The Cold Case Tsunami Is Building
Oct 10, 2018 16:42:50 GMT
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Post by sycamore on Oct 10, 2018 16:42:50 GMT
coming soon to catch a monster near you.
Parabon announced its DNA genealogy initiative in the wake of the highly-publicized arrest of the alleged Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, in April (Parabon was not involved in the DeAngelo investigation). The other 10 arrests involving Parabon were high-profile murder and serial rape cases across the country. They include:
,The arrest of Gary C. Hartman in the 1986 murder of Michella Welch in Tacoma, Wash.
,The capture of Raymond “DJ Freez” Rowe, in the 1992 killing of Christy Mirack, a young schoolteacher, in Lancaster, Pa.
,Murder and related charges against James Otto Earhart in the murder of real estate agent Virginia Freeman, in Brazos County, Tex., in 1981.
,The arrest of William Earl Talbott on charges related to the brutal slayings of Jay Cook and Tany Van Cuylenborg, a young couple from British Columbia, in Everett, Wash., in 1987.
,The capture of John D. Miller, in the rape and murder of 8-year-old April Tinsley in Indiana in 1988.
,Murder charges against Matthew Norman Dusseault, 21, in the March 2016 murder of 81-year-old Constance Gauthier in Woonsocket, R.I.
,Rape charges against Spencer Glen Monnett, 31, for an April home-invasion rape of an elderly woman in Utah.
,The capture of the alleged Ramsey Street Rapist, Darold Wayne Bowden, in connection with six rapes in Fayetteville, N.C., between 2006 and 2008.
,Last month, the announcement of murder charges against Michael F.A. Henslick in connection with the 2009 home invasion, rape and murder of Holly Cassano in Illinois.
,Last week, the arrest of Marlon Michael Alexander, now 39, in Maryland for a series of rapes over the course of a decade.
,And this arrest of Fleming for the 1999 Dalzell murder.
Parabon is not the only group plying forensic genealogy to crack cold cases.
For instance, the Golden State Killer breakthrough was made by genealogist Barbara Rae-Venter, whose use of forensic genealogy in identifying the “Chameleon Killer,” Terry Peder Rasmussen, one of the first high-profile uses of the technique. Rae-Venter has also been the breakthrough in some other recent cases, in which genealogy was not mentioned by authorities.
The DNA Doe Project, helmed by Colleen Fitzpatrick and Margaret Press, has instead focused on unidentified the deceased and the pioneering use of degraded DNA—such as the case of Joseph Newton Chandler III, an old man who committed suicide in 2002 while living under the assumed name of an 8-year-old boy who died in a car crash in Texas in 1945.
All three groups share one commonality: the use of public genealogical databases, particularly GEDmatch.
Parabon announced its DNA genealogy initiative in the wake of the highly-publicized arrest of the alleged Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, in April (Parabon was not involved in the DeAngelo investigation). The other 10 arrests involving Parabon were high-profile murder and serial rape cases across the country. They include:
,The arrest of Gary C. Hartman in the 1986 murder of Michella Welch in Tacoma, Wash.
,The capture of Raymond “DJ Freez” Rowe, in the 1992 killing of Christy Mirack, a young schoolteacher, in Lancaster, Pa.
,Murder and related charges against James Otto Earhart in the murder of real estate agent Virginia Freeman, in Brazos County, Tex., in 1981.
,The arrest of William Earl Talbott on charges related to the brutal slayings of Jay Cook and Tany Van Cuylenborg, a young couple from British Columbia, in Everett, Wash., in 1987.
,The capture of John D. Miller, in the rape and murder of 8-year-old April Tinsley in Indiana in 1988.
,Murder charges against Matthew Norman Dusseault, 21, in the March 2016 murder of 81-year-old Constance Gauthier in Woonsocket, R.I.
,Rape charges against Spencer Glen Monnett, 31, for an April home-invasion rape of an elderly woman in Utah.
,The capture of the alleged Ramsey Street Rapist, Darold Wayne Bowden, in connection with six rapes in Fayetteville, N.C., between 2006 and 2008.
,Last month, the announcement of murder charges against Michael F.A. Henslick in connection with the 2009 home invasion, rape and murder of Holly Cassano in Illinois.
,Last week, the arrest of Marlon Michael Alexander, now 39, in Maryland for a series of rapes over the course of a decade.
,And this arrest of Fleming for the 1999 Dalzell murder.
Parabon is not the only group plying forensic genealogy to crack cold cases.
For instance, the Golden State Killer breakthrough was made by genealogist Barbara Rae-Venter, whose use of forensic genealogy in identifying the “Chameleon Killer,” Terry Peder Rasmussen, one of the first high-profile uses of the technique. Rae-Venter has also been the breakthrough in some other recent cases, in which genealogy was not mentioned by authorities.
The DNA Doe Project, helmed by Colleen Fitzpatrick and Margaret Press, has instead focused on unidentified the deceased and the pioneering use of degraded DNA—such as the case of Joseph Newton Chandler III, an old man who committed suicide in 2002 while living under the assumed name of an 8-year-old boy who died in a car crash in Texas in 1945.
All three groups share one commonality: the use of public genealogical databases, particularly GEDmatch.