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TRIAL OF CHAD DAYBELL CHARGED WITH MURDER OF JJ VALLOW, TYLEE RYAN AND TAMMY DAYBELL #2- Latest: Caylee Advocate
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Slightly o/t, but related to DNA, interesting post by @Gardenista from another thread:
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Forensic lab's new high-tech device a game changer in fight against crime
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Dateline NBC featured the case of Lisa Ziegert. Her killer eventually confessed. During the course of the investigation, Parabon released a sketch. The show mentioned it took “a year and a half to get the report from Parabon.” Just wanted to make a note of this.
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Sorry for the multiple posts.
Qmfr from above:
(Re: my post above, I also wanted to note re: the Parabon sketch, that while it did share certain characteristics, it did not look much like the suspect, imo. I think this is something that also should be noted, ftr, that a Parabon sketch may not always look exactly like the suspect, moo. However, ftr, the Parabon analysis was important for eliminating suspects that didn’t fit those characteristics, and helped them narrow in on a smaller poole of potential suspects.)
Qmfr from above:
(Re: my post above, I also wanted to note re: the Parabon sketch, that while it did share certain characteristics, it did not look much like the suspect, imo. I think this is something that also should be noted, ftr, that a Parabon sketch may not always look exactly like the suspect, moo. However, ftr, the Parabon analysis was important for eliminating suspects that didn’t fit those characteristics, and helped them narrow in on a smaller poole of potential suspects.)
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Larry Eugene Gould is behind bars facing charges of Armed Sexual Battery stemming from a 1988 rape case in Pinellas County, detectives said.
According to detectives, a man walked into Carrie Hawkins Distinctive Gifts shop in St. Petersburg on Sept. 24, 1988, and asked the victim, who was working alone, for assistance. During their conversation, the suspect produced a knife and ordered the victim into the back room of the store where he threatened and sexually battered her before fleeing the store, detectives said.
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In Sept. 2019, detectives said they were contacted by the FDLE Genetic Genealogy Team who told them they received a familial hit from a search in this case. The search revealed a convicted offender in the database was a direct male relative of the unidentified DNA suspect profile.
Using this lead, investigators found that 54-year-old Larry Eugene Gould was a possible suspect. Gould was 23 years old at the time of the crime and lived in Pinellas County when the sexual battery occurred. Gould currently resides in Gallatin, Tennessee.
According to detectives, Gould did not dispute the DNA evidence but denied raping anyone. Detectives said Gould told them that he would have consensual sexual relations with people within their open business and within minutes of meeting them.
Familial DNA leads to arrest in 1988 Pinellas County cold case
According to detectives, a man walked into Carrie Hawkins Distinctive Gifts shop in St. Petersburg on Sept. 24, 1988, and asked the victim, who was working alone, for assistance. During their conversation, the suspect produced a knife and ordered the victim into the back room of the store where he threatened and sexually battered her before fleeing the store, detectives said.
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In Sept. 2019, detectives said they were contacted by the FDLE Genetic Genealogy Team who told them they received a familial hit from a search in this case. The search revealed a convicted offender in the database was a direct male relative of the unidentified DNA suspect profile.
Using this lead, investigators found that 54-year-old Larry Eugene Gould was a possible suspect. Gould was 23 years old at the time of the crime and lived in Pinellas County when the sexual battery occurred. Gould currently resides in Gallatin, Tennessee.
According to detectives, Gould did not dispute the DNA evidence but denied raping anyone. Detectives said Gould told them that he would have consensual sexual relations with people within their open business and within minutes of meeting them.
Familial DNA leads to arrest in 1988 Pinellas County cold case
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On Jan. 13, 1976, Pamela Maurer of Woodridge was abducted and murdered.
Her body found near College Road and Maple Avenue in Lisle.
The investigation into the 16-year-old Downers Grove South student’s death remained unsolved — until now.
