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To solve three cold cases, this small county got a DNA crash course

By Virginia Hughes
New York Times·
14 mins to read
To solve three cold cases, this small county got a DNA crash course
Brad Doe was identified as John Ingram Brandenburg Jr. of Chicago. Charlene Doe was identified as Jenifer Noreen Denton, who went missing in 1988. Photo / Newton County Coroner's Office

Forensic genealogy helped nab the Golden State Killer in 2018. Now investigators across the country are using it to revisit hundreds of unsolved crimes.

In October 2016, the remains of three murder victims, dead for three decades, were laid to rest in Newton County, a rural corner of Indiana.

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