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Episode 215 Mary Hague Kelly Part 2 of 2

This is part 2; the conclusion of the Mary Hague Kelly case. If you have not yet listened to part 1, please stop now and go back and listen to that part first. 

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Episode 215 Mary Hague Kelly Part 1 of 2

78 year old beloved, independent grandmother Mary Kelly was found raped and murdered in her Oak Cliff, Dallas, TX home in January 1989.  She was also robbed, and her car stolen.  Her case was just one of a spate of such crimes in the area at the time committed against elderly women who lived alone, but despite ample evidence and even a witness who may have seen the killer, Mary’s case went cold.  When IGG was utilized to identify her potential killer, police were chagrined to learn his name.  He had been right...

Episode 214 Doe ID: 'Highway 401 Jane Doe' Patsy Flora Lagarde 

In April 2004, there was passenger car/big rig collision on a major highway in Toronto, Canada that resulted in a Toyota Corolla being entirely consumed by fire. Good Samaritans at the scene were unable to save the car’s passenger, but the driver walked away virtually unscathed.  But once crash investigators started to examine the scene, things did not add up.  And the driver was not cooperative, refusing to relate the name of the dead woman in his car.  When IGG was used to identify Patsy Lagarde after 22 years...

Episode 213 Saad Kawaf Part 2 of 2

This is the conclusion; part 2 of the Saad Kawaf case. If you have not yet listened to part 1, please stop now and go back and listen to that part first. 

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Episode 213 Saad Kawaf Part 1 of 2

The May 1999 home invasion robbery and murder of Jacksonville, FL businessman Saad Kawaf was an unusual crime, with two perpetrators and a surviving witness. The leads were plentiful – the survivor saw the killer and his accomplice’s faces; a witness saw the getaway vehicle; and there was DNA.  The investigation into Saad’s financial activities by a task force also provided a promising avenue of investigation, until the leads fizzled and the case went cold.  Twenty years later, when Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office authorities used IGG to finally get answers, they were truly shoc...

Episode 212 Doe ID Michael Ray Schlicht

In September 1974, the nude body of a young man was found on a fire road in Laguna Hills, CA.  Remaining unidentified, he was buried in a pauper’s grave, his death chalked up to an accident.  But 6 years later, Orange County investigators would begin to notice a pattern of similar cases throughout Southern California, and even in Oregon.  A serial killer was at work, and he would turn out to be one of the most prolific of all time.  Laguna Hills John Doe, now known to be 17 year old Michael Ray Schlic...

Episode 211 Caroline Bolen

Caroline Bolen’s 1988 death in Silsbee, TX presented a real conundrum to investigators. No one, including the pathologist, was even certain that her death was a homicide.  “Carol” had been found dead in her bed, nude and posed, with blood on the bedding and her young son alive next to her.  The bizarre case had suspects coming out of the woodwork, but police followed the evidence, which led to none of the men in Caroline’s life. When IGG finally pointed to Caroline’s killer, the answer was surprising… because he had been there all along.

Episode 210 Doe ID Mary McLeod Davidson Moffatt

In 1995, a violently murdered Jane Doe who came to be known as the Danforth Lady was found under a building excavation at the old Robertson Motors in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  TPS efforts to identify her went nowhere, even when they finally obtained DNA, which was degraded and heavily contaminated due to the age of the remains.  Earlier this year, a final attempt to extract precious genetic material paid off, and Danforth Lady was identified as Mary McLeod Davidson Moffatt.  TPS Det. Const. Mike Kelly was able to reconstruct Mary’s story...

Episode 209 The Four Sexual Assault Survivors of Unknown John Doe Offender

*This episode carries a trigger warning*  In 2001, an 84 year old woman was raped in her home in Manchester, CT.  In 2004, another Manchester woman was raped. In 2007, another.  In 2008, a fourth woman from the neighboring town of Vernon was victimized.  A recognizable pattern emerged, and investigators knew they had a serial rapist on their hands.  But they didn’t know who he was. A John Doe warrant provided probable cause for arrest, but 10 years elapsed before IGG gave a name to John Doe. And the identity of the sus...

