Police in Sacramento are hopeful an ambitious new technology will help them solve a 37-year-old cold case homicide.
On April 24, 1980, Robin Brooks, 20, was found bound, raped and stabbed inside the bedroom of her California apartment. Despite authorities’ having a full DNA profile of the suspect from the crime scene, the suspect has not been identified.
Now, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department is hoping DNA “phenotyping” will help solve the case. Phenotyping technology uses the DNA evidence from a crime scene to create a computer-generated image of the person in question.
The department decided to try the new technology because...
On April 24, 1980, Robin Brooks, 20, was found bound, raped and stabbed inside the bedroom of her California apartment. Despite authorities’ having a full DNA profile of the suspect from the crime scene, the suspect has not been identified.
Now, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department is hoping DNA “phenotyping” will help solve the case. Phenotyping technology uses the DNA evidence from a crime scene to create a computer-generated image of the person in question.
The department decided to try the new technology because...
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