Cold Case Solved: Kidnapper Gets Life After Decades-Long Investigation by Dallas and Plano Detectives

Cold Case Solved: Kidnapper Gets Life After Decades-Long Investigation by Dallas and Plano Detectives

PLANO, Texas — A decades-old child abduction and sexual assault case has been solved, leading to a life sentence for the suspect through

Detectives solve decades-old kidnapping cases using genetic genealogy

PLANO, Texas — An 8-year-old child kidnapped in 1991 has finally seen justice, thanks to the efforts of detectives using forensic investigative genetic genealogy.

North Texas detectives solve decades-old child abduction, SA cases using genetic genealogy

DALLAS, Texas — An 8-year-old child kidnapped in 1991 in Plano, Texas, and a similar case in Dallas have been solved through forensic investigative genetic genealogy.

Dallas and Plano Detectives partner to solve decades old child sexual assault case

On August 15, 1991, an 8-year-old child was kidnapped by a stranger in Plano, Texas while walking with a friend to their community pool. The child was sexually abused by the stranger over the course of several hours before being released 20 miles away from her home. Despite Plano PD’s best investigative efforts, the case went cold. The evidence that had been collected was maintained at SWIFS in Dallas, Texas. In 2004, a DNA profile for the perpe…