Episode 34 Gladys Hensley, Janice Dickinson, and Geraldine Toohey In 1986, Eugene, Oregon saw two murders just a couple of weeks apart. Investigators noted that the murders bore some similarities, but they had no luck finding the killer. Two years passed before a third similar murder solidified investigators’ theory that they had a serial killer in their midst. But again, they could not find him, even though a sketch of the man would later prove to be startlingly accurate. It took the powers of ...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Episode 33 Marise Chiverella In 1964, 9 year old Marise Chiverella walked to school alone for the first time. It would also be the last. Somewhere in her six-block walk, someone abducted her. Her still-warm body was found within hours; the child had been raped and murdered. Despite scores of suspicious persons of interest, police could not pin the crime on anyone. It took 58 years and an incredibly complicated forensic genealogy process to pinpoint Marise’s killer, someone who lived nearby and s...
May 02, 2022•1 hr 21 min
Episode 32 Troy and LaDonna French In 2012, a young woman called Rockingham County, NC authorities in the middle of the night and reported that an intruder had shot her parents. Troy and LaDonna French were mowed down with bullets in their own home. Their daughter Whitley, was left to tell the unbelievable story. Investigators knew that the killer was someone with access to the house – but who? After three years and 65 failed DNA comparisons, they were stumped. They decided to use sophisticated ...
Apr 18, 2022•1 hr 18 min
Episode 31 Sophie Sergie Part 2 of 2 This is part 2 of the case of Sophie Sergie murdered in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1993. To Support DNA: ID on Patreon, visit this link: https://www.patreon.com/DNAID To buy DNA ID Merch, visit this link: https://www.customizedgirl.com/s/dnaidpodcast Follow DNA: ID on Social Media on Twitter at- https://twitter.com/DNAIDPodcast on Facebook at- https://www.facebook.com/DNA-ID-True-Crime-Podcast-103667495017418 on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dnaidpodcast/ Po...
Apr 04, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Episode 31 Sophie Sergie Part 1 of 2 In 1993, Sophie Sergie was found slain in a college dorm bathroom at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. Despite several witnesses who had heard the crime go down, and possibly even seen the suspect, the brutal murder of the visiting former student remained unsolved. The investigation was hampered by the overwhelming number of people with access to the scene, and the transience of the student body. When forensic genealogy was used decades later, it pointed...
Apr 04, 2022•52 min
Episode 30 Teresa Solecki In this episode we reveal new information about a case that has never been covered by a civilian podcast and most people have never heard of. We worked directly with members of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department to tell the story of Teresa Solecki. Teresa was last known to be at a payphone in the middle of the night in Vista, California in 1984. Her nude body was found before she was even known to be missing, miles away from where she was last known to be. With v...
Mar 21, 2022•59 min
Episode 29 Kathleen O'Brien Doyle and Aundria Bowman In 1980, Kathleen O’Brien Doyle was a young navy wife living alone in Norfolk, Virginia while her husband was stationed on an aircraft carrier. One night as she was getting ready for bed, an attacker entered her home through a window and raped, stabbed and strangled Kathleen. Her case quickly went cold. When Norfolk police and NCIS decided to employ forensic genealogy to find answers in her case, what they discovered also gave them answers to ...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 26 min
Episode 28 Virginia 'Ginger' Freeman Part 2 of 2 In part 2, we wrap up the case of Virginia 'Ginger' Freeman, and are joined by special guest, CeCe Moore from Parabon who did the genealogy work in this case. To Support DNA: ID on Patreon, visit this link: https://www.patreon.com/DNAID To buy DNA ID Merch, visit this link: https://www.customizedgirl.com/s/dnaidpodcast Follow DNA: ID on Social Media on Twitter at- https://twitter.com/DNAIDPodcast on Facebook at- https://www.facebook.com/DNA-ID-Tru...
Feb 21, 2022•50 min
Episode 28 Virginia 'Ginger' Freeman Part 1 of 2 In 1981, realtor Ginger Freeman set out to show a vacant rural home to a potential buyer, a man she had never met. She never came home. Her husband found her body that evening, bludgeoned and stabbed, behind the home she was showing. Her male client had given a fake name, and no one knew who he was. And that remained true for 37 years. Thanks to forensic genealogy, investigators learned the name of the man who had killed Ginger – someone who had k...
