Wedding DJ Who Killed, Raped Teacher in 1992 Caught After Sister Uploads DNA to Genealogy Site

People ^ | January 9, 2019 | KC Baker

[lowbridge]

A Pennsylvania wedding DJ admitted Tuesday to raping and strangling to death an elementary school teacher whose 26-year cold case was solved with help from DNA submitted to a genealogy database by his half-sister.

In court Tuesday, Raymond Rowe, 50, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Christy Mirack, online court records show.

Rowe went by the stage name DJ Freez and claimed on his now-defunct website he worked as a DJ for celebrities such as Paris Hilton and Brooke Hogan, as well as at events featuring Sting, The Eagles and Kenny Kravitz.

He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Yes, it’s creepout to the max.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Doesn’t Pennsylvania execute their killers any more or do they just want to keep them alive on “humanitarian grounds”?

[alexander_busek]

I know of her (although never met) and she is my second cousin, exactly. The daughter of my father’s aunt.

She is your second-cousin-once-removed. (Her children - if any - would be exactly your second-cousins.)

Regards,

[Drew68]

You may want to think about rephrasing that.

No. "Recreational murder" is the term used within law enforcement to describe these types of killings. It's what serial killers do.

[anton]

She is my second cousin. In kinship, the common ancestor determines the state of kinship. Generational position is irrelevant.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks for pointing that out. I did a bit of digging and found a 1994 book titled "Using Murder: The Social Construction of Serial Homicide" by Philip Jenkins that says the term was used in 1984 in an HBO series...

[ro_dreaming]

I’m glad he was caught but am I the only one creeped out by how these geneology sites seem to be front operations for Big Brother?

Nope, I’m creeped out too. Makes me think of Gattaca, a bit.

Of course, as a military veteran (USN 1988-1992), the government has my DNA on file already, but even I’m leery of submitting to ancestry.com/23-and-me/whatever.

[alexander_busek]

She is my second cousin. In kinship, the common ancestor determines the state of kinship. Generational position is irrelevant.

So, you're saying that my nephew is in fact my cousin - because his grandparents are also my parents.

Regards,

[anton]

The kinship you share is through your sibling. That is what he is your nephew.

[Lurker]

The Browns Chicken massacre.

Utterly senseless.

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