A victim's remains were found more than 40 years ago in the crawl space of infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy's home. For decades, the person's identity was a mystery. But genetic genealogy helped solve the case.
For decades their identity was a mystery, but through the work of a non-profit group called the DNA Doe Project and police in the Chicago area, genetic genealogy helped solve the case.According to the group's website, a tooth from the victim was sent to a lab in California for DNA extraction. A sample of the DNA was sent to a lab in Alabama for sequencing. It started as a hobby.
Their DNA samples had a"a strong genetic association," the sheriff's office said"Sheriff's Police also combed through financial records, public records, post-mortem reports, and other data to confirm that Victim #5 and Alexander were the same person," the office said in the news release.The sheriff's office formally told Alexander's family about the discovery Friday.
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