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2 days agoIdentification of bones unravels heartbreaking case of California teen
DNA testing identified a teenage boy found in 1993 as Joseph Patrick Reardon, but investigators still do not know how he ended up alone and dead.
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2 months agoDesperate federal investigators weigh using DNA genealogy websites for Nancy Guthrie case | Fortune
The strategy could be fruitful: If unidentified DNA evidence can be connected to someone - even a distant relative - in a common genealogy database, it would give investigators more information and possibly lead to a suspect in Guthrie's kidnapping in Arizona. "It's a fantastic tool," said Ruth Ballard, a geneticist in California who specializes in DNA and has testified in hundreds of court cases. "If it's a good quality sample and they're able to get a profile, they could find a hit on that fairly quickly."
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6 months agoRichard Bilodeau indicted in killing of Lynbrook teen Theresa Fusco in 1984
His arrest comes more than two decades after three men, who had been imprisoned for more than 17 years for the crime, were released after advanced DNA techniques showed no link between them and DNA from a vaginal swab of the victim. One of the then-suspects, John Kogut, had given police a confession to the murder that he later recanted.
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7 months agoDNA evidence links suspect to killing of Charlie Kirk, FBI director says
DNA evidence links suspect Tyler Robinson to Charlie Kirk's killing; a pre-shooting note indicating intent was forensically confirmed despite destruction and suspect's lack of cooperation.
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