Based on new DNA evidence used for the first time in Illinois to solve a murder, investigators concluded that she was raped and strangled by Bruce Lindahl.
He died at age 23 in 1981 after he bled to death while stabbing another victim. The coroner said his wounds were self inflicted.
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Last year, more sophisticated DNA profiling done with Parabon Nanolabs was able to create a detailed description of the suspect, including hair and eye color and even facial shapes. The image on the upper right in the photos above is a composite based on the DNA results.
Investigators then created a genealogical family tree based on those results and determined the DNA matched Lindahl. The odds of the DNA matching another person was 1 in 1.8 quadrillion.
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Now police believe Lindahl is responsible killing Deborah Colliander.
At first Lindahl was charged with raping Colliander, who manged to escape from the attack. However, two weeks before Lindahl’s trial, Colliander disappeared after leaving her job at a hospital.
Without a witness, the case against Lindahl was dropped. Her body was found on April 28, 1982 in a field on Oswego Township.
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Investigators also think Lindahl may have something to do with the disappearance of Deborah McCall, a student at Downers Grove North. She was last seen alive in November, 1979. Photos of her were found in one of Lindahl’s residences.
Police Solve 44-Year-Old Murder Case Of Pamela Maurer Of Woodridge; Bruce Lindahl May Have Killed More Women, Police Say
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IL - Solved-Pamela Maurer-16 years old-DuPage County-13/01/1976
IL - IL - Deborah McCall, 16, Downers Grove, 5 Nov 1979
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Lindahl's other known victim:
Lindahl died on April 4, 1981 after police say he accidentally slashed an artery in his leg while stabbing an 18-year-old man to death in an apartment in Naperville.
Charles Huber was stabbed 28 times with a kitchen knife, authorities said. Next to his body, Lindahl was found dead by what a coroner ruled was a self-inflicted wound, according to Berlin.
The motive behind Huber's murder was never determined.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/1976-murder-of-chicago-area-teen-solved-decades-after-her-death/2200555/
Lindahl died on April 4, 1981 after police say he accidentally slashed an artery in his leg while stabbing an 18-year-old man to death in an apartment in Naperville.
Charles Huber was stabbed 28 times with a kitchen knife, authorities said. Next to his body, Lindahl was found dead by what a coroner ruled was a self-inflicted wound, according to Berlin.
The motive behind Huber's murder was never determined.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/1976-murder-of-chicago-area-teen-solved-decades-after-her-death/2200555/
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How DNA Helped Meriden Police Solve a 32-Year-Old Cold Case
DNA has helped Meriden police solve a 32-year-old mystery and led them to the mother of a newborn baby boy who was found at the base of a tree on Jan. 2, 1988 after dying from exposure.
Police located the woman earlier this month and said she admitted to being the baby’s mother and told police that she’d been waiting 32 years for them to knock on her door.
DNA has helped Meriden police solve a 32-year-old mystery and led them to the mother of a newborn baby boy who was found at the base of a tree on Jan. 2, 1988 after dying from exposure.
Police located the woman earlier this month and said she admitted to being the baby’s mother and told police that she’d been waiting 32 years for them to knock on her door.
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This is once case of where Karma really worked! moo
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RCMP creating DNA profiles to help identify Canadians killed in Iran plane crash
''Canada’s national police force is taking part in the massive effort to identify dozens of Canadians killed in last week’s plane crash in Iran.''
“On-site disaster victim identification assistance from Canada has not been requested at this time,” Catherine Fortin said in a statement. “The RCMP is currently creating DNA profiles here in Canada to assist Iran with Canadian victim identification.”
Much of that work, Fortin said, will involve gathering samples from family members of the plane crash victims. Of the 176 people killed in the crash, federal officials have said 138 were bound for Canada.''
''Dr. David Sweet, professor of dentistry at the University of British Columbia and Interpol’s former chief scientific officer for disaster victim identification, said such material forms a vital part of all efforts to put names to those killed in large-scale tragedies.
