Scientist and entrepreneur, Colleen Fitzpatrick co-founded the DNA Doe Project and oversees IdentiFinders, helping law enforcement identify suspects in cold cases. Lots of behind the scenes stuff in this episode. Have a listen!
In the summer of 1982, the bodies of five women were found floating dead in and along the banks of the Green River, 20 miles southeast of Seattle. Over the following two years, upwards of forty, or more, women turned up dead or missing, all victims of a shadowy sex slayer known only as the Green River Killer. Authorities formed a massive task force of more than fifty to catch the killer. Unfortunately, the trail soon went cold. The task force was wound down, eventually to a single detective — To...
Dr. Kathy Taylor is Washington State's sole Forensic Anthropologist. Taylor, more affectionately known in law enforcement circles as KT, wears many hats, including, as noted by her employer, King County; Identifying missing and unidentified persons. Biological profiling, DNA sampling, works with law enforcement and identifies bones, performs dental and body X-ray comparisons, liaison with missing person's families, testifies on court cases, works on the cold cases team, provides specialized trai...
Dick Kraske was the original overseer of two of the largest and most infamous serial killer investigations in history: In 1974, Lt. Kraske organized the 'Ted' investigation when two women disappeared from Lake Sammamish State Park, 20 minutes east of Seattle. Witnesses saw one of the women leave the park with a man, calling himself 'Ted', with his arm in a sling. A year later Ted Bundy was arrested in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1982, now Major Kraske experienced deja vu as five Seattle area prosti...
In 1980, a father and son panning for gold in southwest Washington State came across a set of human remains at Fly Creek, northeast of Vancouver, WA. At the time, the medical examiner determined the bones came from a female. For almost forty years the remains, known only as Fly Creek Jane Doe, sat in a Clark County evidence locker for almost 40 years until a detective from the Clark County Sheriff's Office (WA.) had an epiphany. In 2019, through DNA results and genealogical research, Detective, ...
Cold Case Investigator (Lindsey) and Citizen Sleuth (Mike) team up. How did we get together? Listen and follow our journey. In this episode we're joined by our crony and Mike's investigative colleague, New York Times best selling author, Stephen Michaud. Abhorrent crime expert and Ted Bundy inquisitor extraordinaire, Michaud recounts sitting across a small table from the notorious serial killer and a new book in the works about Ted Bundy cold case investigations. This is Anatomy of a Cold Case...
Detective Lindsey Wade, the catalyst for getting Ted Bundy's DNA into CODIS (The National DNA database) and co-host Mike McCann examine the most intriguing cold cases. Investigators. Forensic and Medical Examiners, Journalists. We'll take you inside, through the eyes of an investigator. Stay tuned!
