DNA: ID

Episode 24 Barbara 'Barbie' Blatnik In the last episode of DNA: ID's 2021 season, we examine the 1987 murder of Barbie Blatnik. The 17 year old girl was last seen being dropped off to visit her boyfriend at 2:30 a.m. on December 20th in their hometown of Garfield Heights, Ohio. Her body was found the next morning, miles away in Cuyahoga Falls. She had been raped and brutalized. Her case was plagued by too many suspects, jurisdictional confusion, and lost evidence. For more than 30 years, Barbie's family had no answers to who killed her. Finally, forensic genealogy pointed them right back to the place where Barbie had last been seen, and a suspect whose name was never in the case file. And he had his own troubling disappearance in his family. Photo credits to Cleveland Scene and the Charley Project This episode is sponsored by Better Help Online Counseling: To save 10% off your first month of Better Help, visit BetterHelp.com/DNA Follow DNA: ID on Social Media on Twitter at- https://twitter.com/DNAIDPodcast on Facebook at- https://www.facebook.com/DNA-ID-True-Crime-Podcast-103667495017418 on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dnaidpodcast/ Podcast home page- https://www.spreaker.com/show/dna-id This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4720335/advertisement

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Episode 23: Linda Ann O'Keefe In 1973, 11 year old Linda Ann O'Keefe was abducted, sexually assaulted and strangled as she walked home from summer school in Newport Beach, California. Her body was dumped in shallow marshy water among the cattails along Back Bay. Early suspects failed to pan out, and leads went cold. Her killer, who left his DNA behind at the scene, was not identified until more than 40 years later through forensic genealogy. And he was still alive – and had molested several more young girls along the way. But in the end, he eluded justice. This episode is sponsored by Better Help Online Counseling: To save 10% off your first month of Better Help, visit BetterHelp.com/DNA Follow DNA: ID on Social Media on Twitter at- https://twitter.com/DNAIDPodcast on Facebook at- https://www.facebook.com/DNA-ID-True-Crime-Podcast-103667495017418 on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dnaidpodcast/ Podcast home page- https://www.spreaker.com/show/dna-id This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4720335/advertisement

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Introducing Beyond Bizarre True Crime from AbJack Entertainment Beyond Bizarre True Crime is a brand-new weekly podcast from AbJack Entertainment with a new host, or hosts from the world of true crime podcasts in every episode. Each host will bring their own personality to the case they present, and will lay out the details in their own style- all in less than 30 minutes, so you can get your true crime fill, and get on with your day. Episode 1 hosted by Nic & the Captain from True Crime Garage, and Episode 2 hosted by Emily Thompson from Morbidology are available right now everywhere you listen to podcasts. New episodes air every Saturday. Find Beyond Bizarre True Crime on social media via the following links: Twitter- https://twitter.com/BeyondBizarreTC Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/Beyond-Bizarre-True-Crime-106616135137199 Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/beyondbizarretc/ Show Home Page- https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-bizarre-true-crime This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4720335/advertisement

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Episode 22: Mary Silvani In 1982, hikers in the Sheep's Flat area of Nevada, near Lake Tahoe, found the body of a woman who had been shot in the head. No one was able to identify her, and she became known as Sheep's Flat Jane Doe. She was buried in an unmarked grave, and would remain unidentified for nearly four decades. DNA from the crime scene was preserved. In 2018, the Washoe County Sheriff's office teamed up with the DNA Doe project and Identifinders International to try to give Sheep's Flat Jane Doe her name back, and find her killer. And it worked. This case was the first in which forensic genealogy was utilized to identify both the victim and the killer. Photo credits Washoe County Sheriff; Reno Gazette; Detroit Free Press Follow DNA: ID on Social Media on Twitter at- https://twitter.com/DNAIDPodcast on Facebook at- https://www.facebook.com/DNA-ID-True-Crime-Podcast-103667495017418 on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dnaidpodcast/ Podcast home page- https://www.spreaker.com/show/dna-id This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4720335/advertisement

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Episode 21 April Tinsley Part 2 of 2 Think you know everything there is to know about the April Tinsley case? Think again. April Marie Tinsley, age 8, was abducted, raped and murdered in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1988. Her killer was not identified for 30 years – and he was still alive and living in the area. In this 2-part episode, I discuss never-before revealed details about the case, and speak with one of the detectives who arrested John D. Miller of Grabill, Indiana for the notorious crime that shook Fort Wayne. *Credit On the case with PZ July 2018 episode PAULA ZAHN EPISODE S. 17 EP 1, The Deadly Playdate. Follow DNA: ID on Social Media on Twitter at- https://twitter.com/DNAIDPodcast on Facebook at- https://www.facebook.com/DNA-ID-True-Crime-Podcast-103667495017418 on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dnaidpodcast/ Podcast home page- https://www.spreaker.com/show/dna-id This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4720335/advertisement

