Name: Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace
Uploaded: 2023-04-24T23:00:57.000Z
Description: A compelling 20-part series, hosted by preeminent legal analyst and renowned former prosecutor Nancy Grace, that explores the advanced form of familial DNA testing.

A compelling 20-part series, hosted by preeminent legal analyst and renowned former prosecutor Nancy Grace, that explores the advanced form of familial DNA testing.

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In 1999, hospital worker Jennifer Watkins is sexually assaulted and murdered. 20 years later, revolutionary DNA testing helps to solve the cold case.

Body in the Stairwell

In Sacramento, three women are assaulted by the same man. Police use genealogy technology to find the suspect.

Sacrilege in Sacramento

A young couple is murdered in Montana in 1956. In 2019, investigators use voluntary genealogical databases to catch the killer.

The Montana Murders

A community in Utah is shocked when an elderly woman is attacked in her own home and fight to solve the case.

A Sinful Act in St George

In 1993, a teen is kidnapped and raped. A forensic genealogy company is able to track down the suspect.

Left for Dead in Logan County

In 1997, a woman is attacked on her route home. A suspect is arrested over 20 years later with the help of a genetic genealogical search.

The Alameda Attacker

In 1974, a 5-year-old girl disappears while walking to her friend's house. 46 years later, detectives are able to put the case to rest using modern DNA technology.

The Murder of Siobhan McGuinness

14 years after an attack of a jogger, police trace a family tree using genetic genealogy and find the rapist.

Cold Case Twist

When a woman is found dead in her home, detectives are left with more questions than answers.

Montana Creek Murders

A woman is shocked to learn her DNA helped detectives identify a Jane Doe that remained a mystery for decades.

San Bernardino Bodies

In 1981 a young woman is found murdered on the side of the road. Who killed her remains a mystery for decades until law enforcement can utilize genetic genealogy to crack the case.

The Murder Mystery of Mary London

A young woman out jogging is attacked and viciously raped at knifepoint. The perpetrator continues his reign of terror by raping another five times over the next nine years.

The Knifepoint Rapist

In Alexandria, Virginia in 2016, a young female lifeguard is raped while working at a local pool. Police soon learn of a similar incident in Fairfax, two years previously.

Gunpoint Horror

In August 1977, the body of a young girl was discovered by blackberry pickers in Everett, WA. She had been strangled and shot. Investigators launched a two-tiered investigation.

The Hunt for Precious Jane Doe

February 1968 in South Dakota, 60-year-old pharmacist Gwen Miller fails to show up for work. Despite co-workers discover her body soon after, the case goes cold and remains so for decades.

The Rapid City Rapist

Portageville, Missouri in 1998. The bodies of Megan and Sherri Scherer are found lifeless in their sitting room. Both had been shot in the head several times.

A Family Torn Apart

In 1976, Leslie Penrod Harris storms out of a restaurant after an argument with her husband. She never returns. Hours later, her naked body is found near El Toro Air Base twenty miles away.

Justice for Leslie

December 1987 in Ohio, the nude body of 17-year-old Barbara Blatnik is found face down on a rural road. She had been violently raped and strangled.

Cuyahoga Falls Mystery

In 1988, Janet Tinsley reports her daughter missing. Three days later, a jogger makes a gruesome discovery.

Chilling Notes from a Killer

On June 11th, 1963, a man fishing in Oregon reels in the body of a toddler. The child had been wrapped in blankets and weighed down by iron molds.

The Boy in the Bundle

In 1987, Terry Wood finds his wife Roxanne dead. Genetic genealogy pinpoints her killer 35 years later.

Date Night Murder in Michigan

In 2001, a 7-year-old girl is kidnapped and raped by an unknown assailant in Colorado. The victim lives in fear as the perpetrator is nowhere to be found - until nearly 20 years later, thanks to an exciting new forensic tool.

The Greeley Rapist

Valentine's Day, 1974. Carla Walker is raped and killed, leading to a cold case that takes 46 years to crack.

Carla's Last Valentine's

In 1979, 16-year-old Kim Bryant disappears from outside a Dairy Queen in Las Vegas. Three weeks later, her body is found: she had been sexually assaulted and bludgeoned to death. 40 years later, genetic genealogy finally names the killer.

Last Seen at Dairy Queen

In 1981, Linda Slaten is sexually assaulted and murdered in her Florida apartment while her children sleep. 

The Coat Hanger Killer

A killer evades justice for the murder of Diana Hanson for 38 years until genetic genealogy can identify him.

The Mystery of the Headphones

In 1996, a woman takes her life in a Virginia cemetery and leaves a note that she wishes to remain unidentified. 

Christmas Tree Lady

A little girl's body is found, unidentified, in the Arizona desert in 1960. Across state lines, a family is reeling after their 4-year-old child is abducted. Sixty years later, science pieces it all together.

Little Miss Nobody

In 1981, the body of Sylvia Quayle is discovered by her father in her Colorado home: she had been sexually assaulted, stabbed and shot. After a false confession and decades of investigative work, science breaks this case open.

The Slaying of Sylvia Quayle

DNA science finally identifies both killer and victim from a murder that took place back in Florida in 1991.

Valentine's Day Murder

Genetic genealogy brings answers to the families of two little girls who were murdered in 1986 in Tacoma, WA.

