Saturday, May 21, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Daytona Beach interested in Familial DNA search: serial killer case
Daytona Beach has expressed interest in joining Colorado, California and Virginia in using familial DNA searching to find a serial killer. The killer left DNA at two crime scenes, but that DNA profile does not match any profile in the Florida or National DNA databases.
"Morrissey, the Denver district attorney, said he would bring the software here and install it at no cost for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. However, the state agency is looking at several options "across the board" when it comes to familial DNA searches, said FDLE spokeswoman Heather Smith on Monday. "
Reach more: http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/east-volusia/2011/05/11/daytona-police-pursue-databank-to-find-suspects-using-dna-of-relative.html
"Morrissey, the Denver district attorney, said he would bring the software here and install it at no cost for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. However, the state agency is looking at several options "across the board" when it comes to familial DNA searches, said FDLE spokeswoman Heather Smith on Monday. "
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Ravalli County, MT Unidentified Body, DNA no match
Stevensville, MT Human Remains unidentified
The Ravalli County Sheriff's Office now has a DNA sample from human remains discovered last summer on the north flank of St. Mary Peak.
The DNA does not match "anyone in the national missing person's database."
Burlingham believes the victim probably died between 2004 and 2009.
This sheriff's office has already used Mito to identify a missing person (a hunter who had been missing for 30 years was identified in 2001).
Read more: http://www.ravallirepublic.com/news/local/article_7d8d1ac8-7aa6-11e0-adc1-001cc4c03286.html
The Ravalli County Sheriff's Office now has a DNA sample from human remains discovered last summer on the north flank of St. Mary Peak.
The DNA does not match "anyone in the national missing person's database."
Burlingham believes the victim probably died between 2004 and 2009.
This sheriff's office has already used Mito to identify a missing person (a hunter who had been missing for 30 years was identified in 2001).
Read more: http://www.ravallirepublic.com/news/local/article_7d8d1ac8-7aa6-11e0-adc1-001cc4c03286.html
Florida: 21 year old cold case- Have DNA from crime scene, no match
Murder of Boy and Woman in Cape Coral, Fl
Investigators in Cape Coral, Fl are still investigating a 21 year old cold case, the murders of eleven year old Robin Cornell and 32 year old Lisa Story. The two were killed in their apartment in Cape Coral in the early morning hours of May 10, 1990.
Investigators have a DNA profile from the crime scene, but no match.
Read more: http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2011-05-10/21-year-old-case-is-cold-but-not-inactive#ixzz1Lzrf4vhO
Investigators in Cape Coral, Fl are still investigating a 21 year old cold case, the murders of eleven year old Robin Cornell and 32 year old Lisa Story. The two were killed in their apartment in Cape Coral in the early morning hours of May 10, 1990.
Investigators have a DNA profile from the crime scene, but no match.
Read more: http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2011-05-10/21-year-old-case-is-cold-but-not-inactive#ixzz1Lzrf4vhO
Monday, May 9, 2011
Palm Beach to exume bodies to identify
The Palm Beach Sheriff's Office is exuming several unidentified bodies to try to identify them with DNA using funds from a federal grant.
These bodies were buried prior to the use of DNA technology.
"Two men and a woman found in the early 1980s were killed execution-style, shot in the back of the head and dumped off of Southern Boulevard near 20-Mile Bend. They are believed to be Marielitos, Cubans who left Cuba in the 1980 Mariel boatlift."
Read more: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-bodies-exhumed-20110509,0,7341218.story
These bodies were buried prior to the use of DNA technology.
"Two men and a woman found in the early 1980s were killed execution-style, shot in the back of the head and dumped off of Southern Boulevard near 20-Mile Bend. They are believed to be Marielitos, Cubans who left Cuba in the 1980 Mariel boatlift."
Read more: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-bodies-exhumed-20110509,0,7341218.story
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Minn. may use Familial DNA searching
Minn. May allow Familial
Minn. seeks to use familial DNA but with limitations on its use.
"Minnesota law enforcement authorities understandably want to use this valuable investigative technique to solve crimes here, and they should be able to do so -- within certain limits.
Authorities likely don't need a state law to begin using it, but, to their credit, they are calling for a law that not only authorizes the technique's use but puts much-needed restrictions on its use. They also are welcoming the high-profile debate that their push for the law has spurred.
While familial DNA can help solve difficult crimes, its use carries legitimate privacy and civil-rights concerns."