He said the profiles generated in Canada will be compared to fragments of teeth, jaw bones and other tissues most likely to have survived the crash, which took place on Jan. 8 when the plane was hit by at least one surface-to-air missile fired by the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards.
But Sweet said officials around the world may face challenges in their efforts to identify the dead due to conditions on the ground in Iran.''
'The home country has not requested assistance initially and may not have had an established response plan or a team that could respond quickly with all of the needed infrastructure and … expertise to do things effectively,” he said.
Iran is not alone in this regard, Sweet said, noting that while Canada has emerged as a global leader in the field of victim identification, the international community at large is not well-equipped to respond to such situations.
“There’s training and capacity-building that’s necessary over a period of time, and nobody worries about that,” he said. “It’s death, and you don’t want to turn your mind to that sort of thing under normal circumstances, and then all of a sudden when this happens and you realize that you really need someone, where do you find them?”
Iran - Ukrainian Airlines Boeing 737 crashes, 180 possible fatalities, 8 Jan 2020
RCMP creating DNA profiles to help identify Canadians killed in Iran plane crash
''Canada’s national police force is taking part in the massive effort to identify dozens of Canadians killed in last week’s plane crash in Iran.''
“On-site disaster victim identification assistance from Canada has not been requested at this time,” Catherine Fortin said in a statement. “The RCMP is currently creating DNA profiles here in Canada to assist Iran with Canadian victim identification.”
Much of that work, Fortin said, will involve gathering samples from family members of the plane crash victims. Of the 176 people killed in the crash, federal officials have said 138 were bound for Canada.''
''Dr. David Sweet, professor of dentistry at the University of British Columbia and Interpol’s former chief scientific officer for disaster victim identification, said such material forms a vital part of all efforts to put names to those killed in large-scale tragedies.
He said the profiles generated in Canada will be compared to fragments of teeth, jaw bones and other tissues most likely to have survived the crash, which took place on Jan. 8 when the plane was hit by at least one surface-to-air missile fired by the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards.
But Sweet said officials around the world may face challenges in their efforts to identify the dead due to conditions on the ground in Iran.''
'The home country has not requested assistance initially and may not have had an established response plan or a team that could respond quickly with all of the needed infrastructure and … expertise to do things effectively,” he said.
Iran is not alone in this regard, Sweet said, noting that while Canada has emerged as a global leader in the field of victim identification, the international community at large is not well-equipped to respond to such situations.
“There’s training and capacity-building that’s necessary over a period of time, and nobody worries about that,” he said. “It’s death, and you don’t want to turn your mind to that sort of thing under normal circumstances, and then all of a sudden when this happens and you realize that you really need someone, where do you find them?”
Iran - Ukrainian Airlines Boeing 737 crashes, 180 possible fatalities, 8 Jan 2020
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office announced a historic arrest Thursday morning. Genealogy site data was used to help authorities identify a suspected rapist – the first arrest of its kind in New Mexico.
Angel Gurule, 23, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly raping a woman who was jogging in the Bosque over four years ago on Christmas Eve.
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Now, through newly accessible genealogy site data, the DNA was processed again. This time, the results can also show relatives who share that DNA. Investigators can reconstruct the family tree of the identified relatives of the suspect, which led them to Angel Gurule.
In November, detectives followed Gurule and his wife to a local hospital and collected his DNA from a discarded cup. A match was made – confirming that Gurule's DNA matched the DNA from the crime scene.
Genealogy site data helps authorities identify suspected rapist in Albuquerque
Angel Gurule, 23, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly raping a woman who was jogging in the Bosque over four years ago on Christmas Eve.
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Now, through newly accessible genealogy site data, the DNA was processed again. This time, the results can also show relatives who share that DNA. Investigators can reconstruct the family tree of the identified relatives of the suspect, which led them to Angel Gurule.
In November, detectives followed Gurule and his wife to a local hospital and collected his DNA from a discarded cup. A match was made – confirming that Gurule's DNA matched the DNA from the crime scene.
