After 30 years, the murderer of Melanie White was identified when the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department teamed with the Vegas Justice League to fund the evaluation of a STR (short tandem repeat) profile of an unknown male by third party lab Othram. Advanced DNA testing yielded a DNA profile that was used by Othram’s genetic genealogy team to develop new leads in the case.
https://dnasolves.com/articles/melanie-white-nevada
The killer was positively identified after comparison DNA tests were conducted. The POS died in 2021, the same year Othram began its search for the truth.
There is a Y-str sample in Kristine’s case. It needs further evaluation to see if a DNA profile can be developed that is suitable for submission to CODIS (Combined DNA Index System–DNA from convicted offenders, arrestees and crime scenes) and for serious genetic genealogy evaluation.
It is appalling to me that the state lab or the MSP would balk at any expense involved in this further testing of one goddamn sample. After mishandling the grant money back in the day (how about some journalist looks into that fraud?!) and other misuses of taxpayer money in this case, my position is that they cannot cry about cost here. It is merely an excuse to foot-drag.
GET ON IT before the “owner” of that short tandem repeat drops dead, if he’s not already. Those reports are dated and we will know how long you delayed if you ever make a connection.
And yet another cold case is solved using a third party lab to complete the testing in a 1991 rape and murder case, this one in Virginia. Virginia State Police arrested the 62-year-old suspect after he was indicted. Better late than never, you POS.
https://www.12onyourside.com/2024/10/22/virginia-state-police-make-arrest-33-year-old-cold-case
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