On April 2, 2011, Plano, Texas Police Department responded to a home invasion sexual assault that occurred sometime after 2 o’clock in the morning. The victim was awakened by an unknown male in her bed. She fought back during the sexual assault and in the course of doing so, her attacker’s blood was transferred to a pillowcase on …
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Book Review: The Sawtooth Slayer
The Sawtooth Slayer by Nathan Dylan Goodwin. Self published. 2022. 342 pages. Nathan Goodwin will be at RootsTech at his booth in the Expo Hall. He enjoys meeting and greeting his readers, so drop by and say hello. The Sawtooth Slayer, a murder mystery set on the edge of the Sawtooth Range of the Rocky …
New Mexico’s New Police Cold Case Unit Focusing on Genealogy Testing
The unit will partner with smaller departments across the state to focus on solving old cases using genealogy databases and testing to follow leads. Can your Ancestry test help solve a crime? How does law enforcement use DNA databases? What kind of crimes are they focused on? “Ten, 15-20 years ago, this was science fiction,” …