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/editorials/119506679.html
Minn. seeks to use familial DNA but with limitations on its use.
"Minnesota law enforcement authorities understandably want to use this valuable investigative technique to solve crimes here, and they should be able to do so -- within certain limits.
Authorities likely don't need a state law to begin using it, but, to their credit, they are calling for a law that not only authorizes the technique's use but puts much-needed restrictions on its use. They also are welcoming the high-profile debate that their push for the law has spurred.
While familial DNA can help solve difficult crimes, its use carries legitimate privacy and civil-rights concerns."
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/editorials/119506679.html
California to increase funding for familial
California to double budget for familial DNA
LA Times Blog
Although such genetic sleuthing, known as familial searching, remains controversial — California is one of only three states that permit the technique — Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris has increased the budget to double the number of such searches and reduce a DNA backlog.
"California is on the cutting edge of this in many ways," Harris, who replaced Jerry Brown as the state's top law enforcement officer in January, said in an interview last week. "I think we are going to be a model for the country. I really do."
California's early success with familial searching — it led to the arrest of the suspect in the Grim Sleeper serial killings last summer — has spurred calls for using the science to trace criminals nationwide. Virginia recently joined California and Colorado in permitting such searches.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-familial-dna-20110509,0,6798427.story
LA Times Blog
Although such genetic sleuthing, known as familial searching, remains controversial — California is one of only three states that permit the technique — Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris has increased the budget to double the number of such searches and reduce a DNA backlog.
"California is on the cutting edge of this in many ways," Harris, who replaced Jerry Brown as the state's top law enforcement officer in January, said in an interview last week. "I think we are going to be a model for the country. I really do."
California's early success with familial searching — it led to the arrest of the suspect in the Grim Sleeper serial killings last summer — has spurred calls for using the science to trace criminals nationwide. Virginia recently joined California and Colorado in permitting such searches.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-familial-dna-20110509,0,6798427.story
PHX Sgt. Death
Phoenix police related documents Friday about the death of a police sergeant.
"DNA has been tested, but Knott said they have not matched any "critical DNA." Police said identifying some DNA evidence at the death scene is a priority.
According to Knott, Drenth's death may remain "unknown for possibly forever until [police] get other questions answered."
For more information: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/phoenix-police-release-nearly-600-pages-in-drenth-death-investigation
"DNA has been tested, but Knott said they have not matched any "critical DNA." Police said identifying some DNA evidence at the death scene is a priority.
According to Knott, Drenth's death may remain "unknown for possibly forever until [police] get other questions answered."
For more information: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/phoenix-police-release-nearly-600-pages-in-drenth-death-investigation
Friday, May 6, 2011
Utah prosecutors file a charge against John Doe DNA profile
Utah prosecutors have filed murder charges against a John Doe DNA profile for the deaths of a woman and her unborn son.
This is believed to be connected to the "Feb. 9th Murders."
Victims:
Sonia Mejia, 29, who was six months pregnant, was strangled to death inside her Taylorsville apartment at 1167 W. Clubhouse Drive (4000 South) on Feb. 9, 2006. She was the first victim of what became known as the "February 9th murders."
On the same date, exactly two years later and just a short distance away from where Mejia was killed, Damiana Castillo, 57, also was strangled inside her apartment near 4000 South and Redwood Road.
Read more: http://www.deseretnews.com/mobile/article/700008366/Charges-filed-in-2006-Taylorsville-slaying-John-Doe-suspect-is-DNA-profile.html
This is believed to be connected to the "Feb. 9th Murders."
Victims:
Sonia Mejia, 29, who was six months pregnant, was strangled to death inside her Taylorsville apartment at 1167 W. Clubhouse Drive (4000 South) on Feb. 9, 2006. She was the first victim of what became known as the "February 9th murders."
On the same date, exactly two years later and just a short distance away from where Mejia was killed, Damiana Castillo, 57, also was strangled inside her apartment near 4000 South and Redwood Road.
