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Identifinders Assists Orange County DA’s Office in Solving the Oldest Jane Doe Case in the County
Identifinders International is honored to have assisted the Orange County District Attorney’s office in solving the oldest Doe case in Orange County. In March 1968, a woman was discovered badly beaten, raped, and with her throat slashed in a field … Continue reading
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Identifinders International Wins Fifth Place for DNA Hit of the Year
Identifinders International, in conjunction with the King Co. WA Sheriff’s Office, has been awarded Fifth Place in the Gordon Thomas Honeywell (GTH) DNA Hit of the Year Competition out of a field of 50 entries from 20 countries for their pioneering work on the 1991 Sarah Yarborough homicide. Continue reading
Posted in Cold Cases, Crime and Law Enforcement, DNA Testing, Uncategorized
Tagged autosomal SNP testing, Cold case, DNA Hit of the Year, DNA Identification, Federal Way, Forensic Genealogy, genetic genealogy, Gordon Thomas Honeywell Government Affairs, King County Sheriff's Office, Phoenix Canal Murders, Sarah Yarborough, Seattle Police Department, Termo Fisher, Virtual HIDS Conference, Y-STR
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1968 Cold Case Murder of Gwen Miller Solved through Forensic Genealogy and Dedicated Detective Work
Through the use of DNA forensic genealogy, Rapid City police have identified the suspect responsible for the death of 60-year-old Gwen Miller. Ms. Miller, a Rapid City pharmacist, was located strangled and sexually assaulted in her bed at her home on Hall Street in 1968. Continue reading
Press Conference on Cold Case – Rapid City SD – 2 pm – 17 Jun 2019
RCPD MEDIA ADVISORY: Press conference to discuss new findings in cold case The media is invited to attend a press conference discussing new findings in the cold case investigation into a Rapid City homicide from 1968. The press conference will … Continue reading
DNA-The Next Big Gold Rush?
The discovery of gold at Sutters Mill, CA in 1848 promised untold wealth for those who had the resources and stamina to outlast the competition. At the dawn of the California Gold Rush, there were no laws governing property rights; prospectors depended on … Continue reading
Posted in DNA Testing, Uncategorized
Tagged 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Ann Wojecki, autosomal DNA, Autosomal SNP Tests, Bloom's Disease, California Gold Rush, claim jumping, DNA, DNA Identification, FDA, Forensic Genealogy, Genentech, General Mining Act of 1872, HIPPA, Identifinders, Mexican American War, MyHeritageDNA
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Big Business or Big Brother?
At the recent American Academy of Forensic Science meeting in New Orleans, I attended the workshop The Opiate Crisis, Dirty Bombs, Big Data/Big Problems, and Driverless Cars: On the Leading Edge of Forensic Science – 2017 Theoretical Forensic Sciences “Think Tank”. It … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Anne Wojcicki, Direct-to-consumer, DNA testing, DTC Testing, MyHeritage, Tim Sullivan
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Who Am I? What Is My Name? Part XI – Berlin, Warsaw, and the German Soldier
I recently traveled to Berlin and Warsaw to personally research in the various German and Polish archives. My hope was to find more information about Gertrude Priess-Spiro and her circle of acquaintance and friends, towards the goal of finding the … Continue reading
Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized, Unsolved Mysteries
Tagged Albert Lotterer, Berlin Bundesarchiv, Berlin Landesarchiv, Bundesarchiv Lichterfeld, Einwohnermeldekartei, Gertrude Priess-Spiro, Gertrude Spiro, Leo Spiro, Martin Luchtenhandt, Pawiak Prison, Pnina Gutman, Serbia, Sonia Spiro, Warsaw Ghetto, Zentral- und Landesbibliotek, ZLB
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For Immediate Release – Grant from the Elie Wiesel Jewish Studies Center, Boston University
The Center for Professional Education at Boston University has been awarded a competitive grant from Jewish Cultural Endowment Fund of the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies to hold a one-day workshop “Holocaust Survival and Reunion Stories: Separating Fact from … Continue reading
Posted in About Me, DNA Testing, Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project, Unsolved Mysteries
Tagged Boston University, Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies, Forensic Genealogy, Holocaust, Jewish Cultural Endowment, JewishGen, JRI Poland, The Mascot, Yad Vashem
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Who Am I – What Is My Name – Part X – Gertrude’s Marriage and Divorce
By now, everyone who reads this should know Gertrude Priess-Spiro, the woman who arranged to have Pnina Gutman smuggled from the Warsaw Ghetto in August or September 1942. New information about her has recently been discovered that provides details about her … Continue reading
Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized
Tagged Alfred Roehrs, Anklamer Strasse, Auschwitz, Brunnenstrasse, David Leo Spiro, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Priess-Spiro, Identifinders, Jewish Historical Institute, Landesarchiv Berlin, Leo David Spiro, missing-identity, Pawiak Prison, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Polish State Archives in Warsaw, Unidentified, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto
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