DNA Solves Cold Cases/Parabon Nanolabs & GED/Match.

[Niner]

Hi - I've put together a list of the cold cases I'm following on here that have been solved with the "new" DNA techniques. Parabon Nanolabs & GED/Match. If you have any others, please post & I'll add them to my list.

AZ - Allison Feldman (2-1-2015) - Ian Mitcham - DNA match w/familial match to CODIS
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/az-allison-feldman-31-scottsdale-18-
feb-2015-4-arrest.305356/

PA - Christy Mirack (12-21-1992) - Raymond Rowe aka DJ Freez - GED/Match
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/pa-christy-ann-mirack-25-e-lampeter-
twp-21-dec-1992.374789/

IN - April Tinsley (4-1-1988) - John D. Miller - Parabon Nanolabs
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/in-april-tinsley-8-fort-wayne-1-april-
1988-arrest.43328/

WA - Michella Welch (3-26-1986) - Gary C. Hartman - GED/Match
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/wa-michella-welch-12-tacoma-26-
march-1986-arrest.77901/

WA - Jennifer Bastian (8-4-1986) - Robert D. Washburn - Parabon Nanolabs
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/wa-jennifer-bastian-13-tacoma-4-aug-
1986-arrest.325433/

CA - East Bay Rapist/Golden State Killer -13 murders solved (19751981) - GED/Match
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/ca-arrest-in-east-area-rapist-golden-
state-killer-case-4.373751/

WA - Jay Cook & Tanya Van Cuylenborg (11-19-1987) - William Talbott - GED/Match
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/wa-jay-cook-20-tanya-van-cuylenborg-
18-skagit-county-24-nov-1987.230061/

IL - Holly Cassano (11-2-2009) - Michael Henslick - Parabon Nanolabs
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/il-holly-cassano-22-mahomet-2-
november-2009.129199/

CA - Suzanne Bombardier (6-22-1980) - Mitchell Lynn Bacom - DNA profile done & used
CODIS for hit.
CA - Suzanne Bombardier, 14, abducted & murdered, Antioch, 22 June 1980 *Arrest*

 

[Niner]

Oops - forgot these 2 I just started following:

CA - Michelle Lozano (4-26-2011) & Bree'Anna Guzman (12-26-2011) - Geovanni
Borjas - Familial DNA match
CA - Michelle Lozano, 17, & Bree'Anna Guzman, 22, Los Angeles, 2011 *Arrest*

CA - Teresa Broudreaux (3-4-1980) - Robert Allen Yniguez - DNA Match
CA - Teresa Broudreaux, 20, pregnant, murdered, Palos Verdes Estates, 4 March 1980

 

[Niner]

and I think this would be considered solved by DNA after 40 years!

CA - Veronica Anne Cascio (18) & Paula Baxter (17) (San Mateo County Jan. 7, 1976/Gypsy Hill Murders) - Rodney Lynn Halbower (68/41 @ time of crime) arrested (11/20/17) & arraigned (4/11/17) with 1st degree murder. Plead not guilty.
DNA match after 40 years. Trial started 8/22/18.
11/8/17: San Mateo Pros announced DNA evidence points to a different person for the April 1, 1976 killing of Denise Lampe (19) to Leon Melvin Seymour (71) was formally charged with murder. Seymour is already in custody as "inmate-patient" in Coalinga State Hospital. DNA evidence also linked Halbower to Michelle Mitchell (Feb. 1976) in Reno. He was incarcerated at the time of Lampe's murder. Tanya Blackwell (14) on Jan. 24, 1976 & Carol Lee Booth (26) on March 15, 1976 remain unsolved, insufficient DNA evidence.
8/5/18 Update: After trial will be transported to Nevada to face charges of murder & kidnapping of Michelle Mitchell.


CA - CA - RODNEY HALBOWER, Gypsy Hill Murders, 1976

 

[mocity]

I didn't see these:
Rhonda Chantay Blankinship (May 2016) - Parabon Labs
Sierra Bouzigard (2009) - Parabon Labs
Brittani Marcell (Sept 2008) - Parabon Labs
Troy and LaDonna French - DNA phenotyping. Parabon Labs

 

[dixiegirl1035]

O/T I'm listening to sword and scale, my favorite podcast, and the person being interviewed is one of the medical examiner's for 911. I wonder if some of the 9/11 people were never identified, and this could help them? the link is episode 53 and I have tried for 5 minutes but I cannot figure out how to link a Google podcast from my Google Play

 

[Niner]

I didn't see these:
Rhonda Chantay Blankinship (May 2016) - Parabon Labs
Sierra Bouzigard (2009) - Parabon Labs
Brittani Marcell (Sept 2008) - Parabon Labs
Troy and LaDonna French - DNA phenotyping. Parabon Labs

Can you please post the WS link to these cases? And I'll read up on them & add to my list.