Genealogy site data helps authorities identify suspected rapist in Albuquerque
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Links courtesy of @Gardener1850 from the breaking news thread:
‘Corona Girl’ identified, ending 30-year-old Williamson Co. cold case
Jackie Delaney, the older sister of Sue Ann Huskey, told KXAN that detectives with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office have informed her that they have positively matched her sister with the previously unidentified “Corona Girl.”
‘Corona Girl’ identified, ending 30-year-old Williamson Co. cold case
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““A lot of times, LOTUS, which is the agency law enforcement uses, doesn’t provide them with a hit to give answers,” Lord said. “We’ll work with them to send part of the remains to a lab that will extract the DNA. We have that DNA sequenced from that data. We are able to produce a film that we can upload to a genealogy database that allows law enforcement to look at it.”
In a Wednesday press conference held by the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, Sgt. John Pokorny with the Cold Case Unit explained that in August 2018, a tooth was sent to Virginia in the hopes of extracting useable DNA. But, Pokorny says, the extraction was unsuccessful — as were several others with several other teeth.
Then, in October 2018, bones and more teeth were submitted to supplement those already submitted in order to try to build a DNA profile. But, the results were still not enough. This process continued in 2019.
But slowly over that year, a profile began to piece together.
In November, additional extracts were sent to the University of North Texas. But these still were not enough.
A big break came when investigators sent more teeth and other bone tissue to the Netherlands — where Lord says the experts in DNA extraction are.
A few possible DNA matches popped up around this time — who would turn out to be one set of Sue Ann’s grandparents — and possible family members in Sulphur Springs were contacted for sampling.
In January 2020, lab results confirmed that “Corona Girl” was their missing family member, Sue Ann Huskey.“
TX - TX - Williamson Co., WhtFem 74UFTX, 20-30, 'Cinco de Corona' TShirt, Sep'89
‘Corona Girl’ identified, ending 30-year-old Williamson Co. cold case
Jackie Delaney, the older sister of Sue Ann Huskey, told KXAN that detectives with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office have informed her that they have positively matched her sister with the previously unidentified “Corona Girl.”
‘Corona Girl’ identified, ending 30-year-old Williamson Co. cold case
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More from above link:
““A lot of times, LOTUS, which is the agency law enforcement uses, doesn’t provide them with a hit to give answers,” Lord said. “We’ll work with them to send part of the remains to a lab that will extract the DNA. We have that DNA sequenced from that data. We are able to produce a film that we can upload to a genealogy database that allows law enforcement to look at it.”
In a Wednesday press conference held by the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, Sgt. John Pokorny with the Cold Case Unit explained that in August 2018, a tooth was sent to Virginia in the hopes of extracting useable DNA. But, Pokorny says, the extraction was unsuccessful — as were several others with several other teeth.
Then, in October 2018, bones and more teeth were submitted to supplement those already submitted in order to try to build a DNA profile. But, the results were still not enough. This process continued in 2019.
But slowly over that year, a profile began to piece together.
In November, additional extracts were sent to the University of North Texas. But these still were not enough.
A big break came when investigators sent more teeth and other bone tissue to the Netherlands — where Lord says the experts in DNA extraction are.
A few possible DNA matches popped up around this time — who would turn out to be one set of Sue Ann’s grandparents — and possible family members in Sulphur Springs were contacted for sampling.
In January 2020, lab results confirmed that “Corona Girl” was their missing family member, Sue Ann Huskey.“
TX - TX - Williamson Co., WhtFem 74UFTX, 20-30, 'Cinco de Corona' TShirt, Sep'89
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How tragic for the baby If only she would have told them it was a baby they’d be looking for & exactly where to find him
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Genealogy site helps investigators close cold caseALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office announced a historic arrest Thursday morning. Genealogy site data was used to help authorities identify a suspected rapist – the first arrest of its kind in New Mexico.
