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DNA Breakthrough Solves Decades-Old Kidnappings | Texas News
Two decades of mystery ended when genetic genealogy cracked two brutal, unsolved kidnappings in North Texas—one in 1991, one in 1999. Despite witness sketches pointing to a man with a distinctive mustache and nose, no suspect surfaced until 2004, when DNA matched both crimes. Investigators turned to genealogy databases like GEDMatch, a revolutionary tool that searches millions of public DNA profiles to find distant relatives. The Texas Rangers, led by Lieutenant Jason Shea, used this method to trace the DNA to a pair of sisters—and ultimately to their son, Nicholas Carney, a 64-year-old whose…
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