DNA: ID
We all hear stories almost daily now about cold cases being solved by investigative genetic genealogy. This new crime-solving tool answers the “who” question about these often decades-old crimes... but what about the why? This podcast will look at crimes solved by genetic genealogy, and examine the connection - if any - between the victim and the killer, and why the crime occurred. Each case is unique, and has its own story behind the headline. Join us for DNA: ID. New episodes will come out every other week on Mondays.
Episodes
Roger Dean Part 2 of 2
Episode 154 Roger Dean Part 2 of 2 This is part 2 of the Roger Dean case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, please stop now, and go back and listen to part 1 first. To listen to every episode of DNA: ID ad-free and get other benefit…
Roger Dean Part 1 of 2
Episode 154 Roger Dean Part 1 of 2 DNA: ID is back after summer hiatus with a doozy of a case! On Thursday, November 21st, 1985, Roger Dean was seen by neighbors drinking his morning coffee in his garage. The next thing they knew, Roge…
Introducing: Clues with Morgan Absher & Kaelyn Moore
Introducing: Clues with Morgan Absher & Kaelyn Moore Join hosts Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore as they take you deep into the world of the most notorious crimes ever — where a single clue can crack a case wide open. From shocking murders to…
A conversation with former FBI agent Julia Cowley
Episode 153 A conversation with former FBI agent Julia Cowley Our guest today is Julia Cowley, who retired from the FBI after 22 years at the agency. She has a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Oregon and a master's deg…
Danielle Houchins Part 2 of 2
Episode 152 Danielle Houchins Part 2 of 2 This is the conclusion; part 2, of the Danielle Houchins case. If you have noy yet listened to part 1 yet, please stop now and go back and listen to that part first. This is the last regular ep…
Danielle Houchins Part 1 of 2
Episode 152 Danielle Houchins Part 1 of 2 In 1996, Danielle “Danni” Houchins was an outdoorsy 15 year old growing up in Belgrade MT. The new driver went for a solo hike at her favorite recreation area outside town, the West Cameron Brid…
Listen Now: The Rise & Fall of Diddy: The Federal Trial
Listen Now: The Rise & Fall of Diddy: The Federal Trial Episode 1: The United States vs. Sean Combs Opening statements rock the courtroom as federal prosecutors accuse Sean “Diddy” Combs of running a decades-long criminal enterprise built…
Doe ID: Anthony Gulley
Episode 151 Doe ID: Anthony Gulley In December, 2001, a pair of men cutting firewood in Canton, Ohio made a gruesome discovery not far off into a field from a county road. They found a skeletonized body with no identification. A medical exa…
Sarah Yarborough Part 2 of 2
Episode 150 Sarah Yarborough Part 2 of 2 This is the conclusion of the Sarah Yarborough case. If you have not yet listened to part 1, please stop now, and go back and listen to that part first. To listen to every episode of DNA: ID ad-fre…
Sarah Yarborough Part 1 of 2
Episode 150 Sarah Yarborough Part 1 of 2 There are some case that really grip the community, that undercut the sense of safety and security, and that make people lose their faith in humanity. The murder of Sarah Yarborough was such a case.…
Doe ID: Kay Adams Medin
Episode 149 Doe ID: Kay Adams Medin In February 1993, a man walking along Trinidad Head; a rocky promontory beach area near the town of Trinidad in Humboldt County, California, made a shocking discovery. He found what he believed to be a pi…
Velma Nesset Part 2 of 2
Episode 148 Velma Nesset Part 2 of 2 This is part 2; the conclusion of the Velma Nesset case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, please stop now and go back and listen to part 1 first. To listen to every episode of DNA: ID ad-free…
Velma Nesset Part 1 of 2
Episode 148 Velma Nesset Part 1 of 2 64 year old Velma Nesset set out on April 19th, 1982, at 4:30 a.m. to walk to her job as a cleaning lady at the Permian Mall in Odessa, TX. When she did not show up for work, people looked for her, and…
Doe ID: 'Dumpster Jane Doe' Laurie Potter
Episode 147 Doe ID: 'Dumpster Jane Doe' Laurie Potter On October 5th, 2003, a maintenance worker at at the Country Hills Apartment complex in Rancho San Diego, made a horrific discovery in a dumpster when he found a set of severed legs. I…
Sharon Hammack and Dusty Shuck Part 2 of 2
Episode 146 Sharon Hammack and Dusty Shuck Part 2 of 2 This is part 2 of the Sharon Hammack and Dusty Shuck episode. If you have not yet listened to part 1, please stop now and go back and listen to part 1 first. To listen to every epi…
Sharon Hammack and Dusty Shuck Part 1 of 2
Episode 146 Sharon Hammack and Dusty Shuck Part 1 of 2 In mid 1990s Grand Rapids, Michigan, someone was killing sex workers. Sharon Hammack, a mother of two, was hogtied, stabbed, strangled, raped, and dumped on the side of a road. Desp…
Doe ID 'Singer Island Jane Doe' Susan Poole
Episode 145 Doe ID 'Singer Island Jane Doe' Susan Poole On June 16, 1974, a man and his two sons were searching for driftwood on Singer Island in the Burnt Bridge area of North Palm Beach, Florida when they found human remains. Investigat…
Angelica Ramirez
Episode 144 Angelica Ramirez *WARNING* This episode discusses the murder of a child. Listener discretion is advised. In 1994, ten year old Angelica Ramirez was snatched from a swap meet in Visalia, CA. Clues at the scene confirmed the wo…
Doe ID: 'Mentone John Doe' Derrick Burton
Episode 143 Doe ID: 'Mentone John Doe' Derrick Burton *WARNING* This episode discusses the murder of a child. Listener discretion is advised. In October, 1991, a hunter in the area of Mentone, CA discovered a human skull. The skull was…
Laura Kempton Part 2 of 2
Episode 142 Laura Kempton Part 2 of 2 This is the conclusion of the Laura Kempton case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, please stop now, and go back and listen to that part before listening to this one. To listen to every episode o…
Laura Kempton Part 1 of 2
Episode 142 Laura Kempton Part 1 of 2 Vivacious, fun-loving, and popular twenty-three year old Laura Kempton was a fixture in the downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire social scene in 1981. On the night of Sunday, September 27 th , she was see…
Doe ID: Evelyn 'Dottie' Lees
Episode 141 Doe ID: Evelyn 'Dottie' Lees On June 28,1988, the remains of a woman were found in a remote area of Pinal County, AZ along state Route 79 South of US 60. The body was found in a shallow grave, and appeared to have been placed…
Gayla McNeil
Episode 140 Gayla McNeil In October 1983, a young homicide detective caught his first case when a woman turned up floating in a canal in Palm Beach County, Florida. The Jane Doe was a homicide victim, with brutal injuries and evidence of …
Introducing Morbidology, a preview of episode 294: The Mandan Massacre.
