Othram Inc., a Texas-based lab that leverages forensic genealogy to solve cold cases, was a crucial piece in helping investigators identify Joseph George Sutherland.
“Our DNA testing is something that no one else on earth can do right now the way that we do it here at Othram. We are the first lab that's purpose-built to take this type of evidence and use it for this really advanced forensic genome sequencing process,” Mittleman said. In the “exact same manner” Mittleman said they worked with the Toronto police to uncover the man responsible for the murder of nine-year-old Christine Jessop who was sexually assaulted and killed more than 35 years ago.
Once Othram processed the DNA, they gave it to a genealogist at the Toronto Police Service who uploaded it to a genealogical database to cross reference with genetic information of the suspect’s relatives and eventually zero in on Sutherland.
A lot of cold cases will be solved. So if you are guilty of some sick crime call a lawyer they will be coming. Time always catches up and expect a knock on your door.
Violent criminals sometimes go to great lengths to protect their DNA from police, only to have the biological samples they abandoned at a crime scene linked to 'Aunt Martha' researching her family tree. Justice and science are innovative.
Glad they caught this guy but it’s crazy you can take a online dna test to find out your heritage and that same company keeps that dna and info on file then passes it over the to authorities. I guess no privacy anymore.
Speaking of Crack.He looks like he does it.
centennial college professor jared purdy is a hacker，please be careful to choice his classes, he will stole someone information thorough personal email. When he teach us he also introduced he also work in the HP® Canada at IT department.
Big Brother used its powers to capture a creep, but the bigger question is if we’re willing to allow invasion of privacy if it means capturing criminals? Would you be willing to provide your DNA to police for a “safer” society controlled by a police state
Just follow the trail of whisky bottles .
was this the guy found in a septic tank?