CANADA Canada - Dana Bradley, 14, St John's, NL, 14 Dec 1981

http://www.torontosun.com/2016/05/26/newfoundland-police-find-new-evidence-in-34-year-old-cold-case

New DNA evidence has provided a "breakthrough" in the 34-year-old unsolved murder of a teenage girl in Newfoundland and Labrador, say police.

The brutal killing of 14-year-old Dana Bradley in 1981 launched one of the largest and most costly murder investigations in the province's history...

Bradley was last seen entering a car while hitchhiking, according to witnesses.

She was reported missing on Dec. 14, 1981 and her body was found four days later at Maddox Cove, a wooded area just south of St. John's.

Her skull had been fractured by blows from a blunt object and she had been sexually assaulted.

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http://www.thetelegram.com/section/...radley-murder-suspects-cleared-with-new-DNA/1

Police have used new DNA evidence in the Dana Bradley murder investigation to clear suspects in the case, including a man who was publicly accused by someone claiming to have witnessed the murder...

Police are still receiving tips from members of the public on the murder case. A number of them came in late Thursday morning, as news of the new evidence broke.

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Wow, what a terrible crime! Glad they are keeping it open.

Found this article from last spring. This case seems to be pretty notorious in Newfoundland.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...dence-in-dana-bradley-murder/article30171611/

This is a rather lengthy article with a good timeline:

http://theindependent.ca/2014/11/15/an-alternate-history-of-the-dana-bradley-murder-investigation/

Bump for Dana.

I first learned about this case a few months ago from listening to the Trace Evidence Podcast. It's a good one, he covers all the twists and turns in this case.

034 - The Murder of Dana Bradley — Trace Evidence

Not much recent news reports on this case, but hopefully RCMP will use forensic genealogy to get answers

From 2021:

Parents of Dana Bradley Hope New Technology Will Bring Justice for Daughter 40 Years After Her Disappearance and Murder​

https://vocm.com/2021/12/14/dana-bradley-40-years-since-disappearance-and-murder/

"But a U.S. ancestry company that’s been solving similar cold cases with genetic DNA is offering to help.

Five years ago, RCMP announced a breakthrough after new DNA linked the killing to a single, unknown person. But this week, police said to date there’s been no progress in identifying that person.

Now, a U.S. company that’s been solving similar cold cases with regularity says it may be able to help.

GEDmatch uses genetic geneology that’s solved about 500 cold cases in the U.S. and Canada. GEDmatch alone was used to solve 75 per cent of those cases, including the 1984 Ontario murder of 9-year-old Christine Jessop.

Company CEO Brett Williams says the Dana Bradley case fits their bill, and extended an invitation to the RCMP.

Corporal Jolene Garland wouldn’t confirm whether RCMP have availed of the new technology, except to say they’re using everything at their disposal."