Thank you!

 

[Snoopster]

I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. How wonderful that so many cases are being solved!

Is this thread just for know crimes or is it also for UIDs that may not have been murdered?

 

[Snoopster]

I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. How wonderful that so many cases are being solved!

Is this thread just for know crimes or is it also for UIDs that may not have been murdered?

*known (too late to edit my post)

 

[Tssiemer]

O/T I'm listening to sword and scale, my favorite podcast, and the person being interviewed is one of the medical examiner's for 911. I wonder if some of the 9/11 people were never identified, and this could help them? the link is episode 53 and I have tried for 5 minutes but I cannot figure out how to link a Google podcast from my Google Play

I was under the impression all identifiable remains (as in not ash) were dna matched.

 

[Niner]

I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. How wonderful that so many cases are being solved!

Is this thread just for know crimes or is it also for UIDs that may not have been murdered?

It's for any case here on WS that is now being solved with this new technique. If you have a link to cases that are doing this test - please post here & I'll go read up on it & add it to my list.

 

[Niner]

I didn't see these:
Rhonda Chantay Blankinship (May 2016) - Parabon Labs
Sierra Bouzigard (2009) - Parabon Labs
Brittani Marcell (Sept 2008) - Parabon Labs
Troy and LaDonna French - DNA phenotyping. Parabon Labs

add:

TX - Rhonda 'Chantay' Blankinship (5-15-2016) - Ryan Riggs - DNA match thru phenotyping
TX - Rhonda 'Chantay' Blankinship, 25, beaten to death, Lake Brownwood, 15 May 2016

LA - Sierra Bouzigard (11-23-2009) - Blake A. Russell - Parabon NanoLabs
LA - LA - Sierra Bouzigard, 19, Moss Bluff, 23 November 2009

NC - Troy & LaDonna French (2-4-2012) - Jose Alvarez, Jr. - Parabon NanoLabs (Snapshot)
GUILTY - NC - Troy, 48, & Ladonna French, 45, murdered, Reidsville, 4 Feb 2012


I couldn't find a thread here for Brittani Marcell.

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

Hi there! Excellent thread

DNA Doe Project also uses genealogy and GEDmatch to identify John and Jane Does, but unlike Parabon Nanolabs, the DDP is not about solving the crimes committed against the does, simply just identifying.

Here's the current list of the cases DDP have taken on. The list is posted in the DNA Doe Project- General Discussion thread.

DNA Doe Project - General Discussion

 

[Niner]

WOW that's really good news Mrs. Badcrumble. They been doing a lot of advances on DNA so hopefully MOST if not ALL unsolved murders are solved!

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

These are the John and Jane Does identified by the DNA Doe Project so far:

Identified! - OH - Troy, Miami Co., 'Buckskin Girl' WhtFem 133UFOH, 15-25, Apr'81 - Marcia King

Lyle Stevik

Identified! - Oh - Eastlake, Whtmale 454umoh, 70, Alias 'jnchandler Iii', Jul'02 Robert Ivan Nichols

 

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[sleuther0192837465]

Niner....a HUUUUGE THANK YOU for creating this It is much appreciated!!!

 

[all4justice]

This is becoming my favorite Websleuths thread. Reading about cases solved with the help of Parabon is so uplifting!

 

[dixiegirl1035]

DNA and genetic genealogy used to ID suspect in "NorCal Rapist" case - CBS News

(Note, I cannot find specific WS thread to refer to, sorry.)
SEP 21, 2018 4:45 PM EDT

SACRAMENTO -- Sacramento police have made an arrest in the case of a serial rapist who terrorized Northern California for 15 years, authorities announced Friday. Investigators used genetic genealogy, an emerging and controversial DNA technique in law enforcement, to identify the suspect as 58-year-old Roy Charles Waller

 

[Niner]

CA - NorCal Rapist - Roy Charles Waller - GEDMatch
CA - NorCal Rapist - Roy Charles Waller (58), Sacramento County