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Investigative genealogy cracking Indiana cold cases
It’s one thing legislation enforcement couldn’t do a decade in the past.
INDIANAPOLIS — Within the final two weeks, two extra chilly instances in Indiana have been solved by way of investigative family tree
“We will now name her Margert Ann Sniegowski,” introduced Boone County Sheriff Michael Nielsen at Wednesday’s press convention.
Investigators had been in a position to determine a 17-year-old Jane Doe after she was discovered lifeless in 1992 by a farmer on the backside of an embankment of the on-ramp to Interstate 65 north from State Highway 47.
The week earlier than that, state police recognized the “I-65 Killer” as Harry Edward Greenwell. Police stated he’s accountable for as many as three murders and several other different assaults from the Eighties and Nineties.
In each instances, investigators had been in a position to make use of DNA and information from family tree websites to assist remedy the case. Typically investigators will use the approach to assist determine a suspect or unknown human stays.
It’s one thing legislation enforcement couldn’t do a decade in the past.
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“It was once that you just wanted to have a reasonably respectable dimension pattern and a reasonably pristine pattern to do the take a look at and it took a very long time,” stated Doug Kouns, retired FBI agent and personal investigator. “Now, you may have only a tiny little pattern and it may be amplified with know-how.”
With so many potentialities, Kouns stated DNA can be being collected extra often.
“Each time a violent offender is arrested, a part of that reserving course of – along with photos, fingerprints – now features a buccal swab,” he stated.
For the reason that software continues to be new, genealogists like CeCe Moore are nonetheless uncovering methods to make use of it.
“You’ll be able to’t undo what’s been completed,” stated Moore, the chief genealogist at Parabon Labs. “There are not any blissful endings right here, however you may raise that weight.”
FBI, Indiana State Police determine ‘I-65 Killer’ as Harry Edward Greenwell
As family tree databases proceed to develop, so do the chances. Moore stated specialists are being further cautious with how this software is used.
“We don’t need it to be misused and we don’t need to disappoint the general public,” she stated.
Moore stated the findings from this know-how will not be a rush to judgment, however a lead for investigators.
“You’re at all times going to research that particular person, acquire their DNA, see if it matches that authentic crime scene pattern and likewise search for different connections to that sufferer or the crime,” Moore stated.
She stated there’s additionally an enormous false impression that investigators use massive firm databases like 23andMe or Ancestry.com to match DNA. Moore stated that’s not true.
When it includes a legislation enforcement investigation, her workforce can solely use two databases which are a lot smaller. They’re known as Household Tree DNA and GEDmatch, which is a third-party web site that collects DNA information.
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Caitlin Clark Sets Indiana Fever Franchise Record in Half a Season
Caitlin Clark broke an Indiana Fever rookie record with half of the WNBA season still to go.
The No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft notched her 129th assist in a game against the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday, June 30. The helping hand came on a well-run pick-and-roll with center Aliyah Boston.
After Boston set a screen for a rapidly advancing Clark, the rising star found Boston as she peeled away and ran toward the basket. The end result was an easy layup for Boston and Clark’s new record.
Clark’s record is only within the Fever organization, and specifically for rookies, but she’s playing well enough to avoid needing any qualifiers. Her average of 6.6 assists per game is good for 4th-best in the entire league. She’s on pace to blow past the Fever’s all-time single-season assists record – 201, set just last year by Erica Wheeler – before the season is out.
Clark brought newfound attention to the WNBA after setting the NCAA record for points scored in basketball, men or women’s. She led her Iowa Hawkeyes to two straight NCAA championship games in 2023 and 2024, which they lost to the LSU Tigers and South Carolina Gamecocks, respectively.
At the first of those two championships, a seeming rivalry was born between Clark and her superstar counterpart on the Tigers: Angel Reese. While the pair have long denied that there’s any rivalry between them, games where Clark’s Fever play Reese’s Chicago Sky set ticket price and TV viewership records. Reese denied the rivalry in an interview in March.
“I don’t think people realize it’s not personal,” Reese said. “Once we get out between those lines, if I see you walking down the street, it’s like, ‘Hey, girl, what’s up? Let’s hang out.’ I think people just take it like we hate each other. Me and Caitlin Clark don’t hate each other. I want everybody to understand that.”
Clark agreed earlier this month, speaking during a post-game press conference.
“I’m pretty sure the only people that view this as a rivalry is all of you,” she said. “Like, to us it’s just a game of basketball.”
Reese set a rookie record on June 23 in a game against Clark when she recorded her eighth-straight double-double. She broke the single-season WNBA record for consecutive double-doubles on June 30 when she managed a 10th straight double-double. Prior to her 10-point, 16-rebound performance, she was tied with two-time WNBA MVP Candace Parker.
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Apparent fireworks malfunction leaves 7 injured, several homes damaged in Griffith, Indiana: police
ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team
Sunday, June 30, 2024 5:45PM
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GRIFFITH, Ind. (WLS) — A fireworks incident left seven people injured and several houses and vehicles damaged in Northwest Indiana on Saturday night, police said.
Griffith police said officers were dispatched to the 900-block of North Arbogast Street at about 9:30 p.m.
It appears that a private fireworks show at home there had an accidental malfunction, injuring seven people and damaging four houses and 10 vehicles, police said.
Information about the ages and conditions of those injured was not immediately available.
Police are investigating the incident and asked anyone with information to contact them at 219-924-7503. Anonymous tips can be left by calling 219-922-3085.
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Pleasant air moves in
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Many locations in central Indiana picked up beneficial rain with yesterday’s storms. Pleasant air will now move in following this system.
TODAY: Mostly sunny skies. Dew points will drop into the comfortable category by the afternoon. Winds will be sustained out of the north at 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. High temperatures in the mid-70s.
TONIGHT: We will have our coolest morning since June 11. Mostly clear skies remain. Low temperatures in the low to mid-50s.
TOMORROW: Another refreshing day. The first day of July will feature plenty of sunshine with high temperatures in the mid to upper 70s.
8-DAY FORECAST: Our pleasant air is only temporary. Temperatures will build after Monday as a warm front crosses Indiana. This will also drive up our rain chances Wednesday to Friday with the frontal boundary stalling out in the Midwest. Unfortunately, the 4th of July will be included in these rain chances, but we should know more about the timing of rain as we get closer.
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