In this episode, Ally covers the cases of Cherie Bishop and Donna Bell, two women from Brockton, Massachusetts whose cases began years apart but would later become connected through DNA. What starts with Cherie’s 1991 murder and Donna’s 1993 attack becomes a story about cold case evidence, forensic genealogy, and what it means when answers come decades too late.

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Story starts: 11:04

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Sources:

• WCVB Channel 5 Boston: DNA helped link, solve Brockton murder, rape cases from 1990s
• Boston 25 News: Decades later, ancestry DNA sites play role in solving 1991 murder, 1993 rape cases in Brockton
• CBS News Boston: Families find relief after DNA testing helps solve 2 Brockton cold cases over 30 years old
• NBC Boston: DNA tracks down killer, rapist in 2 Brockton cold cases, DA says
• Othram / DNASolves: After 32 Years, Donna Bell’s 1993 Assault is Solved
• Forensic Magazine: DNA Ties Deceased Suspect to 2 Cold Case Rapes, Murder
• Massachusetts State Police News: Suspect Revealed Through DNA Breakthrough in 1991 Homicide and 1993 Sexual Assault
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: Jennifer Lynn Fay
• The Boston Globe / Newspapers.com, June 26, 1991: “Brockton woman is found dead”
• North Adams Transcript, June 26, 1991: “Woman’s body found near playground”