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episode. This is part two of episode 21, April Tinsley.

If you haven't listened to Part 1, please go back and do so,

as it contains all the background information for this episode.

If you recall, when we left off with Part 1,

Detective Brian Martin of the Fort Wayne Police Department

had contracted with Parabon Nanolaps to conduct forensic

genealogy to find April's killer. Taking an initial look at the DNA profile from the case,

Parabon told the investigators that they believed that there was an above-average chance that they

could identify a distant relative of the killer. This was because there was a person in the

Jedmatch database used by Parabon who shared 131 centimorgans with the killer. This level of

shared DNA is consistent with certain distant relatives. Here is an excerpt from the actual Parabon

report, quote, Your case's top CM match is 131.6 CM.

90 to 200 CM includes second cousins once removed, half second cousins, first cousins thrice removed,

and half first cousins twice removed. There is at least one individual who is plus or minus 131 centimorgans.

Here's how it worked. Taking the person who shared 131 centiporgans with the killer, as well as

11 other relatives who shared between 49 and 114 centiporgans with the suspect, C.C. Moore built out the four genetic networks that

comprised the killer's direct ancestors. Genetic network number one was descended from a John

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