Since President Trump retook office on January 20, libraries and librarianship have been assaulted via executive orders and other actions. While the legality of many of these actions is still being decided by the courts, librarians, archivists, and other information professionals have been working through the confusion to preserve access to information. Below are several examples …
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82-Year-Old Suspect Arrested in 1979 Maryland Cold Case Murder
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 …
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 …