Forensic Tales

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Valentine Sally Nov 04, 2024

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#253 - For nearly 40 years, a teenage girl found dead on Valentine’s Day along an Arizona highway was known only as “Valentine Sally.” But now, with advancements in DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy, she has finally regained her name.

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Tara Grinstead Oct 28, 2024

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#252 - Tara Grinstead was a 30-year-old history teacher from Georgia when she went missing in October 2005. Without any sighting of her for the next five years, she was legally pronounced dead, leaving many to wonder if we would ever know what happened to her. Then, over a decade later, the authorities finally got the tip they had been waiting for. But would this tip be enough for Tara’s family to finally receive the justice they so deserve?

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Tara Grinstead Oct 28, 2024

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Candace Derksen Oct 21, 2024

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#251 - In November 1984, 13-year-old Candace Derksen went missing on her way home from school. Her sudden disappearance sparked one of Winnipeg's most extensive searches for a missing person, lasting six and a half weeks. Twenty-two years later, a man was finally arrested for her murder. However, justice is still far from being served after concerns arose over the integrity of the forensic evidence.

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Candace Derksen Oct 21, 2024

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Connie Dabate Oct 14, 2024

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#250 - It’s a story often referred to in the media as “The Fitbit Murder.” In 2015, 39-year-old Connie Dabate was found shot to death inside her Connecticut basement. Her husband, 40-year-old Richard Dabata, says a masked intruder was to blame. But when the authorities examined Connie’s wearable fitness device, they suspected he was lying.

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Connie Dabate Oct 14, 2024

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Executed: Marcellus Williams Oct 07, 2024

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#249 - On September 24, 2024, Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection in Missouri after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a stay despite prosecutors and the victim’s family asking that he be spared. Marcellus Williams was charged and convicted of murdering a St. Louis woman inside her home in August 1998 despite zero forensic evidence linking him to the brutal murder. His execution just over a week ago sparked a nationwide debate over the death penalty in the United States. Was Marcellus a cold-blooded killer? Or another wrongfully accused man sentenced to death?

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Executed: Marcellus Williams Oct 07, 2024

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Libby Caswell Sep 30, 2024

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#248 - In 2017, a bright and fun 21-year-old Libby was found dead in a motel room in Independence, Missouri, with her boyfriend’s belt tied around her neck. Her death was ruled a tragic suicide, but her family disagrees and is seeking answers to the many unanswered questions surrounding her death. Was this actually a case of a young woman who took her own life? Or was this the outcome of an abusive and violent relationship? And what do the forensic experts in strangulation think happened?

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