A girl killed in 1988 was publicly identified as Kenyatta “KeKe” Odom, 5, on Monday. Her mother and her mother’s boyfriend at the time have been charged with murder.
Tag: Genealogy
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Enslaved Black People in Maryland Linked to 42,000 Living Relatives
The analysis marks the first time historical DNA has been used to trace the descendants and distant cousins of enslaved people, researchers said.
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Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Idaho Murders Suspect Bryan Kohberger
The top prosecutor in Latah County said the November killings met the standard for the kind of aggravating factors that warrant seeking the death penalty.
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Idaho Student Murders: Inside the Hunt for the Killer
After four students were stabbed to death in a house near a college campus, investigators scooped up data and forensic evidence, hoping for leads. A new DNA technique finally brought a breakthrough.
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Digitized Silhouette Portraits Shed Light on 19th Century Life
The album’s fragile pages were laced with arsenic, so the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery put the images online last month. Curators have since identified more than 1,000 of the 1,800 subjects.