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The cold case solutions keep coming.

2 Women Were Found Dead in the 1980s. DNA Links a Man to the Murders.

A Virginia man was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the 1986 murder of Jacqueline Lard. The authorities said his DNA was also linked to the 1989 killing of Amy Baker.

That's for sure!

Around 546,000 people were reported missing in the US in 2022. That blows my mind almost as much as how incredible it is that DNA testing is solving so many cold cases.

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Very encouraged by advances in DNA technology and related procedural investigation. The more cold cases solved the better, especially for families of victims from marginalized communities and black and Native American women. Opportunities to right wrongs abound here. www.npr.org/2024/02/25/1...

Decades-old missing person case solved after relative uploads DNA to genealogy site

Sandra Young was between 16 and 18 years old when she went missing in the late 1960s. Police in Oregon say an upload to the genealogy database GEDMatch helped them identify her remains.

Thanks for taking the time to read it.

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