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Tech Tuesday – Family Tree DNA Research

• February 7, 2012,
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• Author: kgallagh
• Categories: General
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  Tags: criminal searches, descendant, dna profile, dna project, dna research, family tree dna, forensic scientists, genealogical connections, genealogical purposes, genealogy databases, geographic location, murder case, passion, police sketch, robert fuller, salem massachusetts, seeking justice, settler, tech tuesday, yarborough

A current news story involves the use of DNA collected and analyzed for genealogical use, being utilized to track down a suspect from a 1991 Seattle murder case.  In December of 1991, 16-year-old Sarah Yarborough was killed at her high school in Washington state.  The suspect in the case has remained nothing other than a police sketch to this point and the case has been cold for twenty years now. Last month however, forensic scientists ran the suspects DNA against those [...]

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