DNA Evidence

• Moosonee man pleads guilty to murdering 2 Toronto women in 1983

  The cold case files of the murders of Susan Tice and Erin Gilmour remained unsolved for decades until police used a new technology known as investigative genetic genealogy.

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  Oct 5, 2023
  
• Ibrahim Ali: Accused’s lawyer says DNA found in slain teen might not be killer’s

  A defence lawyer at the Ibrahim Ali murder trial in B.C. has raised the possibility that the person whose DNA was found inside the victim may not be the one who killed the girl.

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  Sep 15, 2023
  
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• Ibrahim Ali: DNA evidence back at centre stage in B.C. teen’s killing

  DNA evidence is expected to play a critical role in the case, as there were no eyewitnesses to the girl's death.

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  Jul 26, 2023
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• DNA evidence leads to murder charge in 26-year-old Edmonton homicide case

  On Christmas Day 1996, Edmonton police found the body of Joanne Ghostkeeper, 24, at an apartment at 34 Street and 119 Avenue. A DNA test has led to a first-degree murder charge.

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  Jun 22, 2023
• A Montreal teen was killed almost 50 years ago. Now her suspected killer’s body is being exhumed

  DNA evidence that surfaced in June led cold-case investigators to suspect Franklin Maywood Romine in the 1975 rape and killing of Sharron Prior.

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  May 8, 2023
• DNA evidence leads Guelph, Ont. police to suspects in two stolen vehicle cases

  DNA testing done on evidence found in two unrelated stolen vehicles found in April and December of last year led police in Guelph, Ont., to arrest two men on Tuesday.

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  Mar 29, 2023
• Police use DNA evidence to track down vehicle theft suspect in Guelph

  The Guelph Police Service recovered a stolen GMC Sierra pickup in the parking lot of a commercial plaza on Woodlawn Road West on July 30, 2022.

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  Mar 16, 2023
• Edmonton police charge 62-year-old man with attempted murder, kidnapping, child sexual assault

  A 62-year-old man is facing numerous charges, including attempted murder and sexual assault of a child, in connection with an Edmonton police investigation.

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  Jun 21, 2021
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• DNA evidence leads to arrest over 2 years later: Guelph police

  It's not clear when the DNA match was made, but Hanover police arrested a man from West Grey on Tuesday.

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  Feb 5, 2020
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• Newfoundland and Labrador police review homicide evidence after DNA mix-up

  Lloyd Strickland, the province's assistant director of public prosecutions, says the chief medical examiner's office was notified by the RCMP on Sept. 30 that DNA from one homicide victim had surfaced in another case.

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  Jan 27, 2020