DNA Doe Project: Phoenix PD investigators use forensic genealogy to solve cold cases
Investigators work to ID John and Jane Does that have been dead for decades
Phoenix Police cold case detectives are using genetic code to solve cold cases, ultimately reuniting John or Jane Does with their loved ones thanks to forensic genealogy.
PHOENIX - They are the nameless - people who have been dead for decades - and the unidentified. Some of them are also victims of violent crimes.
Nowadays, Detectives with the Phoenix police continue to use genetic code to solve cold cases, and ultimately reunite John Does or Jane Does with their loved ones, using forensic genealogy.
Monday: National Baked Alaska Day
A dish named after a heated debate over the purchase of the state of Alaska from Russia in 1867, baked Alaska is an ice cream cake topped with meringue toasted in the oven just before serving, or bombe Alaska en flambe! On this day, try your hand at making this layered dish by following this Food Network recipe to enjoy with family and friends.
Tuesday: Groundhog Day
On Feb. 2 each year we watch to see if Punxsutawney Phil, Pennsylvania’s resident groundhog, he will see his shadow and soon usher spring around the corner. Based on the German Candlemas holiday where predictions of whether winter will last six more weeks are based on whether a hedgehog sees his shadow on Feb. 2, the United States and Canada have adopted Groundhog Day to spread a little spring cheer among the bleak weather. To celebrate Groundhog Day, tune-in to your local news station to see if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow and see for yourself will your local groundhog see
20-20 on Jan. 8 featured Rodney James Alcala, known as The Dating Game Killer, and started with the story of his killing a Texas woman in 1977.
Alcala was known as The Dating Game Killer because he appeared as a contestant of the popular television show in 1978, was charged and convicted of murdering two women in New York crimes in 2012 and given a lengthy prison sentence before being returned to California where he is on death row for murders committed in that state.
He also murdered San Antonio resident Christine Ruth Thornton, 27, and disposed her body in a remote area northeast of Granger, a small community northwest of Green River.
20-20 on Jan. 8 featured Rodney James Alcala, known as The Dating Game Killer, on a recent show and started with the story of his killing a Texas woman in 1977.
Alcala was known as The Dating Game Killer because he appeared as a contestant of the popular television show in 1978, was charged and convicted of murdering two women in New York crimes in 2012 and given a lengthy prison sentence before being returned to California where he is on death row for murders committed in that state.
He also murdered San Antonio resident Christine Ruth Thornton, 27, and disposed her body in a remote area northeast of Granger, a small community northwest of Green River.
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A woman who survived a horrific kidnap ordeal as a child is using TikTok to help families to search for missing relatives
A woman who survived a horrific kidnap ordeal as a child is using TikTok to help families to search for missing relatives
Sophia AnkelJan 30, 2021, 17:18 IST
Internet safety and missing persons advocate Alicia Kozak joined TikTok in November 2020.TikTok/Alicia Kozak
A woman who was kidnapped as a child is now using
TikTok to help find other
missing people.
Alicia Kozak was rescued in 2002 after she groomed online and kidnapped for four days.
Kozak told Insider that she s had some success in spreading the word about missing persons on TikTok.