Episode 208 DOE ID: Sadie Belle Murray AKA Sarah Sharkey

In July 1971, a living Jane Doe was found beaten and unconscious on a rural dirt road in Howard County, MD.  The woman lingered for nearly two months before succumbing to her injuries, but was never able to communicate, so her identity remained unknown.  Not until a determined investigator applied IGG to her case was her name revealed: Sarah Sharkey.  While news of her identification reunited long lost family members, there remain a lot of questions about who killed Sarah.

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Introducing The Consult: Real FBI Profilers — The Tylenol Murders  

In the fall of 1982, seven people in the Chicago area died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules that had been deliberately laced with cyanide. The poisonings triggered a nationwide panic, an enormous investigation, and changes to product packaging that are still with us today. More than four decades later, no one has ever been charged with the murders.

In this episode of The Consult: Real FBI Profilers, retired FBI profiler Julia Cowley is joined by her former FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit colleagues Angela Sercer, Susan Kossler Drew, and...

Episode 207 Patricia 'Patsy' Barnes Part  2 of 2

This is part 2 of the Patricia 'Patsy' Barnes case. If you have not yet listened to part 1, please stop now, and go back and listen to that part first.

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Episode 207 Patricia 'Patsy' Barnes Part 1 of 2

In the summer of 1995, Patricia “Patsy” Barnes was a fixture in the Seattle, WA transient community.  Patsy never met a stranger, and when she disappeared, police had a lot of work to do to try to figure out who shot her, wrapped her nude body in an old sleeping bag, and dumped her in a ditch in a residential neighborhood in Kitsap County.  Despite their best efforts and a detailed sketch of her abductor, the case went unsolved.  It took four consistent samples of DNA and IGG to identify her killer, whose o...

Introducing Campus Killings Season 5 premiere; Episode 79 The case of Haley Anderson

When Binghamton University student, Haley Anderson, stopped answering her friends’ texts, they knew something was very wrong. A subsequent search revealed Haley was dead in a mutual friend’s apartment. But this friend was nowhere to be found. An investigation would reveal a murder, a runaway to Nicaragua, and justice that would span two continents. 

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Episode 206 DOE ID Gary Herbst 

In 2017, a dog in rural Barron County, WI found a human skull with a bullet hole in it.  The find led investigators to the remains of a murdered man whose body bore no identification.  When IGG identified him as Gary Herbst, it appeared no one had reported him missing.  Interviews with his family soon raised questions about what had happened to Gary – questions that investigators found shocking answers to.

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Episode 205 Eileen Zarlenga

Single mom Eileen Zarlenga disappeared from her home on a cold night in March 1988, taking her coat, boots and purse, but leaving behind her three year old daughter. Eileen remained missing for 4 days, and when she was found, it was not good news. The question of who stabbed the young mother over and over and left her body in a remote patch of woods in Mahoning County, OH would haunt generations of investigators. When DNA was detected on sexual assault kit swabs, it did not get investigators any closer to an answer. And when...

Introducing Morbidology and the case of the 2022 Raleigh Shootings

On the evening of 13th October 2022, in the Hedingham neighbourhood of northeast Raleigh, North Carolina, residents heard shots. Those who stepped outside saw a figure moving through the quiet suburban streets - dressed head to toe in camouflage, carrying a long gun, walking with slow and deliberate purpose through a neighbourhood he had known his entire life. Nobody who saw him that evening could have known what he had already done.

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Episode 204 DNA ID Replay Deborah Dalzell

While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Deborah Dalzell which originally aired back in episode 15. New episodes of DNA ID return next week on 8/31/26!

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...

Episode 203 DNA ID Replay Michelle Wyatt

While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Michelle Wyatt which originally aired back in episode 38.

In 1980, college student Michelle Wyatt was living in Santee, outside San Diego, California. Her boyfriend visited with her at her condo, and then he said he left, locking the door behind him. Michelle's roommate found her the next day, beaten, raped and...

Introducing THE FIRST 48, a new A&E and Crime House podcast!