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Episode 21 April Tinsley Part 1 of 2 Think you know everything there is to know about the April Tinsley case? Think again. April Marie Tinsley, age 8, was abducted, raped and murdered in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1988. Her killer was not identified for 30 years – and he was still alive and living in the area. In this 2-part episode, I discuss never-before revealed details about the case, and speak with one of the detectives who arrested John D. Miller of Grabill, Indiana for the notorious crime that shook Fort Wayne. *Credit On the case with PZ July 2018 episode PAULA ZAHN EPISODE S. 17 EP 1, The Deadly Playdate. Follow DNA: ID on Social Media on Twitter at- https://twitter.com/DNAIDPodcast on Facebook at- https://www.facebook.com/DNA-ID-True-Crime-Podcast-103667495017418 on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dnaidpodcast/ Podcast home page- https://www.spreaker.com/show/dna-id This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4720335/advertisement

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Episode 20 Carolyn Cox Rose In 1978, Carolyn Cox Rose was a successful real estate agent in the Pensacola, Florida area. She left the realty office early one morning to meet a client at an empty house she was selling. Her raped and murdered body was found there later that day. Police learned that a man had phoned repeatedly, possibly luring Carolyn to her fate. But police failed to track down the mysterious client, and Carolyn's case went unsolved until, decades later, Escambia county authorities employed forensic genealogy in the case. The analysis led to a North Carolina man with a significant criminal past – and possibly, another victim. Follow DNA: ID on Social Media on Twitter at- https://twitter.com/DNAIDPodcast on Facebook at- https://www.facebook.com/DNA-ID-True-Crime-Podcast-103667495017418 on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dnaidpodcast/ Podcast home page- https://www.spreaker.com/show/dna-id This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4720335/advertisement

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Episode 19 Le Bich Thuy In October 1994, Le Bich Thuy's coworkers at a medical research institution in the Washington, DC area called police for a welfare check. The workaholic Le had not showed up to work for several days. When police arrived at her home, they found the unthinkable – Le had been raped and murdered. Because nothing in her life led police to her killer, her case went cold. Finally, though, science provided answers – and DNA connected Le's case to another cold case in the same area. A serial rapist was responsible for her death. And thanks to forensic genealogy conducted by a hobbyist police officer, the killer of Le Bich Thuy has been identified. **credit Bloodline Detectives: The Rockville Horror Follow DNA: ID on Social Media on Twitter at- https://twitter.com/DNAIDPodcast on Facebook at- https://www.facebook.com/DNA-ID-True-Crime-Podcast-103667495017418 on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dnaidpodcast/ Podcast home page- https://www.spreaker.com/show/dna-id This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4720335/advertisement

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Episode 18 Evelynne Derricott In 2011, 69 year old grandmother Evelynne Derricott was murdered in her own Tooele, Utah home. Her killer escaped in her own vehicle and stole her cell phone. Although these items were found, detectives could not track down the murderer – although they had his DNA. Using a Utah law that allows for searches of CODIS for relatives of the unknown suspect who left his DNA behind, detectives found that Evelynne's killer had three close relatives whose names were in the database. These names led them to Evelynne's murderer – who was alive and well and still living in the area. **Credit Bloodline Detectives: A Life Stolen Follow DNA: ID on Social Media on Twitter at- https://twitter.com/DNAIDPodcast on Facebook at- https://www.facebook.com/DNA-ID-True-Crime-Podcast-103667495017418 on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dnaidpodcast/ Podcast home page- https://www.spreaker.com/show/dna-id This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4720335/advertisement

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Episode 17: Holly Cassano In 2009, young single mother Holly Cassano shared a small home with her young daughter Alexis in Mahomet, Illinois. On a night when Alexis was at her grandma's house overnight, someone came into Holly's trailer and stabbed her nearly 60 times. The prime suspect, Holly's ex, was the logical focus of the investigation, but he was ruled out by DNA evidence. The killer had left his blood at the crime scene, but no hits were generated when his profile was entered into CODIS. But it turned out that it should have been. Holly's killer, a man no one suspected, would have been identified years earlier if DNA collection protocols had been followed. Not until he was named by forensic genealogy as a suspect were detectives able to connect him to Holly's murder. Follow DNA: ID on Social Media on Twitter at- https://twitter.com/DNAIDPodcast on Facebook at- https://www.facebook.com/DNA-ID-True-Crime-Podcast-103667495017418 on Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/dnaidpodcast/ Podcast home page- https://www.spreaker.com/show/dna-id This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4720335/advertisement

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