{"id":7910,"date":"2018-05-15T11:45:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=7910"},"modified":"2018-05-15T11:45:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:45:30","slug":"familial-dna-helped-solve-a-gruesome-cold-case-just-like-in-the-recent-golden-state-killer-night-stalker-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgansstalking.com\/?p=7910","title":{"rendered":"Familial DNA helped solve a gruesome cold case…just like in the recent Golden State killer\/night stalker case"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We have all seen crime shows on TV – the ones that use DNA to solve some of the most difficult murder cases. \u00a0It’s pretty amazing. \u00a0Investigators that use their gut instincts and won’t give up, using great investigative skills, in combination with DNA, this all adds up to be an amazing combination. \u00a0The\u00a0following link shows what it took to solve a case from 2002.\u00a0http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2017\/01\/23\/the-daring-dna-hunt-that-cracked-france-s-gruesome-cold-case.html?via=desktop&source=twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

I love reading stories like this – stories that show families that never gave up. \u00a0Stories that give us hope that justice will someday happen. \u00a0I would like to praise the investigators that stuck with this case.<\/span><\/p>\n

I hope familial DNA will start being used in many unsolved cases – cases where the murderer does not have their DNA in CODIS. It could be a HUGE breakthrough in solving so many cases, and could help to stop serial murderers as well.<\/p>\n

In a more recent case,<\/p>\n

Another big step forward in solving murders In this country would be the implementation of a national database of cold cases. \u00a0It’s hard to believe, but it’s true – we have no national database of cold cases in this country. \u00a0There is no way to link crimes in different states to the same MO\/murderer. \u00a0if the killer is arrested for another crime in a state like Colorado, where all felons must be tested for DNA, a match will be made, but very few states have this requirement. \u00a0For example .if DNA was found in a murder investigation in one state, unless the murderer’s DNA is in CODIS . \u00a0If they have never been arrested their DNA would not be in CODIS. And her is the problem…law enforcement is not required to report murder cases – so to think that a skilled and persistent detective could solve a murder if the murderer kept moving around while still<\/p>\n

We need to get in front of more crimes happening to innocent victims and familial DNA and implementing a national database of murders (that law enforcement is required to report murders to) would be a huge step forward.<\/p>\n

A match was made from the\u00a0DNA profile from the Bennett and Smith cases.\u00a0It has been determined that it was the same murderer.<\/p>\n

The Bennett family murders in Colorado\u00a0(no sign of forced entry)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/blogs.denverpost.com\/coldcases\/2015\/01\/16\/aurora-cat-burglar-slaughters-family-serial-murder-spree\/9728\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Jan. 10, 1984, six days earlier then the Bennett murders, Patricia Louise Smith was raped and murdered (no sign of forced entry)<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Serial killer bludgeons Lakewood woman with hammer<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n