Yippee-Ki-Yay Mother F%&*#ers...DNA for the WIN
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Tara’s Episode Notes:
The 1979 case of a murdered 18-year-old baffled local police officers for decades, until they got a break from evidence the victim left behind.
In the early hours of December 20, 1979, the body of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko was found in her car in the parking lot of a mall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was stabbed multiple times. The murder baffled investigators for several generations. As fate would have it…& with new technology in DNA and genealogical testing, in the end…Michelle would be the one that actually helped police solve her murder.
Article Source: CBS News: Jamie Yuccas Reports
Tara’s Episode Sources:
Little Village Mag - Source for the Parabon Nano Labs Photos of Jerry Burns we discuss in the podcast to compare with actual pics along with several photos of Michelle in her youth. RIP Sweet Girl.