203. How Ancestry Websites Solved a Cold Case

In this episode, Payton and Garrett dive into the case of two women who were murdered 100 miles apart. When police can’t identify the women, they turn to an emergent technology to help solve this cold case.

Case Sources:

“Web of Death” Season One, Episode Four “Cold Case Files” Season Two, Episode 26 NationalObserver.com - https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/05/27/news/cree-womans-remains-sent-home-alberta-decades-disappearance KTLA.com - https://ktla.com/news/local-news/photos-released-in-effort-to-id-victims-in-1980-cold-case-warning-graphic-images/ ForensicMag.com - https://www.forensicmag.com/575436-Shirley-Ann-Soosay-is-One-of-First-Indigenous-Peoples-Does-to-be-ID-ed-by-Genetic-Genealogy/ AETV.com - https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/indigenous-murder-victim-identified ScientificAmerican.com - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-dna-tests-are-identifying-missing-persons-and-solving-crimes/ VCDistrictAttorney.com - https://www.vcdistrictattorney.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/18-069-Chouest-Barrick.pdf StoriesOfTheUnsolved.com - https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2021/08/12/ventura-county-jane-doe/#:~:text=CASE%20CONTACT%20INFORMATION%3A,or%20805%2D654%2D9511 TheCinemaholic.com - https://thecinemaholic.com/shirley-soosay-murder-how-did-she-die-who-killed-her/ Bakersfield.com - https://www.bakersfield.com/news/kcso-identifies-murder-victim-from-1980-cold-case/article_07eda476-a472-11eb-9eaf-238b5f2ff629.html VCStar.com - https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/conejo-valley/2018/05/31/man-found-guilty-murder-1980-ventura-kern-county-slayings/661081002/ KernGoldenEmpire.com- http://www.kerngoldenempire.com/news/authorites-identify-suspect-in-decades-old-cold-case-murders-of-two-women Wikipedia.com - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Shirley_Soosay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices