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Murder/rape from 28 yrs ago in Starkville solved

Posted on 1/19/19 at 10:25 pm
Posted by Clutch Cargo
Over the top
Member since Dec 2011
1388 posts
Posted on 1/19/19 at 10:25 pm
GEN DNA match made much like the guy in California. 28th case solved through matching from sources like Ancestry.com and 23 And Me.
This was two elderly women, one raped.

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This is going to start happening more and more as more people willingly give their DNA to these types of businesses that are then sharing it with law enforcement.
Posted by Tigerbait357
Member since Jun 2011
67992 posts
Posted on 1/19/19 at 10:27 pm to
Pretty amazing what DNA and other forensic techniques can solve these days

Glad they were able to eventually bring justice
This post was edited on 1/19/19 at 10:50 pm
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
63537 posts
Posted on 1/19/19 at 10:27 pm to
Why would you do one of those things if you murdered someone?
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120750 posts
Posted on 1/19/19 at 10:29 pm to
Why would you PAY somebody to TAKE your DNA? shite is insane.

Somebody gave me a 23 and me gift thing for xmas. I sold it on ebay
Posted by Saltwatersoul04
The Island
Member since Apr 2013
1396 posts
Posted on 1/19/19 at 10:36 pm to
What a dumb frick.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
143057 posts
Posted on 1/19/19 at 10:36 pm to
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On Saturday, 51-year-old Michael Wayne Devaughn of Rienzi, Mississippi, was arrested
Rienzi,_Mississippi
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Rienzi is a town in Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States.. The population was 317 at the 2010 census.

Rienzi was named for Cola di Rienzo, a medieval Italian politician.
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Nicola Gabrini[1] (1313 – 8 October 1354), commonly known as Cola di Rienzo (Italian pronunciation: ['k??la di 'rj?ntso]), was an Italian medieval politician and popular leader, who styled himself as "tribune of the Roman people" in the mid-14th century. For his demagogic rhetoric, popular appeal and anti-establishment (as nobility) sentiment, some sources considered him an earlier populist[2][3] and proto-fascist figure.
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
56244 posts
Posted on 1/19/19 at 10:51 pm to
The articles say that they matched DNA from his cigarette butt to the DNA profile from the rape investigation.

I didn't see anything about matching Ancestry or 23 and me databases....did I miss something?...
Posted by SeeeeK
some where
Member since Sep 2012
28146 posts
Posted on 1/19/19 at 10:53 pm to
quote:

This is going to start happening more and more as more people willingly give their DNA to these types of businesses that are then sharing it with law enforcement.


but i found out i was 1/97th Scottish and 1/85th Romanian
Posted by FearlessFreep
Baja Alabama
Member since Nov 2009
17396 posts
Posted on 1/19/19 at 11:20 pm to
I was living in Starkville when this happened. Glad they finally caught the bastard.

That said, I would think it would be hard not to leave DNA at a rape scene.

Posted by georgia
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Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 1/19/19 at 11:38 pm to
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Devaughn’s arrest is in relation to an incident that led to the death of Betty Jones and the sexual assault of Kathryn Crigler on Labor Day in 1990 in the 300 block of Lee Street, now Dr. Martin Luther King Drive.


Nothing good ever happens on streets named after MLK.

What stops these law enforcement agencies from doing other things with the dna of people who have done these kits? Are there safe guards built into that? Are we going to eat up like that gattica movie?
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
58398 posts
Posted on 1/20/19 at 12:06 am to
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This is going to start happening more and more as more people willingly give their DNA to these types of businesses that are then sharing it with law enforcement.



Yep. And more and more people are going to say incriminating things that Alexa and other voice activisted devices will turn over to authorities. Big Brother baby.
Posted by nateslu1
Mr. Belvedere Fan Club
Member since Apr 2012
6463 posts
Posted on 1/20/19 at 1:12 am to
I've heard of better rape/murder stories happening in the quad
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
51619 posts
Posted on 1/20/19 at 1:46 am to
Damn. It wasn’t Greg after all
Posted by hob
Member since Dec 2017
2143 posts
Posted on 1/20/19 at 10:14 am to
GEDMatch is the website making this all possible.

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Private DNA test kits like Ancestry and 23andMe offer users downloads of their genetic code, which they can later upload to sites like GEDMatch. These private DNA bases are closed to law enforcement due to privacy concerns.


There are forces that are actively working to prevent police from using this technique to narrow down suspects.
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
51312 posts
Posted on 1/20/19 at 10:52 am to
Saw it on 48 hrs. Lady was a big State baseball fan and helped the team.
Posted by NorCali
Member since Feb 2015
1047 posts
Posted on 1/20/19 at 10:53 am to
I saw this on TV last night and fully expected you to say that when they took him out of the car to do the perp walk we had wearing an Ole Miss Rebels shirt!!!

Regarding the Commercial DNA companies, 3 years ago 23 and me had over half a million individuals in their data base alone. When you add in the other companies you can start to see the data set they can pull from.

For instance, I’m adopted and did the test for kicks a few years back and had over 300 “relatives” pop up. Closes was a 3-5th cousin. But found my biological mothers family through that match. You had to go back to a great great grandparent to find the common ancestor. And there were lots of siblings in those generations (like 8-11), hence all the very distant cousin hits. But this is also how they can build out a family tree and discover potential suspects. Now that DNA testing is so inexpensive they can screen many people to rule them out. The technology has been there, but the confluence of better, cheaper tech and more individuals in the data base are making these discoveries possible.
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
83837 posts
Posted on 1/20/19 at 11:53 am to
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28th case solved through matching from sources like Ancestry.com and 23 And Me.
Yet another reason not to use these
Posted by zatetic
Member since Nov 2015
5677 posts
Posted on 1/20/19 at 2:05 pm to
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This is going to start happening more and more


That also counts for breaking up families when the father finds out he isn't really the father
Posted by crazycubes
Member since Jan 2016
5256 posts
Posted on 1/20/19 at 5:56 pm to
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In concurrence with Lott, Durr said the secret weapon for bringing a suspect to the case was prayer.

“Our secret weapon is we stopped each step of this (case) and prayed before we did anything,” Durr said of he and Lott


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