The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer—and exposed a looming battle between the pursuit of justice and the right to privacy.

When Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook we…

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