Macatawa Bay Area History & Heritage

08/11/2020

This is exciting:

Getting sufficient DNA out of a rootless hair has long been considered impossible. A scientist, better known for work with ancient fossils, has figured it out. It’s a game-changer for crime and surveillance.

08/07/2020

https://www.originalpechanga.com/2020/07/trump-administration-establishes-first.html?spref=fb&m=1

My blog's about Tribal disenrollment and civil and human rights abuse of Native Americans BY Native Americans

08/01/2020

Congratulations To my friend Mark Wholihan and others on solving this exciting and oldest cold case to be solved using Genetic Genealogy.

The case of Joseph Henry Loveless, who sawed his way out of jail in 1916, is among the oldest solved using genetic genealogy.

07/29/2020

This cold case is right in my own back yard! How exciting.

BLENDON TWP. — In an attempt to extract DNA that could identify the victim in a long-unsolved case, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office

07/13/2020

Almost unbelievable:

Forty years later, DNA and remains of Gina Renee Hall have been found with the help of an instrument invented by a forensic anthropologist in Tennessee.

07/13/2020

Even in Ireland:

Stephen Corrigan identified through DNA sample given by his late mother

07/07/2020

DNA used is from what we call Abandoned DNA:

A lead from a forensic genealogy company led detectives to suspect Patrick Nicholas, whose DNA retrieved from old cigarette butts matched samples collected in 1991.

07/02/2020

None of these cases I have shared means I have worked on them. Some may be connections through colleagues of mine. If they are my cases I have asked to keep my name out of it for privacy, and safety reasons.

06/30/2020

After all these years. First publicized case solved with help from an Investigative Genetic Genealogist.

Four decades after he started ra**ng women and killing couples, former police officer...

06/28/2020

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/28/us/dna-abducted-killed-8-year-old-girl/index.html

After nearly 38 agonizing years, the family of Kelly Ann Prosser finally has some closure.