My True Crime Episode with David Mittelman

A Bit of Optimism

The Optimism Company from Simon Sinek

Business, Education, Careers, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Less than 5% of major crimes end in a conviction. For cold cases, that number drops to 1%. Those numbers won’t stay low forever. David Mittelman’s company, Othram Inc., is revolutionizing DNA sequencing and, in the process, greatly reducing the number of “unsolvable” cases. I called David to learn more about how the new technology works, what it means for the future of crime-fighting, and maybe get some fascinating stories out of the bargain too. This is… A Bit of Optimism. For more on David and his work visit: DNASolves.com Othram.com

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0:00.0	I'm told that the best podcasts are true crime podcasts, so this is my true crime episode.
0:13.6	David Middellman is the founder of AUTHRUM, a company that has completely reinvented
0:19.0	how to evaluate DNA.
0:21.7	They are solving cold cases left and right, identifying unidentified victims and catching
0:29.0	criminals that have been getting away with their crimes sometimes for decades.
0:34.7	Histories are absolutely riveting.
0:37.8	I now know why true crime podcasts are the most popular.
0:42.3	This is a bit of optimism.
0:45.9	David, thanks so much for taking the time.
0:50.6	I really appreciate it.
0:52.1	Just so people know what you do.
0:54.6	Can you share a cold case that your team has cracked so that we really get a sense of
1:00.3	what, how special your work is?
1:03.4	I'll tell you one story that comes to mind.
1:06.9	There was a girl.
1:07.9	She was a 17-year-old high school cheerleader.
1:10.4	Her name was Carla Walker.
1:12.0	This was a 1974, and she was coming back from a Valentine's Day dance in February, and
1:17.5	she was going to high school in Fort Worth, Texas, and she leaves the dance with her boyfriend
1:23.3	in his vehicle.
1:24.5	They end up parking behind a bowling alley, doing what high school kids do, and then out
1:29.2	of the blue, according to the boyfriend, some guy just comes out of the darkness, pulls
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