Indiana, DNA and cold case

DNA sample leads to charges in 1981 cold case murder in Indiana
CHICAGO (CBS) — A father-son detective team in Griffith, Indiana, solved a 1981 cold case with the help of technology that wasn't around when the murder happened. Gregory Thurson was charged with the murder of 51-year-old John Blaylock.
Cigarette leads to man’s arrest in 1981 Indiana cold case: documents
An Oregon man was recently extradited to Northwest Indiana in the 1981 killing of another man, and a cigarette discarded by his brother helped police find him.
DNA evidence leads to man's arrest in 1981 cold case murder in Indiana
Police in Griffith, Indiana said they have solved a 43-year-old cold case, thanks to technology that wasn't around when the murder happened.
Man arrested 40 years after murder of Indiana man, police say
A northwest Indiana detective is finishing the work that his father started more than 40 years ago to solve a cold case murder. The story goes back to 1981, when 51-year-old John Blaylock was found dead in Griffith,
Docs: Cigarette leads to man’s arrest in 1981 Northwest Indiana cold case
An Oregon man was recently extradited back to Northwest Indiana after allegedly murdering another man in 1981. His brother littering a cigarette helped police find him. The
Arrest made in 1981 Indiana cold case, thanks to father-son detective duo
More than 40 years after a man was murdered in northwest Indiana, police say they’ve caught the killer thanks to the work of detectives who are father and son.
Court docs: DNA links Indy man to home invasion homicide from 2022
A 19-year-old from Indianapolis is charged with murder more than two years after a home invasion left 22-year-old Naya ...
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Indiana man gets life in prison for 1975 drowning of Indiana teenager
An Indiana man has been sentenced to life in prison ... deliberately drowned” Mitchell after taking her to the river in Bandy’s car. A DNA profile was obtained in recent years through testing ...
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Delphi murders trial of Richard Allen calls DNA expert to the stand
The trial against Richard Allen continued Oct. 28 in Delphi, Indiana, with DNA experts taking the stand. Allen, 52, is ...
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An Indiana teen died in 1866. How did her skull end up in an Illinois house's walls?
sophisticated DNA testing and a cooperative descendent — the identity of that skull has finally been confirmed. It belonged to an Indiana teenager who died from childbirth complications in 1866.
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Cold case solved: DNA helps identify skull found in wall as Indiana teen who died in 1866
DNA testing confirmed the identification by matching ... The girl, Esther Granger, was from Merrillville, Indiana, and died at the age of 17 when Andrew Johnson was president, investigators ...
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DNA tests identify 19th-century Indiana teenager's skull found in Illinois home's wall
the office was able to build a DNA profile from the skull that suggested it was that of Esther Granger, a 17-year-old woman who died during childbirth in Merrillville, Indiana, in 1866. The ...
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Delphi murders trial: Man found guilty in gruesome deaths of girls on Indiana trail
Richard Allen was found guilty of murdering Libby German and Abby Williams while they were out on a walk in February 2017 ...
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Indiana man gets life in prison for 1975 killing of teen who "fought for her life"
An Indiana man has been sentenced to life in prison ... deliberately drowned" Mitchell after taking her to the river in Bandy's car. A DNA profile was obtained in recent years through testing ...