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374 // More DNA Solves w/ Kristen Mittelman of Othram

Crawlspace - True Crime & Mysteries

Crawlspace Media

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna speak with Kristen Mittelman of Othram Labs & DNA Solves. Kristen Mittelman is the Chief Development Officer of Othram Inc., a biometrics company using DNA sequencing and genomics to advance human identification. Granby Girl was a jane doe who was found in the woods off the road in Granby, Massachusetts in 1978. Granby Girl has recently been identified when the town of Granby announced an identification in partnership with Othram Labs. If you have information on the disappearance of Patricia Coleman, please call the Granby police at (413) 467-9222. If you knew Gerald Coleman please call the Granby police. Patricia went by other names such as Coleman, Dale, and Heckman as well as Tucker. GoFundMe for Patricia Tucker's Headstone: https://www.gofundme.com/f/grave-marker-for-patricia-ann-tucker Visit Othram's website: https://othram.com/ Visit DNA Solves website: https://dnasolves.com/ Follow Othram & DNA Solves on Twitter https://twitter.com/othramtech and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OthramTech/ Check out our Missing subscription service where we have a bonus show and ad-free episodes! https://missing.supportingcast.fm/ Use promo code, "Missing" for your first month FREE! This episode is sponsored by Hello Fresh which mean you get a deal! Go to HelloFresh.com/crawlspace50 and use code crawlspace50 for 50% off, plus your first box ships free! This episode is also sponsored by Morgan & Morgan! If you’re ever injured, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. Their fee is free unless they win. For more information go to ForThePeople.com/CRAWLSPACE. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast Follow us on Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast The music for Crawlspace was produced by David Flajnik. Listen to his music here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/bigdsound Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.

0:30.0

Welcome across space. I'm Tim here today with Lance, Lance, how's it going today?

0:39.0

I'm doing fantastic today Tim. The weather is warming up finally. It's feeling to me like that is causing your mood to warm up a little bit.

0:47.0

Hope everyone out there is doing great. But yeah, am I correct in thinking this? How are you?

0:51.0

Yeah, I think you are. I probably have a much cheerier mood during warmer weather and I thought might be a little subconscious on my part.

1:00.0

But I'm doing great, Lance. I'm really excited to introduce this conversation with one of our friends in this field, someone who's been on the show before.

1:10.0

She is one of the heroes of this true crime space. Her name is Kristen Middleman of Authorum Labs and you can check out everything that Authorum does at Authorum.com.

1:21.0

That's O-T-H-R-A-M.com and they also run DNASOLVES.com, which is a great website and a resource, but also has a database for you to upload your DNA results.

1:38.0

Kristen's a real rock star in this industry. We're fortunate to have her as a friend and we're able to speak with her not about just one or two updates when it comes to the work that Authorum is doing and DNASOLVES, the work that they're doing because they literally are solving cases daily.

1:55.0

Multiple cases come in daily and they're either right about to be solved or they have just been solved.

2:02.0

We had scheduled an interview with Kristen like a week before this one. She had to postpone and reschedule because she was doing something at the Senate in regards to her work.

2:13.0

So it's not just what you see in the media when you read about, for example, the identity of the Lady of the Dunes or in this conversation we speak about,

2:22.0

Granby Girl, Patricia Tucker, there's so many more. So you really do need to go to their website and check out the work that Kristen or husband David and the entire team at Authorum are doing.

2:31.0

Yeah, it is an impressive organization, Lance, and you mentioned Granby Girl and Patricia Tucker. Yes, we are going to speak about this case with Kristen.

2:40.0

This was a case of a Jane Doe who was found in Granby, Massachusetts off the road on November 15, 1978, and she was only recently identified as Patricia and Tucker.

2:54.0

So she has her identity back after so many decades, Lance, and we were lucky enough to speak with Lou Barry just a couple weeks ago who is the former police chief of Granby, Massachusetts.

3:07.0

And he worked on the case a little bit and Authorum worked on the case quite a bit and we have Patricia Tucker's son who joined us on an episode of missing just a couple weeks ago.

3:17.0

So you want to make sure to subscribe to missing to check that out.

3:20.0

I think it's a wonderful testament to the people who contribute their voices to this show and to the other shows that shine a spotlight on missing individuals or unidentified victims.

3:32.0

It was one of the most powerful conversations that we've had so far this year.

3:36.0

Absolutely. And Kristen speaks about connections with family and you can really hear it in her voice and in just by Authorum's move to change their logo as Kristen discusses in the interview.

3:51.0

They really care. They really care about people and about solving these cases. And you can hear about the technology and admittedly, a lot of it is over my head, but it is amazing what they're doing at Authorum.

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