The Gypsy Hill Murders Solved: How DNA Convicted Rodney Halbower of 1976 Serial Killings
INVESTIGATIVE CASE DOSSIER: THE GYPSY HILL MURDERS Victims: Veronica Cascio (18), Tatiana Blackwell (14), Paula Baxter (17), Denise Lampe (19), Carol Dow...
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Category: Cold Cases Solved by DNA
Decades-old cold cases finally cracked through forensic genealogy and advanced DNA technology.
Pamela Maurer Murder: How Parabon Snapshot & Genetic Genealogy Solved the 1978 Cold Case
Executive Case Factsheet Victim: Pamela Maurer (16 years old) Date of Crime: January 13, 1978 Location: Lisle / Woodridge, DuPage County, Illinois...
Jennifer Watkins Murder: How Othram DNA Solved the 1999 Colorado Springs Hospital Cold Case
Executive Case Factsheet Victim: Jennifer Watkins (26 years old) Date of Crime: November 6, 1999 Location: Memorial Hospital Central, Colorado Springs, Colorado...
Barbara Blount Disappearance: The Unsolved 2008 Louisiana Rural Cold Case Dossier
Executive Case Factsheet Victim: Barbara Blount (58 years old) Date of Disappearance: May 2, 2008 Location: Holden, Livingston Parish, Louisiana Vehicle Recovered:...
Gannon & Snyder Murders: How Othram DNA Solved the 1973 Boston Double Homicide
Executive Case Factsheet Victims: Patricia Gannon (20) & Paul Snyder (21) Date of Crime: March 2, 1973 Location: Roxbury / Boston, Suffolk...
The Murder of Stacey Stites: Forensic Evidence, Timeline & DNA Analysis in the Rodney Reed Case
INVESTIGATIVE CASE DOSSIER: THE MURDER OF STACEY STITES Victim: Stacey Lynn Stites (Age 19; H-E-B Grocery Employee & Bride-to-Be) Date of Crime:...
The 1975 Disappearance of the Lyon Sisters: How Cold Case Detectives Convicted Richard Welch After 42 Years
INVESTIGATIVE CASE DOSSIER: THE 1975 DISAPPEARANCE OF THE LYON SISTERS Victims: Sheila Mary Lyon (Age 12; 6th Grader) & Katherine Beatrix Lyon...
The D.B. Cooper Skyjacking: The 1971 FBI Flight 305 Investigation & Forensic Evidence
INVESTIGATIVE CASE DOSSIER: THE 1971 D.B. COOPER SKYJACKING Perpetrator Alias: “Dan Cooper” (Historically misnamed “D.B. Cooper” by media wires) Date of Skyjacking:...
Zodiac 340 Cipher Solved: How Codebreakers Decoded the 51-Year-Old Mystery in 2020
Executive Case Factsheet Artifact: The Zodiac 340-Character Cryptogram (“Z-340”) Received Date: November 8, 1969 Recipient: San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Staff Decoded By:...
Black Dahlia Murder: The 1947 Elizabeth Short LAPD Investigation & Forensic Dossier
Executive Case Factsheet Victim: Elizabeth Short (22 years old; “The Black Dahlia”) Date of Crime: Discovered January 15, 1947 Location: Vacant lot...