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The forever witness : how DNA and genealogy solved a cold case double murder

Humes, Edward (author.).

Summary: "After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer--and exposed a looming battle between the pursuit of justice and the right to privacy. When Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook were murdered during a trip to Seattle in the 1980s, detectives had few leads. The murder weapon was missing. No one witnessed any suspicious activity. And there was only a single handprint on the outside of the young couple's van. The detectives assumed Tanya and Jay were victims of a serial killer--but without any leads, the case seemed forever doomed. In deep-freeze, long-term storage, biological evidence from the crime scenes sat waiting. Meanwhile, California resident CeCe Moore began her lifetime fascination with genetic genealogy. As DNA testing companies rapidly grew in popularity, she discovered another use for the technology: solving crimes. When Detective Jim Scharf decided to send the cold case's decades-old DNA to Parabon NanoLabs, he hoped he would bring closure to the Van Cuylenborg and Cook families. He didn't know that he and Moore would make history. Anyone can submit a saliva sample to learn about their ancestry. But what happens after the results of these tests are uploaded to the internet? As lawyers, policymakers, and police officers fight over questions of consent and privacy, the implications of Scharf's case become ever clearer. Approximately 250,000 murders in the United States remain unsolved today. We have the tools to catch many of these killers--but what is the cost?"--

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781524746278
  • ISBN: 1524746274
  • Physical Description: x, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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  • Publisher: [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Cold cases (Criminal investigation) Case studies
Genetic genealogy Case studies
Criminal investigation Case studies
Genre: Case studies.
Case studies.
True crime stories.

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  • 23 of 26 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 2 current holds with 26 total copies.
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Albright Memorial Library 363.25 HUMES (Text) 50686016249596 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 363.25 HUMES (Text) 50686016251972 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library 363.25 HUM (Text) 37268003140423 AHMFL Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 363.25 HUM (Text) 33240005153005 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library 363.25 H922f (Text) 85131001866418 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library 363.25 HUMES (Text) 50688010881614 Adult Nonfiction Available -
DuBois Public Library 363.25 HUMES (Text)
Memorial: In Memory of Daniel O'Neil
61000100092077 Adult NonFiction Available -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) 363.25 HUM (Text) 92525988 GFWM Main Room Available -
Highland Community Library 363.25 HUM (Text) 35610001003099 HGHM Non-Fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library 363.25 Humes True Crime (Text) 39427103713087 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -

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