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Episode 92 Pam Cahanes and Kathy Hicks Part 1 of 3 Season 4 of DNA: ID kicks off with a massive 3 part episode; In 1982, young Naval recruit Pam Cahanes had finally finished boot camp and graduated with her apprentice airman class. A weekend Liberty Pass allowed Pam to leave the Naval Training Center Orlando base for the first time in months. But Pam didn't live to enjoy her newfound freedom. She...

When a charismatic young doctor announces revolutionary treatments for cancer and HIV, patients from around the world turn to him for their last chance. As medical experts praise Serhat Gumrukcu's genius, the company he co-founded rockets in value to over half a billion dollars. But when a team of researchers makes a startling discovery, they begin to   suspect the brilliant doctor is hiding a sec...

In our final episode of 2023, we review the full length cases we covered this season on DNA:ID as well as the Doe mini episodes. We also touch on current events, trials, and news, that may affect past cases, and change the future of investigative genealogy.  DNA: ID will return for an all new season on January 29, 2024. Happy holidays to all of our listeners. To listen to every episode of DNA: ID...

Episode 90 DOE: ID 'Jonesport John Doe' Philip Kahn On July, 24th, 2000, an unidentified man's body was found floating 27 miles off the coast of Jonesport, Maine.  Due to the lack of ID, and condition of his remains, not much could be gathered to help investigators determine who this John Doe was, or how he died, although they were able to determine that he did have some specific health issues. Th...

Edna Laughman Part 2 of 2   This is the conclusion of the Edna Laughman episode. If you have not yet listened to part 1, 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 DNA: ID with a  Pat...

Episode 89 Edna Laughman Part 1 of 2   In 1987, someone broke into Edna Laughman's home and suffocated and raped the 85 year old widow.   She was found by her relative and best friend, Madeline Laughman.   Within 2 weeks, Madeline's son was arrested for Edna's slaying.   Barry Laughman "confessed" to the crime, and was tried, convicted, and spent 15 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.  ...

Episode 88 DOE: ID 'Queens Backyard John Doe' George Seitz In 2019, a woman called into Queens PD with a tip. She recalled that as a child in the late 1970's, she believed that her and her mom had witnessed her mom's then-boyfriend, Martin Motta, clean up, and cover up a murder he had committed in his barber shop, before dismembering his victim's remains to dispose of them. Although the witness co...

Episode 87 Christine Franke Part 2 of 2 This is the conclusion of the Christine Franke case. If you have not listened to Part 1 yet, 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 DNA: ID w...

Episode 87 Christine Franke Part 1 of 2   In 2001, Orlando bartender and college student Christine Franke was attacked, shot, sexually assaulted and robbed in her own apartment.   The evidence showed that she had just walked in the door from work when her assailant struck. DNA was collected from Christine's person. Her romantic partner told police of a stalker, who was tracked down after an extens...

Episode 86 Doe: ID 'Cheatham Jane Doe' Linda Karnes In October, 1981, skeletal remains were found by hunters at an old landfill in Cheatham County, Tennessee  on Highway 249 in Ashland City.  Forensic anthropologists at the University of Tennessee determined the remains belonged to a young, white female, estimated to be between 14 and 17 years old. She carried no ID, and her arms were missing, pre...

Episode 85 Ellen Mathys and David Schuldes Part 2 of 2 This is part 2 of the Mathys/Schuldes case, if you have not listened to part 1 yet, 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:...

Episode 85 Ellen Mathys and David Schuldes Part 1 of 2   A stunning double murder shocked quiet, rural Marinette, Wisconsin in 1976.   A loving engaged couple went camping in one of the verdant parks in the northern part of the state – and were found dead.   David had been shot in the throat; Ellen had been raped and shot to death.   The senseless, seemingly random crime double homicide rocked Mar...

