Susan Eads, Jody Loomis, Jessica Bagan, Christy Murak, Gwen Miller. What do all these women have in common?

They are all murder victims, whose cases went cold for decades, until they were finally solved, thanks to a new crime-solving technique that is changing the game, forensic genealogy.

But who were these women? Why did their homicide cases remain open and unsolved for so long?

Who were their killers? And what was the link between each victim and her murderer?

DNA ID sets out to answer these questions. My podcast looks at the original crime, the investigative

work on the case, red herrings, potential suspects, and the evidence left behind by the killer.

And it then examines how each case was solved by forensic genealogy and the evidence left behind by the killer. And it then examines how each case was

solved by forensic genealogy and the connection that led to the fateful interaction between

victim and murderer. In many cases, I speak to the detectives who cracked the case and they give

me insight into their methods, theories, and what went on behind the scenes. Join me every other Monday

for a new episode.

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The story today may be a bit confusing. and it was confusing long before three-year-old

D' Rochelle disappeared from her home early one morning in May 2006.

This story involves a missing girl.

A man who would tell everyone who would listen he was her father,

even though allegedly this wasn't even possible. This man would change his story on the

little girl's whereabouts before being found dead at a wildlife refuge only days later.

This is Rochelle's story.

Leading local tonight,

Minot police say a three-year-old girl missing since 2006

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