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Former Marine arrested in 1976 slaying following DNA hit through genealogy site
Cox Media via WPXI ^ | June 5, 2019 | Crystal Bonvillian

Posted on 06/05/2019 10:41:04 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

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1 posted on 06/05/2019 10:41:04 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Simply cannot understand people voluntarily giving up their DNA and expecting government to NOT get its hands on it and use however it sees fit.


2 posted on 06/05/2019 10:45:19 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I bet there are a lot of murderers who thought they got away with it over the last couple of decades who are shi***g their pants over these stories. Good.


3 posted on 06/05/2019 10:45:41 AM PDT by circlecity
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There are two sides of this coin. On one hand, it’s creepy as all hell that people are being found, not just by their own DNA, but by the submissions of relatives, and who knows where this can lead. On the other side, it’s bittersweet justice. Whoever would have thought that something done 4 decades ago could come back to haunt these very bad people in such a way, and even if they aren’t out to harm anyone anymore, they still got it coming. No pity for them being elderly when they face justice either. How much mercy did they show to the innocents they harmed?


4 posted on 06/05/2019 10:46:03 AM PDT by z3n
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Right. If you murder someone you may not want to offer up your DNA. :-)


5 posted on 06/05/2019 10:47:19 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

So, we've got good news and bad news...

6 posted on 06/05/2019 10:49:34 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: plain talk
Just hope that your DNA that the government has access to doesn't turn up in Ft. Marcy Park or on Seth Rich's laptop.
7 posted on 06/05/2019 10:50:07 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: plain talk

It can be your relatives and they can triangulate


8 posted on 06/05/2019 10:51:00 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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To: Roccus

Simply cannot understand people voluntarily giving up their DNA and expecting government to NOT get its hands on it and use however it sees fit.


The suspected killer did not put his DNA up. Someone he is related to did.

DNA is a fantastic boon to someone doing genealogy research. I spent 40 years and barely reached the 1900s. Today with DNA I have information going back to the late 1600s.


9 posted on 06/05/2019 10:52:43 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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I know of a woman who, at age 16 or so, back in 1970, gave up her illegitimate baby for adoption. She had no way of knowing who the person is - until now.

Her sister gave a DNA sample to one of these companies and it showed the usual suspects as “similar” - but also a guy on the west coast nobody knew about.

Well, this woman did a search and found him on Facebook and he looks just like her other kids she had from her later marriage. And his birth date matches exactly the day she gave birth.

The question is, does she tell him who she is? It’s a mess.


10 posted on 06/05/2019 10:54:16 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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That’s right. Yet another benefit of DNA.


11 posted on 06/05/2019 10:54:17 AM PDT by plain talk
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And the corollary is that if you send in your DNA for a genealogy you may find some family member arrested for a crime they had previously gotten away with.

You meddling kid, and your stupid dog.


12 posted on 06/05/2019 10:54:42 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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Care to explain how, in your conspiracy theory, someone’s DNA gets from 1s and 0s in a database to some crime site that person has never been to?


13 posted on 06/05/2019 10:55:09 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

So this is two in the past week.


14 posted on 06/05/2019 10:57:56 AM PDT by mowowie
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Fighting here to keep my fingers from putting down what my mind is thinking......wouldn’t take much guessing to figure out what.........grrrrrr


15 posted on 06/05/2019 11:02:20 AM PDT by Dawgreg
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You don’t even have to give up your DNA. Your 5th cousin thrice removed could submit his DNA and it will point back to you, since you both carry some marker that only .000001% of the population have.


16 posted on 06/05/2019 11:03:15 AM PDT by Boogieman
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If she can find him, he can find her. So that begs the question, does she want to be the one to tell him ... or does she want him to find out on his own?

I have an in-law that handled it this way. She contacted a local attorney in the city where her children were located. She authorized that attorney to provide her contact details if the children requested. She then had the attorney contact the children and inform them that he was in contact with their mother, that their mother was willing to reestablish contact if the children wanted to do so. No further information was provided.

The children were contacted, and it took a few months, but they eventually requested her information. After some back and fourth via letters, that led to a phone call and eventually to a visit.


17 posted on 06/05/2019 11:05:30 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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“The question is, does she tell him who she is?”

I have to say, if he is an adult, he probably would like to know. I imagine that I would, if I was in that situation. Worst thing that could happen is he doesn’t want anything to do with her, which is basically where they are at right now.

If he’s still a minor then I would say let him grow up first, rather than potentially disturb his family situation.


18 posted on 06/05/2019 11:06:54 AM PDT by Boogieman
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As a soldier, I gave my DNA to the government many years ago -— don’t want any more in the tomb of the unknown when there is a way to identify any remains found and bring closure to grieving families. However, Uncle Sam doesn’t share any information with ME!!! Therefore, I had to buy DNA service to find out the things I am interested in. IF I have a relative, near or distant, that committed a heinous crime and is hiding, I can’t feel bad if my DNA finds that criminal and aids in the prosecution. Just my opinion.


19 posted on 06/05/2019 11:07:39 AM PDT by LTC.Ret
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Does it have anything to do with the "Amish"?

Because that was the first thing I wondered. Murdering some young female doesn't sound like most Marines of which I am familiar.

20 posted on 06/05/2019 11:07:45 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no o<ither sovereignty.")
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