The gene hunters: How genetic genealogy is helping police solve 37-year-old cold cases

For 37 years, police searched for the killer responsible for two cold cases in Toronto, but the trail went cold. Now, genetic genealogy is helping detectives map the unknown suspect’s family tree in order to solve the 1983 deaths of Erin Gilmour and Susan Tice.
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