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Annie Doe has been identified as Anne Marie Lehman thanks to the labours of DNA Doe Project! Strangely enough, Anne Marie was also known to her loved ones as "Annie"!

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Teen identified in 47-year-old cold case in Josephine County

Annie's WS thread:
Identified! - OR - Cave Junction, 'Annie Doe' WhtFem UP10929, 16-20, Redwood Hwy, Aug'71 Annie Lehman
 
Niner said:
Hi - I've put together a list of the cold cases I'm following on here that have been solved with the "new" DNA techniques. Parabon Nanolabs & GED/Match. If you have any others, please post & I'll add them to my list.

AZ - Allison Feldman (2-1-2015) - Ian Mitcham - DNA match w/familial match to CODIS
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/az-allison-feldman-31-scottsdale-18-
feb-2015-4-arrest.305356/

PA - Christy Mirack (12-21-1992) - Raymond Rowe aka DJ Freez - GED/Match
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/pa-christy-ann-mirack-25-e-lampeter-
twp-21-dec-1992.374789/

IN - April Tinsley (4-1-1988) - John D. Miller - Parabon Nanolabs
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/in-april-tinsley-8-fort-wayne-1-april-
1988-arrest.43328/

WA - Michella Welch (3-26-1986) - Gary C. Hartman - GED/Match
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/wa-michella-welch-12-tacoma-26-
march-1986-arrest.77901/

WA - Jennifer Bastian (8-4-1986) - Robert D. Washburn - Parabon Nanolabs
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/wa-jennifer-bastian-13-tacoma-4-aug-
1986-arrest.325433/

CA - East Bay Rapist/Golden State Killer -13 murders solved (19751981) - GED/Match
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/ca-arrest-in-east-area-rapist-golden-
state-killer-case-4.373751/

WA - Jay Cook & Tanya Van Cuylenborg (11-19-1987) - William Talbott - GED/Match
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/wa-jay-cook-20-tanya-van-cuylenborg-
18-skagit-county-24-nov-1987.230061/

IL - Holly Cassano (11-2-2009) - Michael Henslick - Parabon Nanolabs
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/il-holly-cassano-22-mahomet-2-
november-2009.129199/

CA - Suzanne Bombardier (6-22-1980) - Mitchell Lynn Bacom - DNA profile done & used
CODIS for hit.
CA - Suzanne Bombardier, 14, abducted & murdered, Antioch, 22 June 1980 *Arrest*
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Cold case arrest: Seminole County deputies make arrest in 1984 slaying of Navy recruit
 
Niner said:
Hi - I've put together a list of the cold cases I'm following on here that have been solved with the "new" DNA techniques. Parabon Nanolabs & GED/Match. If you have any others, please post & I'll add them to my list.

AZ - Allison Feldman (2-1-2015) - Ian Mitcham - DNA match w/familial match to CODIS
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/az-allison-feldman-31-scottsdale-18-
feb-2015-4-arrest.305356/

PA - Christy Mirack (12-21-1992) - Raymond Rowe aka DJ Freez - GED/Match
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/pa-christy-ann-mirack-25-e-lampeter-
twp-21-dec-1992.374789/

IN - April Tinsley (4-1-1988) - John D. Miller - Parabon Nanolabs
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/in-april-tinsley-8-fort-wayne-1-april-
1988-arrest.43328/

WA - Michella Welch (3-26-1986) - Gary C. Hartman - GED/Match
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/wa-michella-welch-12-tacoma-26-
march-1986-arrest.77901/

WA - Jennifer Bastian (8-4-1986) - Robert D. Washburn - Parabon Nanolabs
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/wa-jennifer-bastian-13-tacoma-4-aug-
1986-arrest.325433/

CA - East Bay Rapist/Golden State Killer -13 murders solved (19751981) - GED/Match
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/ca-arrest-in-east-area-rapist-golden-
state-killer-case-4.373751/

WA - Jay Cook & Tanya Van Cuylenborg (11-19-1987) - William Talbott - GED/Match
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/wa-jay-cook-20-tanya-van-cuylenborg-
18-skagit-county-24-nov-1987.230061/

IL - Holly Cassano (11-2-2009) - Michael Henslick - Parabon Nanolabs
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/il-holly-cassano-22-mahomet-2-
november-2009.129199/

CA - Suzanne Bombardier (6-22-1980) - Mitchell Lynn Bacom - DNA profile done & used
CODIS for hit.
CA - Suzanne Bombardier, 14, abducted & murdered, Antioch, 22 June 1980 *Arrest*
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Suspect in 1973 murder charged with sex acts on other kids
 
Another double homicide from 20 years ago solved by DNA.

