Forensic Genetic Genealogy Solves the 1993 Murder of Carmen Van Huss
A major breakthrough in forensic genetic genealogy has finally brought justice in the decades-old rape and murder case of 19-year-old Carmen Van Huss, whose brutal killing shocked Indianapolis in 1993. After more than 30 years without an arrest, investigators used advanced DNA technology to identify her former neighbor, Dana Shepherd, as the perpetrator. Shepherd later…