DNA: ID

Episode 158 Mary Schlais Part 2 of 2 This is part 2; the conclusion of the Mary Schlais case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, please stop now and go back and listen to that first.    To listen to every episode of DNA: ID ad-free and get other benefits, simply   visit our channel page  on Apple Podcasts to get started with an AbJack Insider subscription. Of course, you can also support DNA:...

Episode 158 Mary Schlais Part 1 of 2   In one of the oldest cold case homicides solved by IGG, Mary Schlais's shocking murder in Dunn County, WI was finally resolved.   Way back in 1974, a witness saw the killer disposing of Mary's bloody body in a snowbank, and the killer dropped something at the scene… and yet, his identity eluded investigators for 50 years.   Dunn County investigators never gav...

Episode 157 Doe ID: Darylnn Washington    In 2006, a Jane Doe was found in a vacant home on the east side of Detroit.   Police efforts to identify her were in vain, but the name of her killer soon emerged as a slew of murdered women were all linked to one man – Shelly Andre Brooks. Brooks confessed to murdering Jane Doe, but what can be done when the killer never knew his victim's name? The answer...

Episode 156 Pam Conyers  In one of the oldest cases covered by DNA: ID, in 1970, 16 year old Pam Conyers vanished after an evening trip to the Harundale Mall in Ann Arundel County, MD.   There was no question that Pam had run away, and police immediately began a search for the teen.   Two days after she left the mall with her purchase, her car was found hidden in brush in a wooded median of a new...

Episode 155 Doe ID: Tisha Ann Dyer In 2003, human skeletal remains were found in a very remote area of Mt. Hood, Oregon.   Not much was determined about the person the scant bones belonged to, other than she was a female.   The Hood River County Sheriff's Office attempted to identify the remains by scouring the many missing person's cases in the area, but was unable to give a name to the deceased....

  Episode 154 Roger Dean Part 2 of 2 This is part 2 of the Roger Dean case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, please stop now, and go back and listen to part 1 first. To listen to every episode of DNA: ID ad-free and get other benefits, simply   visit our channel page  on Apple Podcasts to get started with an AbJack Insider subscription. Of course, you can also support DNA: ID with a  Patreo...

Episode 154 Roger Dean Part 1 of 2   DNA: ID is back after summer hiatus with a doozy of a case!   On Thursday, November 21 st , 1985, Roger Dean was seen by neighbors drinking his morning coffee in his garage.   The next thing they knew, Roger way lying in the cul de sac, shot to death.   His hysterical wife told a terrifying tale of a masked gunman, restraints, demands, a fight, gunshots.   Afte...

Introducing: Clues with Morgan Absher & Kaelyn Moore Join hosts Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore as they take you deep into the world of the most notorious crimes ever — where a single clue can crack a case wide open. From shocking murders to serial killers, Clues dives into all the forensic details and brilliant sleuthing of the world's most infamous cases. CLUES is a Crime House Original, powered...

Episode 153 A conversation with former FBI agent Julia Cowley Our guest today is  Julia Cowley , who retired from the FBI after 22 years at the agency.   She has a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Oregon and a master's degree in forensic science from The George Washington University.   Before joining the FBI,  Julia was a Special Agent/Forensic Scientist with the Tennessee Bur...

Episode 152 Danielle Houchins Part 2 of 2   This is the conclusion; part 2, of the Danielle Houchins case. If you have noy yet listened to part 1 yet, please stop now and go back and listen to that part first. This is the last regular episode of DNA: ID before the show goes on summer hiatus, with a crossover episode dropping on June 30 th .   We'll be back in late August with all new episodes!   T...

  Episode 152 Danielle Houchins Part 1 of 2 In 1996, Danielle "Danni" Houchins was an outdoorsy 15 year old growing up in Belgrade MT. The new driver went for a solo hike at her favorite recreation area outside town, the West Cameron Bridge fishing access site, on a fall Saturday.   She did not come home. Searchers found her body face down in inches of swampy water.   The ME, coroner and sheriff r...

  Listen Now: The Rise & Fall of Diddy: The Federal Trial Episode 1: The United States vs. Sean Combs Opening statements rock the courtroom as federal prosecutors accuse Sean "Diddy" Combs of running a decades-long criminal enterprise built on violence, sex trafficking, and power. The defense hits back hard, painting it all as a toxic relationship, not a RICO case. Then Cassie Ventura takes the st...