In June, 1979, the body of an unidentified woman was found near Highway 290 and FM 696 in Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas. The condition of her remains made it tough to determine a cause of death, let alone figure out who she was. Police theorized that she was the victim of a hit and run due to a broken pelvis. She was laid to rest in Elgin cemetery. Years later, in an effort ID the unknown Jane Doe,...

Episode 83 Cheryl Thompson   Cheryl Thompson was missing for 15 days in 1978 before her body turned up dumped on a riverbank in Loveland, Ohio. Investigators weren't certain whether she'd been held captive, alive – and they also weren't sure what to make of the story her boyfriend told. It involved car chases, blown tires, shaggy haired strange men – all on the last night Cheryl was seen.   To lis...

Episode 82 DOE: ID 'Frog Boy' Winston 'Wint' Maxey III   In July, 1971, some teen boys in Coos Bay, Oregon discovered a decomposed body along Snedden Creek. The body was that of a young male in his teens, but due to the condition of the body, the medical examiner could not determine exactly when the young man had died, or a cause of death, but he deemed it suspicious. Since there was no ID with th...

Episode 81 Lisa Holstead Part 2 of 2 This is the second part of the Lisa Holstead case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, stop now 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 DNA: ID with a  Patreon...

Episode 81 Lisa Holstead Part 1 of 2 Lisa Holstead vanished sometime between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m. on the night of August 12 th -13 th , 1986.   Her boyfriend told the police Lisa had jumped out of his car after an argument, and he never saw her again. Police were skeptical of this story, even after two witnesses said they saw Lisa getting out of the vehicle at a stop light.   Lisa was found the next...

  Episode 80 DOE: ID 'Nogales John Doe' Donald Sigurd Hadland Jr. In September, 2002, a man using the name 'Edward C', checked into the low budget Time motel in Nogales, Arizona. He claimed to the hotel manager that he was there to get surgery in Mexico. Just days after checking in, the mysterious Edward C was found dead in his hotel room. An autopsy determined that the guest had died of an appare...

Episode 79 Jeanne Childs Part  2 of 2  This is part 2 of the case of Jeanne Childs. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, 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 79 Jeanne Childs Part 1 of 2    The 1993 stabbing murder of 35 year old Jeanne Childs was just one of the many homicides Minneapolis investigators had to deal with during the "Murderapolis" era.   But crime scene technicians did a thorough job, and carefully preserved many crucial pieces of evidence from the bloody scene in the apartment Jeanne shared with her boyfriend and alleged pimp, A...

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Episode 78 Carol Sue Klaber Part 2 of 2 This is part 2 of 2 of the Carol Sue Klaber case. If you have not listened to part 1 yet, stop now and go back and listen to that part before listening to this part. For all things DNA: ID, visit the show's homepage: DNAIDpodcast.com To Support DNA: ID on Patreon, visit this link: https://www.patreon.com/DNAID To buy DNA ID Merch, visit this link: https://ww...

  Episode 78 Carol Sue Klaber Part 1 of 2 In June 1976, 16 year old Carol Sue Klaber was found in a ditch, half nude and bludgeoned to death.   She had last been seen by multiple witnesses getting into a distinctive sedan driven by a tall, slender, blond young man.   But no one knew who he was. Multiple leads and suspects failed to pan out.   Then two years later a horrific rape happened in Park H...

  Episode 77 DOE ID; 'Granby Girl' Patricia Ann Tucker  In November, 1978, the unidentified remains of a woman were found in a logging area in Granby, Massachusetts. Police determined that the woman, who was estimated to be in her 20's, had been shot in the head and was a homicide victim. A belt was found wrapped around her neck, an indication that the killer had used it to drag the body to where...

Episode 76 Leslie Perlov and Janet Taylor Part 2 of 2. This is the conclusion of the case of Leslie Perlov and Janet Taylor. If you have not already listened to part 1, stop now and go back and listen to it before listening to this second part.    For all things DNA: ID, visit the show's homepage: DNAIDpodcast.com To Support DNA: ID on Patreon, visit this link: https://www.patreon.com/DNAID To buy...