Read more: http://www.deseretnews.com/mobile/article/700008366/Charges-filed-in-2006-Taylorsville-slaying-John-Doe-suspect-is-DNA-profile.html
Sherry Black Murder- Utah
DNA Recovered in Sherry Black killing
Utah
The killer of bookseller Sherry Black hurt his/her hand and now police have a DNA sample.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51514774-76/black-police-miller-lake.html.csp
Utah
The killer of bookseller Sherry Black hurt his/her hand and now police have a DNA sample.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51514774-76/black-police-miller-lake.html.csp
Goleta Couple Slayings linked to Serial Killer- CA
1981 Slayings Linked with DNA
"While investigators have enough to profile the killer -- dubbed the Original Night Stalker to distinguish him from Richard Ramirez, the serial killer known as the Night Stalker in the 1980s -- they do not know where he might be, if he’s still alive."
LA Times: Read More: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/05/goleta-slayings-serial-killer.html
"While investigators have enough to profile the killer -- dubbed the Original Night Stalker to distinguish him from Richard Ramirez, the serial killer known as the Night Stalker in the 1980s -- they do not know where he might be, if he’s still alive."
LA Times: Read More: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/05/goleta-slayings-serial-killer.html
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Elbert County- have DNA but no match
Murder of Kiowa Teacher still unsolved
Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap released new information, Friday, tracking the killer of a local high school teacher found dead last summer. They have new DNA evidence and contact with possibly the last person to see Randall Wilson alive.
It’s been ten months since the body of Randall Wilson was found with a bag over his head, his hands bound behind him, and dumped off the side of a road in Elbert County.
Investigators have had little to go on since June; until this week, when the state crime lab found a lead.
“From the evidence collected, we’ve obtained an unidentified DNA source,” says Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap, but he says it hasn’t matched up with anyone.
- They have a partial DNA profile but no match-
- Just located the witness they believe was the last to see the victim with the help of the news media.
Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap released new information, Friday, tracking the killer of a local high school teacher found dead last summer. They have new DNA evidence and contact with possibly the last person to see Randall Wilson alive.
It’s been ten months since the body of Randall Wilson was found with a bag over his head, his hands bound behind him, and dumped off the side of a road in Elbert County.
Investigators have had little to go on since June; until this week, when the state crime lab found a lead.
“From the evidence collected, we’ve obtained an unidentified DNA source,” says Elbert County Sheriff Shayne Heap, but he says it hasn’t matched up with anyone.
http://coloradospringsrelocation.org/local-news/new-info-in-the-investigation-of-murdered-teacher/
7NEWS Finds Piano Tuner Wanted As Poss. Witness
Krista Coppedge Was At Same Gas Station As Kiowa Teacher Randy Wilson
http://www.helpfindthemissing.org/forum/showthread.php?p=828889
Harringtons look to familial dna
Harrington: Familial DNA Could Catch Morgan’s Killer
Dan Harrington believes landmark DNA technology could help investigators connect the dots in the search for his daughter’s murderer.
“With luck and science we hope that the person who killed our daughter will be brought to justice,” Harrington told members of the Virginia Crime Commission yesterday.
Morgan Harrington disappeared in October, 2009, after a concert in Charlottesville. A farmer discovered her body in a rural portion of Albemarle County Jan. 26.
Police have linked DNA from her body to an unsolved sexual assault that happened in Fairfax five years ago. But so far, investigators have been unable to match the sample to a name.
That’s where familial DNA could help.
http://nbc29.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/harrington-familial-dna-could-catch-morgans-killer/
“With luck and science we hope that the person who killed our daughter will be brought to justice,” Harrington told members of the Virginia Crime Commission yesterday.
Morgan Harrington disappeared in October, 2009, after a concert in Charlottesville. A farmer discovered her body in a rural portion of Albemarle County Jan. 26.
Police have linked DNA from her body to an unsolved sexual assault that happened in Fairfax five years ago. But so far, investigators have been unable to match the sample to a name.
That’s where familial DNA could help.
http://nbc29.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/harrington-familial-dna-could-catch-morgans-killer/
Monday, May 2, 2011
Megeann Paul
Cops close to cracking 1994 cold case
The murder of Megeann Paul has remained a mystery
Updated: Friday, 29 Apr 2011, 10:56 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 29 Apr 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) - Carolyn Paul was only 18-months-old when her mother, Megeann, was brutally murdered in March of 1994.Published : Friday, 29 Apr 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
"I wish I had known her," Carolyn said. "It's hard not knowing how my life would have been."
The body of 26-year-old Megeann Paul was found in her third floor apartment inside a Woonsocket rooming house. Police tell us she was stabbed to death.
Read More: http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/blackstone/woonsocket-cold-case-murder-of-megeann-paul
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