Bloodline Detectives

In 2024, Pamela Wittman, a 25-year-old from Indiana, was identified, solving the 1980 Daytona Beach cold case linked to a serial killer.

Found shot near Highway 67 in 1986, Maria Pilar Del Gadillo Carrillo remained unidentified until 2024, when authorities used genetic genealogy and reopened her case.

Esther Gonzalez was killed in 1979 while walking in Riverside. Randy Williamson, cleared by polygraph, lived freely until 2014. In 2023, forensic genealogy closed the cold case.

In 1991, 16-year-old Sarah Yarborough was murdered outside her school. Eyewitnesses saw a man - but it took nearly 30 years and forensic genealogy to find him.

DNA and genealogy reveal serial killer Jerry McFadden murdered Anna Hlavka in a 1979 Portland case.

Found murdered in a Seattle garage in July 1967, Susan Galvin remained without justice until 2018, when DNA and genetic genealogy identified her killer, Frank Wypych.

In October 2003, the San Diego County community was shaken by a tragic discovery: the dismembered legs of a woman were found in a dumpster.

In 1985, Terri McAdams is murdered in her fiance's apartment; in 2023, DNA and genealogy identify the killer.

In 1974, 25-year-old Mary K. Schlais is murdered while hitchhiking from Minneapolis to Madison, Wisconsin.

In 1976, 16-year-old Pamela Maurer's body is found along College Road in Lisle, Illinois.

A 65-year-old mystery is solved when DNA testing identifies the remains of 7-year-old Chester Alfred Breiney.

DNA and genealogy identify soldier Robert Lanoue as the murderer of 5-year-old Anne Pham.

DNA and genealogy solve the murder of schoolgirl Rashell Ward after over 40 years.

Mark Dribin vanishes in 1999. After over 20 years, DNA technology finally unmasks his killer and dark secrets.

In 2013, a newborn baby know as "Baby Precious" is found dead; DNA technology tracks down the child's parents.

DNA technology helps solve the murders of two 21-year-old women in North Carolina in the 1970s.

DNA and genealogy reveal the identity of a man responsible for home invasions from 1982 to 1997.

Danielle Houchins is found murdered. DNA technology finally unmasks the killer in the 2010s.

Teresa Solecki is murdered in 1984 in California. After more than 30 years, DNA technology reveals the killer.

Genetic genealogy links a serial offender to the 1990 murder of Genevieve Zitricki.