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.

Student Terri McAdams was beaten and killed by an intruder who entered the apartment she was staying in. In 2024, genetic genealogy caught Terri's killer.

The story of how DNA identified 25-year-old Mary Schlais's killer in Minnesota, linking it to John Miller and showing how genetic genealogy brought long-awaited justice.

The story of Pamela Maurer, whose killer, Bruce Lindahl, was identified after 43 years. In 2024, testing also linked him to 1979 victim Kathy Halle.

In Winsconsin in 1959, skeletal remains were found and baffled investigators. Sixty-five years later, genetic genealogy revealed the victim was Chester Alfred Breiney.

The story of how five-year-old Anne Pham's murder was solved after 40 years, using DNA and genetic genealogy. Army soldier Robert Lanoue was identified as her killer.