S2 E1: Body in the Stairwell
In 1999, hospital worker Jennifer Watkins is sexually assaulted and murdered. 20 years later, revolutionary DNA testing helps to solve the cold case.
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Detectives and forensic experts recount the most extraordinary cold cases that were solved using the revolutionary technique of familial DNA testing.
Director: Emile Dinneen, Derek Dillon
In 1999, hospital worker Jennifer Watkins is sexually assaulted and murdered. 20 years later, revolutionary DNA testing helps to solve the cold case.
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In Sacramento, three women are brutally assaulted by the same man. Investigators use genealogy technology to track down the suspect.
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A young couple is murdered in Montana in 1956. In 2019, investigators use voluntary genealogical databases to catch the killer.
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A small community in Utah is shocked when an elderly woman is brutally attacked in her own home. Detectives use innovative techniques to solve the case.
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In 1993, a 19-year-old woman is kidnapped and raped. A private forensic genealogy company is able to track down the suspect.
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In 1997, a woman is attacked on her route home. A suspect is arrested over 20 years later with the help of a genetic genealogical search.
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In 1974, a 5-year-old girl disappears while walking to her friend's house. 46 years later, detectives are able to put the case to rest using modern DNA technology.
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A woman out for a walk is attacked and sexually assaulted by an unknown assailant. 14 years later, police trace a family tree using genetic genealogy and find the rapist.
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When a woman is found dead in her home, detectives are left with more questions than answers.
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A woman takes a genealogy test to learn what happened to her estranged mother and is shocked to learn her DNA helped law enforcement identify a Jane Doe that remained a mystery for over 40 years.
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In 1981 a young woman is found murdered on the side of the road. Who killed her remains a mystery for decades until law enforcement can utilize genetic genealogy to crack the case.
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A young woman out jogging is attacked and viciously raped at knifepoint. The perpetrator continues his reign of terror by raping another five times over the next nine years.
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In Alexandria, Virginia in 2016, a young female lifeguard is raped while working at a local pool. Police soon learn of a similar incident in Fairfax, two years previously.
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In August 1977, the body of a young girl was discovered by blackberry pickers in Everett, WA. She had been strangled and shot. Investigators launched a two-tiered investigation.
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February 1968 in South Dakota, 60-year-old pharmacist Gwen Miller fails to show up for work. Despite co-workers discover her body soon after, the case goes cold and remains so for decades.
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Portageville, Missouri in 1998. The bodies of Megan and Sherri Scherer are found lifeless in their sitting room. Both had been shot in the head several times.
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In 1976, Leslie Penrod Harris storms out of a restaurant after an argument with her husband. She never returns. Hours later, her naked body is found near El Toro Air Base twenty miles away.
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December 1987 in Ohio, the nude body of 17-year-old Barbara Blatnik is found face down on a rural road. She had been violently raped and strangled.
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In 1988, Janet Tinsley reports her 8-year-old daughter April missing after she fails to return home. Three days later, a man out jogging makes a gruesome discovery in a nearby ditch.
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On June 11th, 1963, a man fishing in Oregon reels in the body of a toddler. The child had been wrapped in blankets and weighed down by iron molds.
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