Arlington Police Arrest Woman in 2012 Cold Case Murder After DNA, Genealogy Breakthrough

Accused Killer Walks Free After Stabbing ‘Close Friend’ 100 Times

North Texas real estate agent Mayra Velasquez was released on $450,000 bond after her DNA led investigators to a breakthrough in a 2012 cold case. Velasquez, 42, was arrested on July 20 and charged with capital murder in the fatal stabbing of 32-year-old Irasema Chavez 14 years ago. A judge initially ordered Velasquez held in […]

Utah Cold Case Unit Uses DNA Genealogy to Identify Riverdale Body Found in 2012, Solving First Investigation and Reopening Hope for Dozens More – Central Recorder Publishing

SALT LAKE CITY, UT — A newly created cold case unit in Utah has solved its first case by identifying a man whose body was found beneath a Riverdale overpass in 2012. Using forensic genetic genealogy, investigators determined the remains were those of Terry Richardson Chawk, who disappeared from Florida in 1977. The case had remained unresolved for more than 14 years after the discovery and decades after Chawk vanished. State Bureau of Investigat…

Arlington Police Arrest Woman in 2012 Cold Case Murder After DNA, Genealogy Breakthrough

ARLINGTON, Texas - A 42-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the 2012 stabbing death of an Arlington woman after investigators