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Arrest made in 1983 cold case murder in Montgomery County

But In 2007, the Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Squad resubmitted the unknown male’s DNA found during the initial investigation, according to a release. Lucas, along with his alleged codefendant Otis Elwood Toole, were eliminated by DNA in 2008, according to a release.

In October 2019, investigators sent the DNA evidence for genealogy testing, which showed Thomas Elvin Darnell, a 75-year-old male from Kansas City, Kansas, as a potential suspect, according to a release. A DNA search warrant for Darnell was obtained as a result of the investigation, according to a release.

Montgomery County Cold Case Detectives went to Kansas on March 17, 38 years later to the day, and collected a known DNA sample from Darnell.

On April 30, his DNA sample was positively matched to the DNA collected from Purchase, according to a release.

An arrest warrant for capital murder was issued in Montgomery County and Darnell was arrested at his home on May 11, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

On May 20, Darnell was extradited to Montgomery County and booked into the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Jail on capital murder charges with no bond.

TX - Cold case murders may be connected, Montgomery County, Houston

ETA: I'm not sure that this should or should not be in THIS THREAD..... was it due to genetic geneology? TIA if someone can answer... and delete if needed/

ETA #2: Neither @Niner nor I could find a thread here at WS for this case... with or without genealogy link. .. yet................
 
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dixiegirl1035 said:
Arrest made in 1983 cold case murder in Montgomery County

But In 2007, the Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Squad resubmitted the unknown male’s DNA found during the initial investigation, according to a release. Lucas, along with his alleged codefendant Otis Elwood Toole, were eliminated by DNA in 2008, according to a release.

In October 2019, investigators sent the DNA evidence for genealogy testing, which showed Thomas Elvin Darnell, a 75-year-old male from Kansas City, Kansas, as a potential suspect, according to a release. A DNA search warrant for Darnell was obtained as a result of the investigation, according to a release.

Montgomery County Cold Case Detectives went to Kansas on March 17, 38 years later to the day, and collected a known DNA sample from Darnell.

On April 30, his DNA sample was positively matched to the DNA collected from Purchase, according to a release.

An arrest warrant for capital murder was issued in Montgomery County and Darnell was arrested at his home on May 11, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

On May 20, Darnell was extradited to Montgomery County and booked into the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Jail on capital murder charges with no bond.

TX - Cold case murders may be connected, Montgomery County, Houston

ETA: I'm not sure that this should or should not be in THIS THREAD..... was it due to genetic geneology? TIA if someone can answer... and delete if needed/

ETA #2: Neither @Niner nor I could find a thread here at WS for this case... with or without genealogy link. .. yet................
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Thread for Laura:
TX - Laura Marie Purchase (Found 3/17/83, Conroe, Montgomery County) - *ARREST*
 
dixiegirl1035 said:
Arrest made in 1983 cold case murder in Montgomery County

But In 2007, the Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Squad resubmitted the unknown male’s DNA found during the initial investigation, according to a release. Lucas, along with his alleged codefendant Otis Elwood Toole, were eliminated by DNA in 2008, according to a release.

In October 2019, investigators sent the DNA evidence for genealogy testing, which showed Thomas Elvin Darnell, a 75-year-old male from Kansas City, Kansas, as a potential suspect, according to a release. A DNA search warrant for Darnell was obtained as a result of the investigation, according to a release.

Montgomery County Cold Case Detectives went to Kansas on March 17, 38 years later to the day, and collected a known DNA sample from Darnell.

On April 30, his DNA sample was positively matched to the DNA collected from Purchase, according to a release.

An arrest warrant for capital murder was issued in Montgomery County and Darnell was arrested at his home on May 11, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

On May 20, Darnell was extradited to Montgomery County and booked into the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Jail on capital murder charges with no bond.

TX - Cold case murders may be connected, Montgomery County, Houston

ETA: I'm not sure that this should or should not be in THIS THREAD..... was it due to genetic geneology? TIA if someone can answer... and delete if needed/

ETA #2: Neither @Niner nor I could find a thread here at WS for this case... with or without genealogy link. .. yet................
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Wowzers- this guy doesn’t even look competent to remember his name- nevermind remembering if he did it. :confused:
 
This case has lots of twists and turns. I'm sure sleuthers have read about it. Quite a story...

Sheriff on United flight spots SOS on Guanella Pass in 1982, decades later the rescued man's charged in a double murder

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — Two young women disappeared from the Breckenridge area on the evening of Jan. 6, 1982. Both were last seen hitchhiking and their bodies were eventually found months apart.



On that very same night, a rescuer saved a man at the top of Guanella Pass who had been caught in a snowstorm. The two events remained seemingly unconnected for decades.



Colorado cold case: How a mountain rescue is tied to murder | 9news.com


Daily Mail has pictures:
Barbara "Bobbie" Jo Oberholtzer is pictured before her 1982 murder while she was hitch-hiking in Colorado
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Annette Schnee is pictured before her 1982 murder while she was hitch-hiking in Colorado
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Crime scene photos at link

Colorado man, 70, charged with murdering two women in 1982 was rescued just hours after killing them | Daily Mail Online
 
Maryland and Montana have new laws limiting GG investigations, but thankfully they don't seem too restrictive.
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New laws in Maryland and Montana are the first in the nation to restrict law enforcement’s use of genetic genealogy, the DNA matching technique that in 2018 identified the Golden State Killer, in an effort to ensure the genetic privacy of the accused and their relatives.