For homicide detectives, their chance of solving a murder is cut in half if they don't get a lead within the first 48 hours.

Adapted from the hit A&E true crime series The First 48, Crime House Studios brings you the podcast that drops you inside that critical window: the interrogations, the dead ends, and the breakthroughs that crack a case wide open. Each week, we revisit a landmark investigation from the franchise, pairing its signature investigative depth with immersive, long-form storytelling built for your...

Episode 202 DNA ID Replay Cliff and Linda Bernhardt

While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Cliff and Linda Bernhardt which originally aired back in episode 35.

In 1973, a double homicide shocked Billings, Montana. A young couple was found murdered in their locked home. They had no enemies, yet clues at the scene told police that their killer was not a stranger. And things he...

Episode 201 DNA ID Replay Kelly Ann Prosser

While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Kelly Ann Prosser which originally aired in episode 25.

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...

Episode 200 DNA ID Replay Le Bich Thuy

While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Le Bich Thuy which originally aired in episode 19.

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...

Episode 199 DNA ID Replay Holly Cassano

While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Holly Cassano which originally aired in episode 17.

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...

Episode 198 DNA ID Replay Rhonda Chantay Blankinship

While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Rhonda Chantay Blankinship which originally aired in episode 10

In 2016, in the small, tight-knit town of Brownwood, Texas, everyone knew Chantay Blankinship. She was a developmentally challenged young woman who loved to walk the streets of the town, listening to music and waving and smiling to everyone. But one night...

Episode 197 DNA ID Replay Christy Mirack

While Jess is on summer break preparing new episodes of DNA ID, we are airing some of our favorite one part episodes weekly in what we call 'DNA ID Replay' episodes. In this episode, we explore the case of Christy Mirack which originally aired in episode 3.

In 1992, beloved young teacher Christy Mirack was brutally slain in her own home. Although police investigated thoroughly, and there were some intriguing clues that Christy was targeted, there were no viable suspects, and the case went cold. Then, with the help of Parabon...

Episode 196 Officer Jeff Garner Part 2 of 2

This is part 2, the conclusion of the case of Officer Jeff Garner. If you have not yet listened to part 1, please stop now and go back and listen to that part first.

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Episode 196 Officer Jeff Garner Part 1 of 2

The 2003 attempted murder of North Richland Hills, TX police officer Jeff Garner uncovered a chain of armed bank robberies attributed to his shooter. This episode, the last before DNA: ID goes on summer hiatus, has got it all – violence, suspense, high speed chases, disguises, cover ups, and brilliant investigative work by a determined detective. And, of course, it has DNA – DNA that would eventually lead investigators right to a suspect.

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Episode 195 DOE ID Pati Lisa Rust and Patricia Falls Ritchie

Today's DOE: ID episode covers two unrelated cases out of Palm Beach County, Florida. The discovery of the remains of two different Jane Does, one in the 1970s and one in the 1980s, led investigators nowhere. With contemporary identification tools and resources limited, there was not much that could be done – even though both women are believed to be homicide victims. Thanks to IGG, we now know the names of Pati Lisa Rust and Patricia Falls Ritchie, whose cases are unrelated but are a stark reminder of ju...

Episode 194 Christine Prince, Claire Samson, and Gracelyn Greenidge

The shocking murders of three women in Toronto, Canada spanned the years 1982 to 1997. The cases were so dissimilar, no one would ever have connected them. But science did – DNA from all three cases linked them to the same offender. Toronto Police Services cold case investigators could not make sense of the connection, as there was no discernable pattern or commonality. It took IGG to provide the answer they were seeking – the name of the man who took the lives of three women, a predator who left behind more questions than...

Episode 193 Doe ID The D' Alton Brothers

The Babes in the Woods case was one of Canada's oldest and most mysterious cold cases, that of two children murdered in a public park sometime in the 1940s. There were several potential witnesses, but none knew the names of the boys' killer. Tenacious investigators would not let the boys be forgotten, and held onto some of their remains until science caught up. This is the story of David and Derek D'Alton.

