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Nancy Bennallack

A court reporter is found stabbed to death inside her Sacramento apartment in 1970. With very few investigative leads, the case turns up and became one of Sacramento county’s oldest, unsolved homicides cases. Can advanced DNA testing and the use of forensic genetic genealogy help bring Nancy Bennallack’s killer to justice? Photo Source: The Daily…

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Dyatlov Pass Incident

In January 1959, nine experienced and young Russian hikers began an expedition in the Ural Mountains of the Soviet Union. The group was on their way to one of the mountain’s peaks, but they never made it. And the events that took place between January 25th, 1959 and February 1, 1959, would become one of…

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Carol Sue Klaber

Sixteen year old Carol Sue Klaber left her parent’s house in Boone County, Kentucky, on June 4, 1976, to go out with a friend after dropping her bike off. But after she left her parents house, she was never seen alive again. The hunt for her killer sent investigators on a four-decade long hunt. PHOTO…

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Robin Brooks

In 1980 a young woman was found murdered inside her Sacramento, California, apartment. With very few investigative leads, the case quickly turned cold despite having her killer’s DNA. Episode Sources: Newsbreak CBS News Kiro 7 Robin Brooks Foundation ABC 10 Article 1 ABC 10 Article 2 Oxygen ABC 10 Article 3

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Somerton Man

The identity of a man dressed in a suit found dead on Australia’s Somerton beach has baffled investigators for over 70 years. Can the use of genetic genealogy finally identify him?

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Urooj Khan

A Chicago man mysteriously died just hours after he win a million dollars playing the lottery,. His family is now searching for answers. Can forensic science help explain what happened to Urooj Khan?

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Toronto Village Killer

During a seven year period, at least eight men mysteriously disappeared from Toronto’s gay village between 2010 and 2017. For many years, investigators feared their disappearances were linked to a cannibal stalking the Toronto streets.

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Audrey Edmunds

A Wisconsin stay at home wife and mother is arrested after a neighbor’s six month old baby dies after spending the morning in her care. The medical professionals say Audrey Edmunds shook the baby causing severe head trauma but Audrey claims she’s innocent. Episode Sources: Northwestern Law The Reporters Wisconsin Court documents NBC 15 news…

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Angel Bumpass

In 2019, Angel Bumpass was charged with first-degree murder for a crime committed when she was only a teenager. Prosecutors alleged that her fingerprints at the crime scene proved she was the killer. Is Angel Bumpass a cold-blooded killer? Or did someone set her up? Photo Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press Episode Sources: Oxygen The…

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Tara Calico

On September 20, 1988, Tara Calico left her home in New Mexico to go on a bike ride she took almost every morning. When she didn’t return home, her mom anxiously looked for her, but never found her. Over three decades later, Tara is still missing with little forensic evidence in the case.    

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