Kathryn Donohue The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Cold Case Unit charged 82-year-old Rodger Zodas Brown with the 1979 murder of Kathryn Donohue in Glenarden, MD, following advancements in forensic genetic genealogy. Brown, who lived in Hyattsville at the time of the crime, was arrested in North Carolina and faces extradition to Prince George’s County …
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How Police Around Australia Are Cracking Cold Cases Using Investigative Genetic Genealogy
Kerryn Tate was murdered in 1979, and advancements in DNA technology have identified a suspect in the case. (Supplied: WA Police) Described as WA’s biggest cold case breakthrough since the introduction of new DNA technology, the naming of Terence John Fisher as a suspect in the 1979 murder of Perth woman Kerryn Tate created headlines around …
After 135 Years, DNA Test Leads Port St. Lucie Woman to her Irish Roots
Pat Sydlo-Arshan spent decades wondering about her Irish heritage, carrying fragments of family stories and newspaper clippings about relatives she’d never meet. At 73, she finally walked through the door of her great-grandfather’s cottage in County Roscommon, Ireland — a home her family has maintained for over 200 years. “Americans always know they’re from somewhere …