Colorado family finally gets closure they need 50 years after murder of loved one thanks to genetic genealogy

This is a great news report from Denver 7 on another success using genetic genealogy in a murder case from 50 years ago. Five-zero.

https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/colorado-family-finally-gets-closure-they-need-50-years-after-murder-of-loved-one-thanks-to-genetic-genealogy#google_vignette

Imagine if the evidence in the OCCK case had been properly handled, properly stored, correctly catalogued and easily accounted for. Imagine if the towels and other evidence in the 1978 murder of Gail Webster in Troy, MI had been properly stored and all the evidence accounted for. Imagine if the scarf found at the Grosse Pointe Farms, MI scene of the 2010 disappearance of JoAnn Matouk Romain had not been donated to charity as part of some evidence room clean up.

Success in cold cases depends in large part on the diligence and care taken by initial investigators and those responsible for safeguarding evidence over the long haul in open cases, so that genetic genealogists have something to work with.