Introducing Morbidology, a preview of episode 294: The Mandan Massacre. It was just before 7:30AM on 1 April, 2019, when employees started to arrive at RJR Maintenance and Management in Mandan, North Dakota. When they entered the building…
Doe: ID 'Wayne County Jane Doe' Connie Christensen
Episode 139 Doe: ID 'Wayne County Jane Doe' Connie Christensen In December, 1982, deer hunters in Wayne County, Indiana, found skeletal remains in the woods along Martindale Creek. When the remains were first found, authorities were unable…
Introducing: Women and Crime
Introducing: Women and Crime Women and Crime Podcast is True Crime told by real Criminologists. Amy Shlosberg and co-host Meghan Sacks are both criminologists who have spent their entire careers studying and teaching about crime. In each e…
Yvonne Leroux
Episode 138 Yvonne Leroux Detectives in the York Regional Police, located in Ontario, Canada, had a perplexing scene on their hands in late November 1972. A teenage girl was found dead in the middle of a quiet roadway, bludgeoned to dea…
Doe ID: Nora Castillo
Episode 137 Doe ID: Nora Castillo In June, 1988, a farmer in Baca County, Colorado found skeletonized human remains on his property. Investigators found nothing in the way of identification, and only a 1986 quarter in a pocket. All investi…
Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 3 of 3
Episode 136 Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 3 of 3 This is part 3 of the Becker/Bridgewater case. If you have not listened to parts 1 and 2 yet, please stop now and go back and listen to those two parts first. To listen to every…
Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 2 of 3
Episode 136 Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 2 of 3 This is part 2 of the Becker/Bridgewater case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, please stop now, and go back and listen to part 1 first. To listen to every episode of DNA:…
Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 1 of 3
Episode 136 Teree Becker and Cherrie Bridgewater Part 1 of 3 In 1975, 19 year old free spirit Teree Becker was found in a Westminster, CO field, after hitchhiking toward home two days earlier. Police did everything they could to solve her…
Introducing: Killer Communications
Introducing: Killer Communications AbJack Entertainment, the same network that brings you new episodes of DNA: ID every week, has a brand new show launching March 1,2025. It's called Killer Communications, and it's hosted by Mike Morford. I…
Doe ID: Maria Telles-Gonzalez
Episode 135 Doe ID: Maria Telles-Gonzalez On May 24, 1995, the partially nude body of an unidentified woman was found by a highway worker in a drainage ditch on Cottonhall Road in Yemassee, South Carolina. Authorities believed that the wo…
Cathy Sue Swartz Part 2 of 2
Episode 134 Cathy Sue Swartz Part 2 of 2 This is the conlusion; part 2 of the Cathy Sue Swartz case. If you did not listen to part 1 yet, please stop now, and go back and listen to that part first. To listen to every episode of DNA: ID a…
Cathy Sue Swartz Part 1 of 2
Episode 134 Cathy Sue Swartz Part 1 of 2 The brutal, bloody murder of single mom Cathy Sue Swartz in her own home rocked the community of Three Rivers, Michigan. Cathy had been chased down and slain by her killer as her baby lay in her c…
DOE ID: Pam Wittman
Episode 133 Doe ID: Pam Wittman In November, 1980, a road crew doing work along I-95 in Volusia County, Florida, discovered human remains. A medical examiner concluded that the victim was a young woman, but she carried no ID. The stronges…
Lillian Decloe
Episode 132 Lillian Decloe There’s a certain level of outrage that arises from the senseless murder of a senior citizen – 89 year old Lillian Decloe had paid her dues in life and deserved a peaceful retirement in her own home. But in Ap…
Doe ID: Chester Breiney
Episode 131 Doe ID: Chester Breiney In October, 1959, partial skeletal remains of what was believed to be a little girl was found in a culvert in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. Surveying the area, investigators found more bones; some of which s…
Joyce Casper Part 2 of 2
Episode 130 Joyce Casper Part 2 of 2 This is the conclusion of the Joyce Casper case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, please stop now, and go back and listen to that part first. This episode is spnsored by Better Help; convenient…
Joyce Casper Part 1 of 2
Episode 130 Joyce Casper Part 1 of 2 When respected and esteemed 65 year old businesswoman and mother of three Joyce Casper was found raped and murdered in her car in Boise, Idaho in 1987, the community was shocked to its core. No one c…