How did you figure this out ? I've been trying to figure out where he is, my grandmother lived in Kitchener between 88 and 2006 or so and was famiar with his name but couldn't recall exactly, as she's a member of the same congergation at one time or another
I happen to know the crooker family , I myself am much younger and didn't learn about all this till years later, I actually grew up attending the Aylmer kingdom hall unfortunately. How did you find anything about him still living in the area ? I was under the impression he was in Kitchener , would you be able to share your references ??
Hi, fell down another rabbit hole listening and thinking through these cases. Just wondering if anyone knows if genetic genealogy has been done with the cases. I remember something about a "project angel" that used the DNA... but with Christine Jessop's murder being solved through genetic genealogy... is this an option for Jackie, Linda, Soroya, Frankie, Bruce, etc???
I believe that the OPP has a pretty reasonable budget to pursue IGG in key (appropriate) cold cases. They have used it to great success. For some of the London Ontario cold cases I'm guessing that a couple are already 'solved' but the perpetrator is long dead so OPP don't want to spend their budget on that. For other cases, it depends on the quality of the DNA, and, if not of reasonable quality, then Othram (or similar high quality lab) was not able to find a close enough DNA match on GEDMATCH or FTDNA. I don't think these cases have been overlooked.
Thanks! It's amazing, it's a small field as yet still. I have found it interesting for a while & when the chance came up to take this course...well. No thought needed. I will say that with IGG we tend to work with any matches we get. Because even if not close ones such as parents/siblings/first cousins, having 3rd cousins or farther - can be done, is done all the time. It just takes longer. Some of the things available to use on Gedmatch, FtDNA, DNAPainter make things a lot easier. Not easy just help make it easier. The Christine Jessop case was solved with IGG, but the fellow was dead, which is going to happen a lot when the cases worked on are older. But. Even allowing for that, it means the case is closed & the family has answers which they can then process.
Genetic genealogy research is not the bottleneck for these Canadian cases. It is primarily funding and policy changes.
Well that's certainly helpful to know. I've always suspected that LE knows who perpetrated some of these cold cases (particularly the serial killer cold cases in London ON and region) and just don't want to spend the money (perhaps validly so) to confirm what they know. But I am very interested in understanding funding/policy decision for other cases.
That's a huge issue in this, funding & recent policy changes. Thank you for the work you do in this field - without your good work, so many cases would still be unsolved.
Some of the cases in London the answers are known but for various reasons it cannot be shared. LE does know but there's also the issue of people coming forward & talking, telling what they know. Hard sometimes with old cases because people's memories fail. Using IGG, combined with other LE methods, can help a lot.
