Arrest Made in 1987 Cold Case Murder of Barbara Blatnik Thanks to Genetic Genealogy
Porchlight Project, a nonprofit that provides assistance to families of the missing and murdered in Ohio, paid for DNA testing May 7, 2020Cuyahoga Falls police today announced the arrest of 67-year-old James Zastawnik of Cleveland for the December 1987 murder of...
Delaware County cold case homicide from 1983 solved with help of DNA database
Detectives used Parabon Nanolabs, a DNA/genealogical database April 29, 2020DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) – Detectives with the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office say they’ve solved a homicide from 1983. On October 16, 1983 the body of 15-year-old John...
Lawyers Discovered Long-Hidden Evidence at the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office. Now, a Death Row Inmate May Get Another Shot at Justice
Only a few weeks ago, in February, his defense attorneys found long-lost bullets that were removed from the victim’s body and shell casings that were collected at the scene of the crime, all sitting in envelopes at the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office...
Ohio single mom’s 1991 cold case murder solved using DNA uploaded to public genealogy site
“He’s a ghost in the investigation,” March 13, 2020A single mother’s cold case murder in Ohio has been solved with an arrest after nearly 29 years.Rachael Johnson was 23 when she was raped, beaten, stabbed and set on fire on March 30, 1991....