However, a recent search found a match to one of McCraney's relatives who had voluntarily submitted their DNA to find out more about their ancestry.

Tracie Hawlett and J.B. Beasley's WS thread:
AL - AL - J.B. Beasley, 17, & Tracie Hawlett, 17, Ozark, 31 July 1999 #4

Suspect, 54, is arrested for cold case murders of two girls, 17, who were found shot dead in the trunk of their car 20 years ago after one of his relatives submitted their DNA to a genealogy website and it matched traces found at the scene
 
watcher9 said:
Hopefully, many cold cases will be solved as DNA profiles from tested rape kits are uploaded to CODIS and also if the laws on statute of limitation for felony sexual assault are eliminated.

The backlog of untested sexual assault kits "perpetuated what I think is a seismic injustice against sexual assault survivors," Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance said at a news conference Tuesday morning.
In addition to addressing specific cases, the evidence collected was added to the FBI's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
A report released Tuesday by the Manhattan District Attorney's office states that 18,803 DNA profiles were added into CODIS as a result of the tested rape kits, which will help track criminals across state lines.

At Tuesday's news conference, Vance said that "dedicated funding streams are necessary to end the backlog but they are not ... sufficient," adding that he believes states need to change their laws.
Vance called for states to eliminate their statues of limitation for felony sexual assault, mandate timely rape kit testing, require the testing of all backlogged rape kits and call for an annual state-wide inventory of backlogged kits.

$38 million grants for testing rape kit backlog lead to 186 new arrests nationwide
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45 year-old double murder of Clifford & Linda Bernhardt in Billings Heights, Montana has been solved. Parabon Labs used genetic genealogy to match DNA recovered from the crime scene. According to police the killer was a man named Cecil Stan Caldwell, who died in 2003. He and Linda Bernhardt had been co-workers.

45-year-old Billings Heights double-homicide solved, sheriff says
 
Suspect named in 1973 killings after genealogy analysis | Daily Mail Online

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Linda and Clifford Bernhardt, both 24, were found dead in their Billings-area home in November 1973 in a case that would stymie investigators for more than four decades

No motive was given. Caldwell died in 2003 at the age of 59, according to his obituary in the Billings Gazette.
[...]
The case had remained cold until 2004, when DNA was discovered on evidence gathered at the crime scene. Over the course of the 45-year investigation, law enforcement eliminated 80 people as possible suspects, through DNA testing.
 
Todd Barket, 51, was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the 1998 slaying of Sondra Better, a 68-year-old woman working alone in a consignment shop in Delray Beach, Florida.

Barket's prints appeared in a fingerprint database in December because he was applying for a job as a certified nursing assistant.

In 1998, Better's killer left "a bloody, evidence-laden scene behind" when they stabbed and bludgeoned her to death. Droplets of the suspect's blood leading from Better's body to a cash register and out the door as well as the suspect's fingerprints on a decorative ball were found at the scene. Nothing matched in a national database in 1998.

When Barket applied for the job, his fingerprints came up as a match for the suspect in the killing. Police later tracked the man down and nabbed his DNA, which also came back as a positive match on Tuesday for the killer's DNA found at the crime scene..

A Florida man's job application led to his arrest in a 1998 cold case
 
JerseyGirl said:
Todd Barket, 51, was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the 1998 slaying of Sondra Better, a 68-year-old woman working alone in a consignment shop in Delray Beach, Florida.

Barket's prints appeared in a fingerprint database in December because he was applying for a job as a certified nursing assistant.

In 1998, Better's killer left "a bloody, evidence-laden scene behind" when they stabbed and bludgeoned her to death. Droplets of the suspect's blood leading from Better's body to a cash register and out the door as well as the suspect's fingerprints on a decorative ball were found at the scene. Nothing matched in a national database in 1998.

When Barket applied for the job, his fingerprints came up as a match for the suspect in the killing. Police later tracked the man down and nabbed his DNA, which also came back as a positive match on Tuesday for the killer's DNA found at the crime scene..

A Florida man's job application led to his arrest in a 1998 cold case
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This is such great news for the daughter of Sondra Better who never gave up hoping to hear of a DNA match.

Justice can finally be served to the murderer of Mrs. Better who was bludgeoned to death while working alone at a consignment shop over 20 years ago.

Delray police: Arrest made in woman's 1998 cold-case homicide
 
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