A Northern Ontario man was convicted this week of murdering two women 40 years ago, after police tracked him down with a new investigative technique that uses crime-scene DNA to close in on suspects by mapping their family trees. The man, 62-year-old Joseph Sutherland of Moosonee, Ontario, confessed after investigators demanded a sample of his …
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Guilty Plea in Two 40-Year-Old Murders Hinged on Genetic Genealogy
A Northern Ontario man was convicted this week of murdering two women 40 years ago, after police tracked him down with a new investigative technique that uses crime-scene DNA to close in on suspects by mapping their family trees. The man, 62-year-old Joseph Sutherland of Moosonee, Ontario, confessed after investigators demanded a sample of his …
Smithsonian Folkways Opens Digital Archive to Monthly Donors
The new “Friends of Folkways” program allows listeners full access to the online catalog, beginning at $5 a month. Smithsonian Folkways has launched a new program, dubbed “Friends of Folkways,” whereby fans can choose to donate to the nonprofit label in monthly increments as low as $5. In return, donors will have unlimited access to its …