Cold Case Homicides: DNA Testing of Retained Autopsy Sexual Assault Smears
| Autor: | Michele C. Clark, Kristin Sasinouski, Angela R. McGuire, James R. Gill |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Forensic pathology Combined DNA Index System medicine.medical_specialty Anal Canal Autopsy Dna testing Polymerase Chain Reaction 01 natural sciences Specimen Handling Pathology and Forensic Medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Homicide Genetics Humans Medicine 030216 legal & forensic medicine Sexual assault Mouth business.industry Obstetrics Sex Offenses 010401 analytical chemistry Medical examiner DNA DNA Fingerprinting Spermatozoa 0104 chemical sciences DNA profiling Vagina Female Databases Nucleic Acid business Microsatellite Repeats |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Forensic Sciences. 64:1100-1104 |
| ISSN: | 1556-4029 0022-1198 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1556-4029.14023 |
| Popis: | Archival medical examiner specimens may contain perpetrator DNA evidence useful in unsolved ("cold case") homicides. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) histology slide archives were searched for sexual assault smears for all 376 female homicides from 1990 to 1999. Of these, the OCME had sexual assault smears on 84 of which 13 slides had sperm. Of these 13, six were still unsolved. DNA profiles were obtained on all six (5 from smears and one from swabs). Combined DNA Index System ( submission resulted in two matches ("hits") for new suspects. In addition, three suspects were eliminated in two cases. Our review of archival sexual assault smears resulted in DNA profiles that were able to assist in the investigation of four cold case homicide investigations. It may be worthwhile for medical examiner offices to search their archival histology slides for sexual assault smears on previously unsolved cases particularly those prior to the mid-1990s when DNA testing was less widely available. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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