Feb 21, 2022•59 min
Episode 27: Reesa Trexler In 1984, 15 year old Reesa Trexler was attacked, raped and stabbed in her grandparents’ home in Salisbury, NC. Her killer left very few clues behind, and police were stumped as to the identity of the teen’s murderer. They focused their attention on those close to Reesa. At the same time, residents of the small town whispered about Reesa’s murder, and placed the blame on someone very close to her. But the rumors were wrong. Decades later, forensic genealogy would lead to...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Episode 26 Darlene Krashoc Part 2 of 2 Episode 26: Darlene Krashok On St. Patrick’s Day, 1987, the body of young Army mechanic Darlene Krashoc was found in a frozen parking lot behind the Korean Club restaurant in Colorado Springs. She had been brutalized and strangled, with a coat hanger bridle still around her throat. The Fort Carson-based soldier had last been seen in Shuffles nightclub the late the night before, dancing with an unidentified GI. The decades-long investigation focused on score...
Jan 25, 2022•45 min
Episode 26 Darlene Krashoc Part 1 of 2 On St. Patrick’s Day, 1987, the body of young Army mechanic Darlene Krashoc was found in a frozen parking lot behind the Korean Club restaurant in Colorado Springs. She had been brutalized and strangled, with a coat hanger bridle still around her throat. The Fort Carson-based soldier had last been seen in Shuffles nightclub the late the night before, dancing with an unidentified GI. The decades-long investigation focused on scores of persons of interest, fr...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Episode 25: Kelly Ann Prosser 8 year old Kelly Ann Prosser set out to walk home from school on September 20th, 1982 in Columbus, Ohio. She never made it home. Her little body was found less than 48 hours later in a cornfield. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled. A very strong suspect was named, and then ruled out. Over the decades police heard of several confessions and investigated persons of interest, but they never came close to catching Kelly’s killer. A 2014 CrimeStoppers tip nami...
Jan 10, 2022•1 hr 5 min
2021 Year In Review A review of the 24 cases covered in 2021 on the first season 1 of DNA: ID DNA: ID will return with an all new season on 1/10/22 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4720335/advertisement
Dec 13, 2021•16 min
Episode 24 Barbara 'Barbie' Blatnik In the last episode of DNA: ID’s 2021 season, we examine the 1987 murder of Barbie Blatnik. The 17 year old girl was last seen being dropped off to visit her boyfriend at 2:30 a.m. on December 20th in their hometown of Garfield Heights, Ohio. Her body was found the next morning, miles away in Cuyahoga Falls. She had been raped and brutalized. Her case was plagued by too many suspects, jurisdictional confusion, and lost evidence. For more than 30 years, Barbie’...
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 27 min
Episode 23: Linda Ann O’Keefe In 1973, 11 year old Linda Ann O’Keefe was abducted, sexually assaulted and strangled as she walked home from summer school in Newport Beach, California. Her body was dumped in shallow marshy water among the cattails along Back Bay. Early suspects failed to pan out, and leads went cold. Her killer, who left his DNA behind at the scene, was not identified until more than 40 years later through forensic genealogy. And he was still alive – and had molested several more...
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 19 min
Introducing Beyond Bizarre True Crime from AbJack Entertainment Beyond Bizarre True Crime is a brand-new weekly podcast from AbJack Entertainment with a new host, or hosts from the world of true crime podcasts in every episode. Each host will bring their own personality to the case they present, and will lay out the details in their own style- all in less than 30 minutes, so you can get your true crime fill, and get on with your day. Episode 1 hosted by Nic & the Captain from True Crime Gara...
Nov 06, 2021•5 min
Episode 22: Mary Silvani In 1982, hikers in the Sheep’s Flat area of Nevada, near Lake Tahoe, found the body of a woman who had been shot in the head. No one was able to identify her, and she became known as Sheep’s Flat Jane Doe. She was buried in an unmarked grave, and would remain unidentified for nearly four decades. DNA from the crime scene was preserved. In 2018, the Washoe County Sheriff’s office teamed up with the DNA Doe project and Identifinders International to try to give Sheep’s Fla...
Nov 01, 2021•59 min
Episode 21 April Tinsley Part 2 of 2 Think you know everything there is to know about the April Tinsley case? Think again. April Marie Tinsley, age 8, was abducted, raped and murdered in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1988. Her killer was not identified for 30 years – and he was still alive and living in the area. In this 2-part episode, I discuss never-before revealed details about the case, and speak with one of the detectives who arrested John D. Miller of Grabill, Indiana for the notorious crime tha...
Oct 18, 2021•48 min
Episode 21 April Tinsley Part 1 of 2 Think you know everything there is to know about the April Tinsley case? Think again. April Marie Tinsley, age 8, was abducted, raped and murdered in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1988. Her killer was not identified for 30 years – and he was still alive and living in the area. In this 2-part episode, I discuss never-before revealed details about the case, and speak with one of the detectives who arrested John D. Miller of Grabill, Indiana for the notorious crime tha...
