Cold-Case Murder of 8-year-old Indiana Girl Cracked Using DNA & Genealogy Sites

Parabon has done it again. This is the sixth cold case they have cracked using GedMatch and DNA samples. The following excerpt is from an article posted July 17, 2018 at cbsnews.com. FORT WAYNE, Ind. – April Tinsley disappeared on Continue reading Cold-Case Murder of 8-year-old Indiana Girl Cracked Using DNA & Genealogy Sites

32-Year Old Tacoma Washington Child Rape & Murder Solved by the Use of Online DNA Databases

Having lived just outside Tacoma, Washington during the period, I remember well the discovery of Michella Welch’s body in March of 1986. The case has been dead-cold for years – until using data from an online database – and matching Continue reading 32-Year Old Tacoma Washington Child Rape & Murder Solved by the Use of Online DNA Databases

DNA Testing May Lead to Arrest – Not Necessarily Yours, But a Blood-Relative

It seems that all this DNA testing is having consequences not all of us have considered before. With the explosive growth of DNA testing for genealogy, data is now available to law enforcement agencies that previously wasn’t available. Criminals are Continue reading DNA Testing May Lead to Arrest – Not Necessarily Yours, But a Blood-Relative