Nicholas Forbes, a retired Monroe County medical examiner, was here during the Rochester mob wars. First trial in New York based on familial DNA sample arrestIn 2020 Police arrested Williams in Florida, where he was then living, after the state conducted a familial DNA search on evidence from the homicide. Police were able to surreptitiously collect a DNA sample from Williams in Florida, and the sample was allegedly a match. This is the first trial in New York in which a suspect was arrested based on familial DNA. It was Forbes, who was well known nationally for his work as a forensics pathologist, who conducted the autopsy on Wendy Jerome.

Source: Forbes December 04, 2023 08:24 UTC