Episode 151 Doe ID: Anthony Gulley In December, 2001, a pair of men cutting firewood in Canton, Ohio made a gruesome discovery not far off into a field from a county road. They found a skeletonized body with no identification. A medical examination concluded that the body was likely that of a young African-American woman between the ages of 22-31, and about 5"7" tall. Later DNA analysis would prov...

Episode 150 Sarah Yarborough Part 2 of 2 This is the conclusion of the Sarah Yarborough case. If you have not yet listened to part 1, please stop now, and go back and listen to that part first.   To listen to every episode of DNA: ID ad-free and get other benefits, simply   visit our channel page  on Apple Podcasts to get started with an AbJack Insider subscription. Of course, you can also support...

Episode 150 Sarah Yarborough Part 1 of 2 There are some case that really grip the community, that undercut the sense of safety and security, and that make people lose their faith in humanity. The murder of Sarah Yarborough was such a case.   Sarah was just 16 years old when she was sexually assaulted and murdered in one of the places she should have felt the safest – the grounds of her high school...

Episode 149 Doe ID: Kay Adams Medin In February 1993, a man walking along Trinidad Head; a rocky promontory beach area near the town of Trinidad in Humboldt County, California, made a shocking discovery. He found what he believed to be a piece of human skull. He contacted authorities who verified his hunch. DNA from the skull fragment would be entered into various databases in an effort to learn t...

Episode 148 Velma Nesset Part 2 of 2   This is part 2; the conclusion of the Velma Nesset case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, please stop now and go back and listen to part 1 first.    To listen to every episode of DNA: ID ad-free and get other benefits, simply   visit our channel page  on Apple Podcasts to get started with an AbJack Insider subscription. Of course, you can also support...

Episode 148 Velma Nesset Part 1 of 2 64 year old Velma Nesset set out on April 19 th , 1982, at 4:30 a.m. to walk to her job as a cleaning lady at the Permian Mall in Odessa, TX.   When she did not show up for work, people looked for her, and then called the police. Velma's partially undressed body was found in a drainage culvert under the mall parking lot.   She had been stabbed, bludgeoned and r...

Episode 147 Doe ID: 'Dumpster Jane Doe' Laurie Potter   On October 5th, 2003, a maintenance worker at at the Country Hills Apartment complex in Rancho San Diego, made a horrific discovery in a dumpster when he found a set of severed legs. It was just the beginning of a shocking and perplexing mystery. The legs were found to have come from an adult woman who was deemed to be a homicide victim. Alth...

Episode 146 Sharon Hammack and Dusty Shuck Part 2 of 2   This is part 2 of the Sharon Hammack and Dusty Shuck episode. If you have not yet listened to part 1, please stop now and go back and listen to part 1 first.    To listen to every episode of DNA: ID ad-free and get other benefits, simply   visit our channel page  on Apple Podcasts to get started with an AbJack Insider subscription. Of course...

Episode 146 Sharon Hammack and Dusty Shuck Part 1 of 2   In mid 1990s Grand Rapids, Michigan, someone was killing sex workers. Sharon Hammack, a mother of two, was hogtied, stabbed, strangled, raped, and dumped on the side of a road.   Despite many suspects, her case remained unsolved; all investigators had to go on was semen left behind by Sharon's killer. A DNA profile from the semen was entered...

Episode 145 Doe ID 'Singer Island Jane Doe' Susan Poole   On June 16, 1974, a man and his two sons were searching for driftwood on Singer Island in the Burnt Bridge area of North Palm Beach, Florida when they found human remains. Investigators descended on the area and found more of the skeletonized remains along with tattered and weathered pieces of clothing. There was no ID with the body, and po...

Episode 144 Angelica Ramirez *WARNING* This episode discusses the murder of a child.   Listener discretion is advised. In 1994, ten year old Angelica Ramirez was snatched from a swap meet in Visalia, CA. Clues at the scene confirmed the worst fears of her mother, and the investigators. Angelica's body was found two days later, more than 40 miles away. A sexual assault kit yielded male DNA, which w...

Episode 143 Doe ID: 'Mentone John Doe' Derrick Burton    *WARNING* This episode discusses the murder of a child.   Listener discretion is advised. In October, 1991, a hunter in the area of Mentone, CA discovered a human skull. The skull was devoid of teeth and a mandible. Based on the size of the skull, it was estimated to be a child's. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's department searched the a...

Episode 142 Laura Kempton Part 2 of 2 This is the conclusion of the Laura Kempton case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, please stop now, and go back and listen to that part before listening to this one.  To listen to every episode of DNA: ID ad-free and get other benefits, simply   visit our channel page  on Apple Podcasts to get started with an AbJack Insider subscription. Of course, you...