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Episode 192 Alma Lake and Michelle Dawson-Pass

Alma and Michelle were both from Columbus, Ohio. Both were young Black women. Both had children. Both led troubled lives involving sex work and drugs. And both were slain in the 1990s and dumped outdoors in remarkably similar circumstances. But no one really connected their cases, five years apart and in different counties, until DNA in each case connected to the same unknown killer. When modern investigators flushed him out using IGG, they were not surprised to learn he had other victims.

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Episode 191 Doe ID: 'Midtown Jane Doe' Patricia McGlone

The 2003 discovery in a Hell's Kitchen basement of human remains set off a mystery spanning more than 20 years. Who was the girl hogtied, wrapped in a carpet remnant, and encased in a cement slab? The quest for the identity of Midtown Jane Doe consumed NYPD detectives for years. When IGG finally identified their victim, though, the mystery really began. Without even a photo of Patricia McGlone, what happened to her, who killed her, and where her baby is remain burning questions that we may never have answers to.

Episode 190 Bert Allen Mann

Bert Allen Mann, who went by Allen, was found brutally bludgeoned and stabbed to death in his Austin, TX home in 1994. There were a limited number of viable suspects, ranging from known burglars to jealous love triangle participants. Despite ample suspect blood found at the scene, the case went cold. Austin PD's cold case unit finally turned to IGG to learn the name of the person who had killed Allen in a bloodbath in his foyer, and they were surprised to learn he was not in the case file. And, he slipped through...

Episode 189 Doe ID Shirley Soosay and Maricela Rocha Parga

You are not going to want to miss this DOE: ID episode! Jane Does found days apart in Kern and Ventura Counties were linked by DNA and their killer prosecuted – even though no one knew their names. IGG analyses took years, scores of volunteers, and one of the largest family trees ever constructed by the DNA Doe Project. The women were finally identified as Shirley Soosay and Maricela Rocha Parga. The episode also features an exclusive interview with DDP team leader Rebecca Somerhalder.

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Episode 188 Melissa Lee Part 2 of 2

This is part 2; the conclusion of the Melissa Lee case. If you have not yet listened to part 1, please go back and listen to that part first.

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Episode 188 Melissa Lee Part 1 of 2

15 year old Melissa Lee was home alone in 1993 when someone kicked in the door and drugged her, abducted her, and killed her. The prime suspect, her boyfriend, had threatened to kill her that very day, and police believed he made good on that threat. But they could not build a solid case, and Melissa's murder remained unsolved. Three decades later, IGG pointed the cold case investigators right back to the case file, and someone in Melissa's life – someone other than her boyfriend. Luckily, Alan Dean was apprehended alive, and justice for Melissa wa...

Episode 187 Doe ID: Joann Zamora

In September, 1992, the remains of a woman were found in North Houston, TX. Although it was clear she was a murder victim, investigators had no clues to establish her identity. For years this Jane Doe went unidentified until modern technology and FGG were able to provide police with her name. She was Joann Zamora, a mother of six who vanished earlier that year. Now police know who she is, but they now want to find out who murdered her. Unfortunately, that may be one part of this mystery that remains unsolved.

Episode 186 Tracy Whitney

In 1988, Teenager Tracy Whitney was trying to figure out her complicated life. She was living with one boyfriend, and seeing another guy on the side – there was drama. When she vanished after walking out of a Federal Way, WA Burger King in August, no one had any idea where she could have gone. She was found miles away in the Puyallup River the next day – and remained a Jane Doe for two months. Once she was identified as the missing teen, police were months behind on their homicide investigation. But even if the investigation had...

Episode 185 Doe ID 'Blue Pacheco' Patricia 'Patsy' Skiple

A murdered Jane Doe was found at a truck turnout in Santa Clara county, CA in 1993. Remaining unidentified, she became known as Blue Pacheco, after her clothing and dump site location. She remained unidentified for decades, long after a famous serial killer was prosecuted for her murder. Even though justice was served, investigators were determined to give Blue Pacheco her name back – and finally, IGG allowed them to provide answers to her family. Her name is Patsy Skiple, a victim of the Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson.

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