permission, on multiple sites, for my DNA to be used to solve cases but I'd love if it could be used on Ancestry. Many people in that database just don't know how to make their DNA available, even if they wanted to.

P.S. - Thank you for all that you do at Othram! It's been a game changer.

Appreciate the support!

 

[Snoopster]

Appreciate the support!

Please keep up the great work!!