Here are a couple of cold cases that were solved through genetic genealogy:
A sixty-year-old cold case murder has been solved with the identification of the suspect.
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The San Rafael Police Department said in a press release that Laurel James Switzer was considered a suspect during the original investigation, but police could not conclusively connect him to the crime. Switzer knew Rudolphs, and investigators believed there had been a dispute between Switzer and the family, which may have led to the homicide, police said.
Cigarette butts believed to have belonged to Switzer were collected at the crime scene, but DNA testing did not exist at the time, and forensic science was limited. Switzer left the Bay Area for South Lake Tahoe and died by suicide just days after the killing, police said.
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An arrest was made some 36 years after a notorious double murder case in Houston.
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On Thursday, the Harris County District Attorney's Office announced that 64-year-old Floyd William Parrott has been charged with murder in connection with the killings.
Court records show Parrott was 28 years old at the time of the murders. He is accused of slashing the throats of the young couple after they had spent time parked in the secluded area following a night out dancing.
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