Genetic genealogy provides a new investigative tool for solving old crimes like Jessop case - News Summed Up

Genetic genealogy provides a new investigative tool for solving old crimes like Jessop case


Article contentDavid Mittelman says one of the most critical tasks in cutting-edge genetic forensics is to not destroy the evidence. “There’s low quantities sometimes, there’s not a lot of evidence left. Her body was found two months later, some 50 kilometres away in Sunderland, Ont. Three decades later, semen that was found on her body was used to piece together a picture of who the killer might have been. On Thursday, Toronto police named their suspect: Calvin Hoover, who was 28 at the time of the crime.


Source: National Post October 17, 2020 00:11 UTC



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