DNA

• DNA profiling identifies human remains in Washington State as Penticton, B.C., man, missing since 2009

  In May 2009, a body was pulled from the waters of the Salish Sea off of Parker Reef, north of Orcas Island in San Juan County in Washington.

  Nov 30, 2020
• Calvin Hoover: Tips flood in from public about Christine Jessop’s cold-case killer

  "The objective is to learn more about Calvin, to see where he was during those three decades, see what he was up to, who he was with, what he was doing, and eventually to make sure that there is no other victims or no other crimes that Calvin was involved in," he said.

  Crime

  Oct 22, 2020
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• How Toronto police found the suspect in Christine Jessop’s murder through DNA

  Genetic genealogy has been used to solve several notorious cold cases, including the identity of the Golden State Killer in California.

  Crime

  Oct 16, 2020
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• DNA match leads to Oshawa man’s arrest in October 2019 break and enter: Northumberland OPP

  Coins, jewellery, cameras were stolen from a residence in Hamilton Township on Oct. 22, 2019.

  Crime

  Oct 14, 2020
• DNA leads to arrest in 2018 Guelph break-in: police

  Guelph police say DNA found at the scene of a break-in from two years ago has now led to an arrest.

  Crime

  Oct 5, 2020
• Composite sketch released of mother of baby found dead in Saskatoon recycling bin

  Saskatoon police say they are now turning to science in an effort to identify the mother of a baby girl found dead in a recycling bin.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2020
• Bingo? Possible dinosaur ‘DNA’ found in 75-million-year-old fossil

  The sample challenges the scientific theory that DNA can't survive longer than one million years.

  Trending

  Mar 4, 2020
• 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.

  Crime

  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.

  Crime

  Jan 27, 2020
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• N.S. human remains identified through DNA analysis as missing Saint John man

  The deceased, a 43-year-old man from Saint John, New Brunswick, had been reported missing late last summer.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2020