A 50-year-old murder mystery in Wisconsin was finally solved using genetic genealogy, leading to the arrest of an 84-year-old man from Minnesota. Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd explained that Miller, now in custody in Steele County, Minnesota, had “confirmed his involvement” in Schlais’ murder. Sheriff Bygd stated that solving this case was a “huge victory” for his agency, marking the …
CNN — Investigators in Wisconsin used genetic genealogy to solve a 50-year-old cold case this week, charging an 84-year-old Minnesota man with killing a woman who was found dead in 1974, authorities said. Jon Miller, of Owatonna, Minnesota, was arrested on Thursday after he “confirmed his involvement” with Schlais’ homicide, according to Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd. For decades, detectives …
For 12 long years, former beauty queen and long-time US actress Eva LaRue was being stalked by a psychopath, who regularly sent letters to her southern California home, threatening to rape and kill her and her young daughter. Using genetic genealogy, detectives built the suspect’s family tree and uploaded it on their DNA database, which led them to a town …
A 43-year-old woman, whose mother was found dead in Reading, Pennsylvania around three decades ago, has finally got some closure as the police have finally been able to trace the murderer—a man who died of natural causes four years ago. In February 1990, almost 15 months after Kane’s death, the paper received an anonymous letter from a “concerned citizen,” who …
