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Genealogy website helps capture unsolved murder over 2 decades ago
Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:29 pm
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i bet he hates his family about now
i bet he hates his family about now
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Police have arrested a popular Pennsylvania DJ in the cold case killing of a young woman who was sexually assaulted and murdered in her home back in 1992.
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YahooNEWS
DJ Arrested for 25-Year-Old Cold Case Killing of Teacher: Cops
Police in Lancaster, Pennsylvania say they arrested a popular wedding DJ in connection with a cold case killing from 1992. 25-year-old Christy Mirack was found sexually assaulted, beaten and strangled in her home. Authorities say DNA evidence found at the scene recently matched a sample in a public genealogy database that led them to 49-year-old Raymond Rowe, a popular wedding disc jockey known as DJ Freez. InsideEdition.com's Mara Montalbano (LINK has more.
Man Arrested in 1992 Murder of Teacher After DNA Website Links Him to Killing
CAITLIN NOLAN
Inside EditionJune 26, 2018
Police have arrested a popular Pennsylvania DJ in the cold case killing of a young woman who was sexually assaulted and murdered in her home back in 1992.
Christy Mirack was just 25 years old when she was beaten, strangled and sexually assaulted in her Greenfield Estate townhouse in East Lampeter Township on Dec. 21, 1992.
The sixth grade teacher was found on her living room floor by her school’s principal after she did not come to work the following day.
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Emergency responders rushed to the scene, but Mirack had already died, authorities said.
Since the killing, investigators vetted dozens of persons of interest, but the case went cold.
But 25 years later, a break in the case came as a genotype formed from DNA evidence left at the scene matched relatives of Raymond Rowe, 49, a well-known area disc jockey.
Rowe’s relatives had uploaded their genetic material to a public database, authorities said.
The match that came back showed Rowe was a strong viable suspect, WPMT-TV reported.
On May 31, undercover detectives were able to pick up a water bottle and gum Rowe discarded while working as a DJ at an event at Smoketown Elementary School, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office said.
Rowe’s DNA came back as a match to the DNA found on multiple parts of Mirack, and on the carpet underneath her body, the district attorney’s office said.
Rowe was arrested at his home and is being held at the Lancaster County Prison.
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Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:32 pm to oleyeller
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DJ Freez
Cuz if you don't want me to
Then tell me
Its too easy loving you
Like it should be
If you don't want me to
Don't tease me, don't tease me
Try to please me
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Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:32 pm to oleyeller
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Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:33 pm to Croacka
I wonder how many others he killed.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:35 pm to SPEEDY
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my badPosted on 6/26/18 at 3:36 pm to Sody Cracker
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wonder how many others he killed.
this was my first thought. And wonder how many murderers are walking free among us daily? How do you finally get to the point where you can actually sleep without worrying about the cops busting down your door?
Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:37 pm to oleyeller
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DJ Freez
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Cold case
That’s cooooooooooold bloooodeddddd...
Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:42 pm to Tbonepatron
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DJ Freez
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Cold case
That’s cooooooooooold bloooodeddddd...
Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:45 pm to oleyeller
Just the fact that this information could randomly come to light 25 years later and then there's a system in place to set off an alert somewhere that this DNA matched with what the police found on the scene and makes me actually feel good about the world.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:52 pm to oleyeller
How can someone do something like that and live a seemingly normal life
Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:54 pm to oleyeller
Its the same way the recently caught GSK, one of the most prolific and notorious serial killers/rapists of all time.
It really makes me wonder if we will eventually have a SpCrt ruling on using genealogy websites in investigations, I assume without warrants.
It really makes me wonder if we will eventually have a SpCrt ruling on using genealogy websites in investigations, I assume without warrants.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:58 pm to Fun Bunch
quote:which part in this case requires a warrant? The initial match was to family members. From that point on, it was just like any other investigation
It really makes me wonder if we will eventually have a SpCrt ruling on using genealogy websites in investigations, I assume without warrants.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:59 pm to Fun Bunch
How is something like Ancestry.com a public database?
I understand that in the contract you give your rights to the website, but how is the website's DNA database a public record? They are a private company?
And this is now the third cold-case murder I have read being solved exactly like this.
I understand that in the contract you give your rights to the website, but how is the website's DNA database a public record? They are a private company?
And this is now the third cold-case murder I have read being solved exactly like this.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 3:59 pm to castorinho
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How can someone do something like that and live a seemingly normal life
thats what im saying. When does he reach the comfort level to actually sleep at night knowing the cops are not about to kick the door in. 1 year? 5 yr? 10 yr?
Posted on 6/26/18 at 4:01 pm to oleyeller
quote:good question, whens the last time he actually thought about that crime? A few weeks? A few months?
thats what im saying. When does he reach the comfort level to actually sleep at night knowing the cops are not about to kick the door in. 1 year? 5 yr? 10 yr?
Posted on 6/26/18 at 4:42 pm to castorinho
It's possible the Zodiac killer could be confirmed soon. If they can extract enough dna from envelopes and stamps it could point to his identity.
Aurthur Lee Allen had other people lick his stamps, but the police know who they are so if their dna shows up we know it's him.
Police should be grabbing a bunch of folks from cold cases using this method. They have a window of opportunity before some liberal judge says this is not legal. Have a feeling this method will eventually get caught up in court.
Aurthur Lee Allen had other people lick his stamps, but the police know who they are so if their dna shows up we know it's him.
Police should be grabbing a bunch of folks from cold cases using this method. They have a window of opportunity before some liberal judge says this is not legal. Have a feeling this method will eventually get caught up in court.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 4:45 pm to ScottFowler
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How is something like Ancestry.com a public database?
I understand that in the contract you give your rights to the website, but how is the website's DNA database a public record? They are a private company?
And this is now the third cold-case murder I have read being solved exactly like this.
no shite. i was all set to do this but frick, my crazy uncle Lou may end up going to prison.
Posted on 6/26/18 at 4:52 pm to oleyeller
DNA driven likenesses were pretty damn solid, taking into account changing hair style and the fact they have no eye witnesses:
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Posted on 6/26/18 at 4:58 pm to TheCaterpillar
Other than the forehead, ears, eyes, jaw, and chin being totally different it’s an exact match
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Posted on 6/26/18 at 5:02 pm to theunknownknight
Haha, I was look at a pic of him younger. I tried to get a different one, hold on.
This was built from DNA only. That is pretty fricking crazy to me:
This was built from DNA only. That is pretty fricking crazy to me:
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