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With no witnesses to the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, DNA evidence in the O. J. Simpson murder case was the key physical proof used by the prosecution to link O. J. Simpson to the crime. Over nine weeks of testimony, 108 exhibits of DNA evidence, including 61 drops of blood, were presented at trial.
In 1990, a violent murder of a young student in Brno was the first criminal case in Czechoslovakia solved by DNA evidence, with the murderer sentenced to 23 years in prison. [101] [102] In 1992, DNA from a palo verde tree was used to convict Mark Alan Bogan of murder. DNA from seed pods of a tree at the crime scene was found to match that of ...
Murder of Michelle Martinko. The murder of Michelle Martinko occurred in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, on December 19, 1979. It was a cold case until 2018, when familial DNA identified a suspect 39 years after the crime who was charged, tried and convicted of her murder. [2]
The cold case murder of a 26-year-old Pennsylvania mother in 1988 has been finally solved thanks to DNA evidence found on a chilling letter. The cold case murder of a 26-year-old Pennsylvania ...
The Golden State Killer investigation, which investigators finally solved in 2018, popularized forensic genetic genealogy. Scientists say using math to sort through DNA could help investigators ...
Updated March 6, 2024 at 10:40 PM. Nearly 40 years later, authorities in Virginia have linked a man to the separate killings of two women in the 1980s. A county grand jury Monday indicted Elroy ...
Investigative genetic genealogy, also known as forensic genetic genealogy, is the emerging practice of utilizing genetic information from direct-to-consumer companies for identifying suspects or victims in criminal cases. [1] As of December 2023, the use of this technology has solved a total of 651 criminal cases, including 318 individual ...
Hampikian said someone can leave “touch evidence,” a sample of DNA left that could contain cells of the assailant from their hands. “Murder cases are not solved in 24 hours or a week or two ...