Beginning on Oct. 1, investigators working on Maryland cases will need a judge’s signoff before using the method, in which a “profile” of thousands of DNA markers from a crime scene is uploaded to genealogy websites to find relatives of the culprit. The new law, sponsored by Democratic lawmakers, also dictates that the technique be used only for serious crimes, such as murder and sexual assault. And it states that investigators may only use websites with strict policies around user consent.

Montana’s new law, sponsored by a Republican, is narrower, requiring that government investigators obtain a search warrant before using a consumer DNA database, unless the consumer has waived the right to privacy.

The laws “demonstrate that people across the political spectrum find law enforcement use of consumer genetic data chilling, concerning and privacy-invasive,” said Natalie Ram, a law professor at the University of Maryland who championed the Maryland law. “I hope to see more states embrace robust regulation of this law enforcement technique in the future.”

Two New Laws Restrict Police Use of DNA Search Method
 
Legally Bland said:
Maryland and Montana have new laws limiting GG investigations, but thankfully they don't seem too restrictive.
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New laws in Maryland and Montana are the first in the nation to restrict law enforcement’s use of genetic genealogy, the DNA matching technique that in 2018 identified the Golden State Killer, in an effort to ensure the genetic privacy of the accused and their relatives.

Beginning on Oct. 1, investigators working on Maryland cases will need a judge’s signoff before using the method, in which a “profile” of thousands of DNA markers from a crime scene is uploaded to genealogy websites to find relatives of the culprit. The new law, sponsored by Democratic lawmakers, also dictates that the technique be used only for serious crimes, such as murder and sexual assault. And it states that investigators may only use websites with strict policies around user consent.

Montana’s new law, sponsored by a Republican, is narrower, requiring that government investigators obtain a search warrant before using a consumer DNA database, unless the consumer has waived the right to privacy.

The laws “demonstrate that people across the political spectrum find law enforcement use of consumer genetic data chilling, concerning and privacy-invasive,” said Natalie Ram, a law professor at the University of Maryland who championed the Maryland law. “I hope to see more states embrace robust regulation of this law enforcement technique in the future.”

Two New Laws Restrict Police Use of DNA Search Method
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Thanks for posting this. As you saw, Paul Holes objects to the restrictive nature of these laws, and is concerned about a trend in the direction toward further restrictions on the use of forensic genealogy. I agree. Now LE has to get a judge involved to conduct this kind of research, which gives them only a lead to follow. As we say in the legal world, this will have a chilling effect on the use of this marvelous new crime-solving tool, especially if this trend expands.
 
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A 76-year-old Minnesota man has been arrested in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl nearly half a century ago, authorities said Friday.

The Naperville Police Department arrested Barry Lee Whelpley of Mounds View, Minnesota, on Wednesday for the 1972 slaying of Julie Ann Hanson. The retired welder, who was 27 at the time of the killing, has been charged with murder and was taken into custody in Minnesota.

Minnesota man arrested in 49-year-old Chicago-area slaying | CIProud.com
 
Legally Bland said:
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A 76-year-old Minnesota man has been arrested in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl nearly half a century ago, authorities said Friday.

The Naperville Police Department arrested Barry Lee Whelpley of Mounds View, Minnesota, on Wednesday for the 1972 slaying of Julie Ann Hanson. The retired welder, who was 27 at the time of the killing, has been charged with murder and was taken into custody in Minnesota.

Minnesota man arrested in 49-year-old Chicago-area slaying | CIProud.com
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Is there a thread for Julie Ann? TIA!
 
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The Cascade County Sheriff’s Office has closed out what they believe may be the oldest "cold case" in the country after more than 65 years.

Through the use of forensic genetic genealogy, they say Kenneth Gould is the most likely suspect in the rape and murder of Patty Kalitzke and the murder of her 18-year-old boyfriend Duane Bogle in Great Falls in early 1956.

https://www.kpax.com/news/crime-and...956-murder-of-two-young-people-in-great-falls

WS thread:

MT - MT - Lloyd Bogle, 18, & Patricia Kalitzke, 16, Great Falls, 2 Jan 1956
 
JovanSrna said:
Mystery in the Mountains: Who is Baby Boy Doe? | Local 22/44 News
Parabon NanoLabs is working on a baby John Doe case in Vermont from 1982. It's not on NamUs. The boy was named Matthew Isaac.
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Unfortunately, the link has geographical restrictions. :(

Thanks to google:

Matthew Isaac Doe (aka Baby Boy Doe) | Vermont State Police

Matthew Isaac Doe (aka Baby Boy Doe)
Unsolved Homicide
Wed, 03/31/1982 - 12:00
Newborn infant: white, male, brown hair
Mill Hill Road, Northfield, VT
Vermont State Police - Major Crime Unit
Case numbers: 05A305256 / 620-491

A newborn baby was found dead on April 1, 1982, alongside the Mill Hill Road in Northfield. He was wrapped in a brown bath towel inside a sealed plastic garbage bag. Evidence indicated the boy had been carried full term and born healthy only hours earlier, likely nearby. His death is attributed to exposure to the elements. The identity of his parents remains unknown. The case is unsolved.

A funeral service for the infant was held in late April at St. Mary’s Church in Northfield. Reverend Frank Wisner III named the child Matthew Isaac. He was buried after the service.

In July 2020, detectives with the Vermont State Police started work on an emerging investigative technique involving DNA in collaboration with Parabon NanoLabs that could help shed light on this case. Follow this link to learn more: VSP Press Releases: Vermont State Police focuses on new DNA technology in unsolved 1982 homicide of infant
 
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