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

[othram]

Great work! It's so encouraging to stop by this thread and see so many cold cases being solved.

Thanks! Looking forward to an even more productive 2022!

 

[margarita25]

 

[PaulaDC]

DNA found on conch shell used to identify murderer.
DNA found inside conch shell leads to 2001 murder arrest

 

[weepingangel]

IDd by Fingerprints not DNA
Body found in Gulf of Mexico in 2002 identified as Mass. man

 

[faithx]

1979 DNA helps solve 1979 killing of Las Vegas teenager

The killer of Kim Bryant has also been linked through DNA to the 1983 murder of Diana Hanson.

1983 cold case murder committed by same person as 1979 killing, police say | KLAS

 

[PaulaDC]

1988 cold case solved 'This All Made Sense': Police Finally Unravel Mysterious 1988 Cold Case Murder of S.C. Socialite and Legal Scion Who Was Stabbed 37 Times in Her Mansion's Kitchen

 

[PaulaDC]

No reveal in how this case was solved, they think there may be more victims linked.
Elderly Man Accused of Killing Teen Girl in San Francisco 43 Years Ago. Cops Fear There May Be More Victims.

 

[PaulaDC]

The body of a Jane Doe buried in Pennsylvania in 1995 has finally been identified using forensic science more than 20 years later

 

[PaulaDC]

Police say they've 'cracked' the cold case of a 15-year-old girl murdered in a San Francisco park 43 years ago, and have arrested a 76-year-old man

 

[janewall]

The body of a Jane Doe buried in Pennsylvania in 1995 has finally been identified using forensic science more than 20 years later

The second Jane Doe referenced in this article by Bensalem PD Detective Chris McMullin also has a thread on Websleuths: Identified! - PA - Bensalem, WhtFem 461UFPA, 20-30, pregnant, in pumphouse, Jan'88 - Lisa Todd

I hope that genetic genealogy plus some good standard police work will visit long-delayed justice on the killers of these two young women before many more years pass. They do not deserve to live out their days in peaceful anonymity after stealing so much time from their victims.

 

[PaulaDC]

LA County woman missing for 30 years, identified by DA's investigators

 

[PaulaDC]

Houston couple's remains identified but their baby still missing

 

[PaulaDC]

Cold case team identifies remains as California woman slain in 1977

 

[wary]

Cold case team identifies remains as California woman slain in 1977

Found Deceased - CA - Linda Lebeau, 27, Tustin, 6 Oct 1977


Identified! - CA - Lake Elsinore, WhtFem Skeletal UP7133, 18-25, spina bifida, Jan'86 - Linda Lebeau

 

[PaulaDC]

Colorado police solve four homicide cold cases with DNA from exhumed killer - CNN

 

[PaulaDC]

Colorado man charged in 1978 murder of 15-year-old girl after DNA testing

 

[Jbetty567]

This one is very intriguing - three known victims in OR, one in UT.

Special Report: Killing of Eugene teens solved 44 years later

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

Identified UIDs WS threads for reference and convenience:

Victim of John Wayne Gacy identified:
Sheriff: Newly ID'd Gacy victim's death was news to family

IL - IL - The Unidentified Victims of John Wayne Gacy

The body of a Jane Doe buried in Pennsylvania in 1995 has finally been identified using forensic science more than 20 years later

Identified! - PA - Bensalem, WhtFem 35-45, 306UFPA, wrapped in plastic, dental wk, Sep'95 - Merrybeth Hodgkinson

Houston couple's remains identified but their baby still missing

Identified! - TX - Houston, WhtFem 18-25, UP701 & WhtMale 20-30, UP703, in woods, Jan'81 - Dean & Tina Clouse

 

[Mrs. Badcrumble]

Identified! - TX - Houston, WhtFem 18-25, UP701 & WhtMale 20-30, UP703, in woods, Jan'81 - Dean & Tina Clouse

I couldn't find a WS thread for the Clouses' daughter, Holly, so I made one:

TX - TX - Holly Marie Clouse, 11 mths, Lewisville, 6 Jan 1981

 

[PaulaDC]

Marise Chiverella: Cold case murder of 9-year-old Pennsylvania girl solved nearly 58 years later - CNN