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Murder of Sarah Yarborough

2020/10/5
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主持著名true crime播客《Crime Junkie》的播音员和创始人。
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播音员:本案讲述了1991年华盛顿州16岁高中生莎拉·亚伯拉罕被残忍强奸和谋杀的案件。案件发生在光天化日之下,学校附近有多名目击证人,甚至有两名12岁男孩目击了嫌疑人。然而,由于缺乏关键证据,此案成为悬案长达近30年。案件中,警方提取到完整的男性DNA样本,但未能与CODIS数据库中的任何已知罪犯匹配。随着基因系谱学技术的进步,警方于2019年利用家谱网站和基因系谱学技术,最终锁定了嫌疑人帕特里克·尼古拉斯。尼古拉斯曾因强奸未遂和猥亵儿童被捕,但其DNA从未进入CODIS数据库。警方通过他丢弃的香烟提取DNA,最终确认他是莎拉的凶手。此案的侦破,充分展现了基因系谱学技术在侦破冷案中的巨大作用,也为受害者家属和社区带来了迟来的正义。

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A 16-year-old high school student is brutally murdered in broad daylight, and investigators wonder if genetic genealogy can help solve the case.

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#040 - A 16-year old high school student from Washington is savagely raped and brutally murdered just yards away from her classmates.With dozens of potential eyewitnesses, and 2 boys who saw the suspect, it seemed like it was an open and shut case.But it would take investigators almost 3 decades before they had a potential suspect in the murder. Was a killer about to get away with the perfect murder, or could the advancements in genetic genealogy crack a cold case?

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