Oct 18, 2021•53 min
Episode 20 Carolyn Cox Rose In 1978, Carolyn Cox Rose was a successful real estate agent in the Pensacola, Florida area. She left the realty office early one morning to meet a client at an empty house she was selling. Her raped and murdered body was found there later that day. Police learned that a man had phoned repeatedly, possibly luring Carolyn to her fate. But police failed to track down the mysterious client, and Carolyn’s case went unsolved until, decades later, Escambia county authoritie...
Oct 04, 2021•52 min
Episode 19 Le Bich Thuy In October 1994, Le Bich Thuy’s coworkers at a medical research institution in the Washington, DC area called police for a welfare check. The workaholic Le had not showed up to work for several days. When police arrived at her home, they found the unthinkable – Le had been raped and murdered. Because nothing in her life led police to her killer, her case went cold. Finally, though, science provided answers – and DNA connected Le’s case to another cold case in the same are...
Sep 20, 2021•40 min
Episode 18 Evelynne Derricott In 2011, 69 year old grandmother Evelynne Derricott was murdered in her own Tooele, Utah home. Her killer escaped in her own vehicle and stole her cell phone. Although these items were found, detectives could not track down the murderer – although they had his DNA. Using a Utah law that allows for searches of CODIS for relatives of the unknown suspect who left his DNA behind, detectives found that Evelynne’s killer had three close relatives whose names were in the d...
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Episode 17: Holly Cassano In 2009, young single mother Holly Cassano shared a small home with her young daughter Alexis in Mahomet, Illinois. On a night when Alexis was at her grandma’s house overnight, someone came into Holly’s trailer and stabbed her nearly 60 times. The prime suspect, Holly’s ex, was the logical focus of the investigation, but he was ruled out by DNA evidence. The killer had left his blood at the crime scene, but no hits were generated when his profile was entered into CODIS....
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Episode 16: Marsi Belecz In 1985, 12 year old Marsi Belecz was reported missing by her Spokane, Washington family when she left home on a Saturday night. Two days later, her body was found, stabbed 30 times and hidden in a tow yard. Marsi was believed to have attended a party with older people that night, but no one was really sure. An exhaustive investigation led to several male suspects who had engaged in very suspicious, and even criminal, behavior with Marsi, but there was never enough to br...
Aug 09, 2021•40 min
Episode 15 Deborah Dalzell In 1999, 47 year old lawyer and businesswoman Deborah Dalzell was found murdered in a horrific scene in the master bath of her own home. Workaholic, family-oriented Deborah lived alone, and her life was risk and drama free. That is, until someone scaled a wall, cut a screen, and brutally attacked her as she slept in her bed. Whoever killed Deborah left virtually no evidence behind – except a calling card in the form of bodily fluids which yielded a complete male DNA pr...
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 19 min
Episode 14 Gwen Miller In 1968, Gwen Miller was an independent, professional older woman living in Rapid City, South Dakota. No one saw or heard a thing when someone broke into her home and attacked and killed her in her own bed. The killer left the crime scene pristine, tidying up and slipping out into the night. Despite there being a prime suspect whom the investigators were convinced had killed Gwen, there were no arrests. Her case went unsolved for 51 years, until forensic genealogy was able...
Jul 12, 2021•45 min
Episode 13: Susan Eads In 1983, ‘spitfire’ Susan Eads left a bar near Galveston, Texas with her friends and was dropped off at her car. The next day, it was found hastily parked, the door open, her things spilling out. And Susan was dead, naked in the bushes in a nearby vacant lot. She had been strangled with a garotte fashioned from her own clothes. There were several very intriguing suspects: rapists and murderers with the same MO who preyed on women in the area. But none of them killed Susan....
Jun 28, 2021•43 min
Episode 12: Helene Pruszynski In 1980, ambitious college student Helene Pruszynski was abducted from Englewood, Colorado. Her body was found in a remote field the next day. She had been raped and stabbed in the back. Police had multiple suspects, and a series of similar attacks, but were never able to gather enough information to arrest anyone. Decades later, a DNA profile from Helene’s crime scene would lead them to her killer. He was living thousands of miles away, using another name. A confis...
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Episode 11 Pam Felkins In 1990, Pam Felkins was abducted from her job as a clerk at Crossroads Video in Faulkner County, Arkansas. She was taken in a 17 minute window, leaving her smoldering cigarette and warm coffee on the counter. Her body was found the next day. A maroon pickup truck with a white camper shell was seen in the area on the night she was abducted. There was a very good suspect in the case who was found to have a drawer of trophies hidden in his home – none of which were connected...
May 31, 2021•1 hr 2 min
