How DNA Technology Broke Open the Cold Case in Minneapolis Woman's 1993 Murder
The episode details the 1993 cold case murder of Jeanie Childs and the revolutionary scientific methods used to identify her killer decades later. After the investigation stalled for twenty-six years, authorities utilized forensic genetic genealogy to narrow their search to a Minnesota man named Jerry Westrom. Investigators surreptitiously obtained his DNA from a discarded napkin at a sporting event to confirm a match with evidence found at the original crime scene. This forensic breakthrough, combined with bloody footprint analysis, led to Westrom's first-degree murder conviction in 2022…
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