Some of the stories from this case are potentially traumatizing to listeners. Forensic scientists described the process for amplifying DNA years after samples were taken from rape and murder victim Sophie Sergie, who was found in a college dorm bathroom in 1993.
University of Alaska student Sophie Sergie was found with multiple injuries and a gunshot wound in a bathroom of a dorm at Fairbanks in 1993. It was not until 2018 that police identified Steven H. Downs, 47 of Auburn, Maine, as a potential suspect.