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☆ 50 years after a hitchhiker was killed in Wisconsin, an 84-year-old man is arrested in her death
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

An 84-year-old man was arrested this week in connection with the slaying of a female hitchhiker 50 years ago in Wisconsin. Dunn County Sheriff's officeThe Minneapolis, woman was killed while hitchhiking to an art show in Chicago, Sheriff Kevin Bygd said Friday. But through forensic genetic genealogy, Bygd said investigators tracked down Jon Miller, 84, at his apartment in Owatonna, Minnesota. Miller was awaiting extradition to Wisconsin, Bygd said. Last month, authorities in Arizona announced they used genetic genealogy to identify a John Doe whose remains were found near the Hoover Dam more than a decade ago.

Persons: Mary K, Schlais, Kevin Bygd, ”, “, Bygd, Jon Miller, Miller, I’ve, John Doe, Don Schlais, “ I’m Organizations: Sheriff’s, Ramapo College, University of Minnesota Locations: Wisconsin, Spring Brook , Wisconsin, Dunn, Dunn County, Minneapolis, Chicago, Owatonna , Minnesota, Mahwah , New Jersey, Arizona

☆ Mary Schlais Wisconsin 1974 cold case solved after killer identified with genetic genealogy
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-08 | by ( Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Investigators in Wisconsin used genetic genealogy to solve a 50-year-old cold case this week, charging an 84-year-old Minnesota man with killing a woman who was found dead in 1974, authorities said. “This is a huge victory for our agency,” Bygd said at a Friday news conference. It’s the first time the agency has used genetic genealogy to solve a case, the sheriff said. Forensic genetic genealogy can generate leads for unsolved cases by analyzing DNA on top of traditional genealogy research, according to the US Department of Justice. So, I think he was done fighting it, personally,” said Sheriff Bygd.

Persons: Mary K, Jon Miller, “, Schlais, Kevin Bygd, He’s, Bygd, ” Bygd, Miller, Sheriff Bygd, Dan Westland, Jason Stocker, ”, Stocker, it’s, It’s, “ … I’ve, that’s Organizations: CNN — Investigators, Ramapo College, US Department of Justice Locations: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Spring Brook , Wisconsin, Dunn, Chicago, Owatonna , Minnesota, Dunn County, Steele County , Minnesota, New Jersey, Westland

☆ A mom found a jawbone in her son’s rock collection. 22 years later, genealogy researchers ID’d the remains of a US Marine
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Ashley Williams | Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —More than 20 years after a mother found a human jawbone hidden in her son’s rock collection, genetic genealogy experts have unraveled the discovery and identified the partial remains of a US Marine Corps captain. In 2002, his mother found the collection, came across what looked to be human remains and contacted the sheriff’s office, authorities said in a statement. In January 2023, the sheriff’s office and the Yavapai County Medical Examiner referred the case to the Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center. The college partnered with the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office to work on the case for free, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. “I think it shows how investigative genetic genealogy has stepped in and become the most really incredible investigative tool since the advent of DNA.”

Persons: Everett Leland Yager, John Doe, ”, ” Cairenn Binder, Binder, Bootcamp, Ethan Schwartz, Yager, ” Binder, “, he’d, Yager’s, ” Gurney Organizations: CNN, US Marine Corps, Ramapo College of New, Office, Ramapo College, Genetic, GEDmatch Locations: Riverside County , California, Palmyra , Missouri, Yager, Yavapai County, Northern Arizona, Arizona, California, Yavapai, Ramapo, Salt Lake City , Utah, Salt Lake City

☆ The Fine Art of Naming a Group Chat
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Alyson Krueger | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“The main thing is finding something that makes everybody happy and everybody laugh,” he said. “It has to be something that expresses who we are.”Mr. McLaughlin, 20, is part of so many group chats that each one has to have a name. There is a family chat (“Wally World”), multiple friend chats (“‘The’ group chat™” and “The 4.5 horseman of the apocalypse”) and class chats (Clash, short for Clash of Clans, a game played during Critical Reading and Writing). “I would never have a group chat with no name and just numbers,” he said. He estimated that he has come up with two dozen or more group chat names.

Persons: RJ McLaughlin, ”, Mr, McLaughlin, Wally, “ Organizations: Ramapo College of New Locations: Ramapo College of New Jersey

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