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NJ College Cracks Hot Missing Persons Case NJ College Cracks Hot Missing Persons Case
NJ College Cracks Hot Missing Persons Case Students and staff from a New Jersey college center have cracked a hot missing persons case from across the country. The Ramapo College of New Jersey's Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center (IGG) worked in collaboration with authorities in St. Louis County, MI, to successfully identify “St. Louis John Doe,” who had been missing since 2021. "This was a hot case, which generally refers to the presence of active, investigative leads," reads a release from Ramapo College's IGG. "The use of IGG in hot cases is a fairly new and growing concept." IGG's assistant director, Cairenn Binder, sa…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Woman's Long-Ago Disappearance Leads To Arrest In Long Island Serial Killings NJ Woman's Long-Ago Disappearance Leads To Arrest In Long Island Serial Killings
NJ Woman's Long-Ago Disappearance Leads To Arrest In Long Island Serial Killings A decade-long hunt for a serial killer that began after an escort from New Jersey went missing on Long Island has led to the arrest of a midtown Manhattan architect who investigators believe preyed on prostitutes. Rex Heuermann, 59, of Massapequa Park was seized after authorities matched his DNA during a full-scale investigation of what became known as the Gilgo Beach murders. What began as a search for Shannan Gilbert, a 23-year-old Craigslist escort who lived in Jersey City, led to the discovery of the skeletal remains of four victims along a sandy stretch of Long Island highway in 2010.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COLD CASE CRACKED: DNA From Soda Can Helps Solve PalPark Business Break-Ins COLD CASE CRACKED: DNA From Soda Can Helps Solve PalPark Business Break-Ins
Cold CASE Cracked: DNA From Soda Can Helps Solve PalPark Business Break-Ins Palisades Park police cracked a pair of cold-case burglaries after the results of a DNA test on a soda can led them to a familiar face from a neighboring town. Officers responding to a break-in at what was then the Happy Diner on Broad Avenue in 2018 found a damaged and emptied cash register outside the Honey Pig Bossam next door, Detective Sgt. Alex Monteleone said. They contacted the owners of both businesses, one of whom reported finding an iPad and $100 missing – along with a soda can that had been left on a counter, he said. Sgt. Sean Cotrrell secured the can, which was sent to t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Daughter's DNA Test Finds NJ Mom Was Secretly Impregnated By Doctor, Lawsuit Says Daughter's DNA Test Finds NJ Mom Was Secretly Impregnated By Doctor, Lawsuit Says
Daughter's DNA Test Finds NJ Mom Was Secretly Impregnated By Doctor, Lawsuit Says A New Jersey woman filed a lawsuit against her OBGYN saying he impregnated her with his own sperm in the 1980s when she went in for artificial insemination and found out when her daughter took an online DNA test last year. Bianca Voss, of Clifton, accuses Dr. Martin Greenberg of "medical rape" in the suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.   "Defendant stood over Plaintiff with her legs spread in stirrups and inserted his own bodily fluids into her," says the suit, filed May 25.  "Plaintiff would never have agreed to allow Defendant to use his own sperm …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Breakthrough DNA Testing IDs 9/11 Victim As New Jersey Man Breakthrough DNA Testing IDs 9/11 Victim As New Jersey Man
Breakthrough DNA Testing IDs 9/11 Victim As New Jersey Man After more than half a dozen futile attempts over the course of 17 years to identify a single bone found in the rubble of the World Trade Center, medical examiners finally had a breakthrough this week. Thanks to advances in DNA testing, the bone was linked to a 26-year-old financial worker from New Jersey who died in the 9/11 attacks, the New York Times reports. Scott Michael Johnson of Montclair -- born in Glen Ridge -- worked on the 89th floor of the south tower and is the  1,642 person to be identified of the 2,753 killed in the attack, according to the story. Johnson worked as a securi…

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by Cecilia Levine