Angel Gurule, 23, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly raping a woman who was jogging in the Bosque over four years ago on Christmas Eve.
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Now, through newly accessible genealogy site data, the DNA was processed again. This time, the results can also show relatives who share that DNA. Investigators can reconstruct the family tree of the identified relatives of the suspect, which led them to Angel Gurule.
In November, detectives followed Gurule and his wife to a local hospital and collected his DNA from a discarded cup. A match was made – confirming that Gurule's DNA matched the DNA from the crime scene.
Genealogy site data helps authorities identify suspected rapist in Albuquerque
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Hi mocity
Speaking of mocity, DNA friends and colleagues, please see the latest updates in Cheryl’s and Andy’s case re: Parabon, what CeCe Moore said, HPD, FBI, etc- need your input please- thanks in advance!TX - TX - Cheryl Henry, 22, & Andy Atkinson, 21, Houston, 21 Aug 1990 )
@mocity , May 2020 be the year Cheryl’s and Andy’s case is listed in this thread here as solved!! May this be the year that your family gets answers, mocity!
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Cobb District Attorney Joyette M. Holmes has announced that advanced genetic genealogy testing has solved three rape cases that occurred in southeast Cobb County in 1999.
Holmes says the three rapes occurred between June and October of 1999 at separate locations within a three-mile radius. All of them happened during the pre-dawn hours.
All three victims submitted DNA samples but none of them matched anyone in CODIS, the combined DNA Index System.
In early 2019, the profile was obtained and submitted to Parabon NanoLabs, who determined a potential ancestor of the rapist, then built the genetic tree forward, ultimately highlighting a possible suspect.
DNA testing solves decades-old rape cases in Cobb County
Once that person was identified, investigators researched his background and found that he’d lived in the Atlanta area at the time of the rapes and also had arrests for charges including peeping tom, indecent exposure and burglary around that time, with some of the crimes having been committed in the same area as the three rapes.
Two investigators traveled to Arkansas last month and, with help from police there, executed a search warrant on 48-year-old Lorinzo Novoa Williams, collecting a DNA sample for comparison. Williams denied committing sexual assaults.
After returning to Georgia the next day, the investigators learned that the man had gone missing and turned up dead. The GBI expedited testing on the sample, and found that Williams’ DNA matched the genetic profile from the 1999 rape kits, the release says.
Georgia uses DNA sample and genealogy to solve 1999 rapes
Holmes says the three rapes occurred between June and October of 1999 at separate locations within a three-mile radius. All of them happened during the pre-dawn hours.
All three victims submitted DNA samples but none of them matched anyone in CODIS, the combined DNA Index System.
In early 2019, the profile was obtained and submitted to Parabon NanoLabs, who determined a potential ancestor of the rapist, then built the genetic tree forward, ultimately highlighting a possible suspect.
DNA testing solves decades-old rape cases in Cobb County
Once that person was identified, investigators researched his background and found that he’d lived in the Atlanta area at the time of the rapes and also had arrests for charges including peeping tom, indecent exposure and burglary around that time, with some of the crimes having been committed in the same area as the three rapes.
Two investigators traveled to Arkansas last month and, with help from police there, executed a search warrant on 48-year-old Lorinzo Novoa Williams, collecting a DNA sample for comparison. Williams denied committing sexual assaults.
After returning to Georgia the next day, the investigators learned that the man had gone missing and turned up dead. The GBI expedited testing on the sample, and found that Williams’ DNA matched the genetic profile from the 1999 rape kits, the release says.
Georgia uses DNA sample and genealogy to solve 1999 rapes
I love DNA.
The "key breakthrough" came when Koehler's son was recently arrested in an unrelated domestic violence case, Fernandez Rundle said. His DNA was similar enough to the Pillowcase Rapist's that investigators believed the unknown assailant was his father.
Pillowcase Rapist: Officials believe they've found man who terrorized South Florida in the 1980s