The Mystery in the Parks

In 1984, the bruised and bloodied body of 25-year-old Naval recruit Pamela Cahanes is found in a lot.

Murder by the Base

After 23-year-old Mary Scott fails to show up for work, a friend visits her San Diego apartment: she finds Mary's dead body, who had been raped and strangled. Mary's killer goes undetected for 51 years - until DNA finally identifies him.

The Murder of Mary Scott

In 1989, 14-year-old Stephanie Isaacson's body is found in the Las Vegas desert. The case goes cold for decades until a nonprofit organization provides funding for the last DNA sample recovered to be used in genealogy research. Will it succeed?

The Schoolbag in the Road

In 1985, the body of 23-year-old Tonya McKinley is found lying on a street in Pensacola, Florida. Detectives can't find the killer. Decades later, a new forensic science technique finally reveals who murdered Tonya that fateful New Year's Eve.

Her Last New Year's Eve

In 1987, the body of Darlene Krashoc is discovered behind a Colorado Springs restaurant. She had been savagely beaten, raped and strangled. Investigators struggle to identify this barbaric killer. 30 years later, science provides a breakthrough.

Dancing with Death

A town in Washington lives in fear after a 17-year-old girl is abducted and raped without a suspect in sight.

The McLeary Rapist

The 1959 rape and murder of 9-year-old Candy Rogers in Spokane, WA is solved six decades later thanks to DNA.

The Mint Box Murder

Police are stumped when a toddler's body is found in Escatawpa River, leading to a decades-long mystery.

Delta Dawn Doe

Michelle Wyatt is found strangled to death in 1980. Few leads arise until 41 years later, thanks to forensics.

The Telephone Cord Killer

The NorCal Rapist terrorizes the women of North California for years until forensic science can identify him.

The NorCal Rapist

The murder of Carol Sue Klaber is cold for decades until new technology can finally bring her killer to light.

Horror by the Roadside

In 1987 New Mexico, the body of 38-year-old Donna Hyatt is discovered by her daughter. Two empty glasses of cola suggest she had company the night before. It will take another 36 years before investigative genetic genealogy solves this case.

Murder on Elm Street

In 2003, a man walking in the Sierra Nevada mountains finds a human skull. In nearby Mammoth Lakes, a family is reeling after a young mother mysteriously skips town. It'll take revolutionary science to piece this puzzle together - 20 years later.

The Mammoth Lakes Murder

The identity of Nancy Bennallack's murderer is a mystery until the advent of investigative genetic genealogy.

The Court Reporter Murder

A Jane Doe found by the side of the I-59 is unidentified until forensic science provides answers years later.

Murder by I-59

Huntington Beach, 1968. Boys on their way to school discover the brutalized body of a young woman in an oil field. Police are unable to identify her or her killer. It will take 52 years before DNA science is able to solve this double mystery.

The Huntington Beach Body

In 1964 Hazleton, Pennsylvania, the brutalized body of 9-year-old Marise Chiverella is discovered after she disappears walking to school. Half a century later, a teen prodigy in investigative genetic genealogy helps detectives solve this crime.

The Murder of Little Marise

Police work for decades with emerging forensic sciences to identify the killer of two women in Lake Tahoe.

The South Lake Tahoe Strangler

40 years after the sexual assault and murder of 20-year-old Robin Brooks in Sacramento, California, determined cold case detectives collaborate with scientists using revolutionary forensic techniques to identify her killer and put him behind bars.

Stabbing in Sacramento

In 1992, the decapitated body of a young woman is discovered near the Arizona Canal in Phoenix. Ten months later, another body - this time a teen - is located nearby. Dedicated detectives use forensic science to catch the infamous killer.

The Phoenix Canal Killer

Investigative genetic genealogy is used to resolve the 1988 murder of a mother killed in front of her toddler.

Mommy Has Been Murdered

Investigative genetic genealogy reveals the killer of a young mother murdered in her own home 34 years prior.

The Three Rivers Killer

A young woman is found beaten, raped and strangled in Garden Grove, California in 1987. Two years pass until a woman in a neighboring jurisdiction meets the same fate. It will take years before forensics and police identify this serial killer.

Double Homicide in the OC

In 1990 Mississippi, a woman is kidnapped and raped at knifepoint. Police are unable to identify the perpetrator. It'll take forward-thinking investigators, state-of-the-art science and brave survivors to put this man behind bars.

The Mississippi Rapist

In 1972 Washington, 20-year-old Jody Loomis is discovered covered in blood by the roadside. She is brought to the hospital where she passes away from a bullet wound. It'll take over forty years for science to reveal her killer.

Justice Delayed

In Willoughby, Ohio, Mark Madger comes home to find his wife Nadine lying in a pool of her own blood, stabbed to death. Four decades later, cutting-edge DNA science provides answers the Madger family have been waiting a lifetime for.

Murder in Apartment 101

In 1985, a young woman is awoken by an intruder who sexually assaults her at gunpoint in her own condo. The determination of the survivor will lead her on a decades-long journey to justice through a revolutionary forensic science technique.

Carrie's Courage

Investigative genetic genealogy unmasks the sexual deviant who raped and killed Christina Castiglione in 1983.

The Sadistic Killer

The 1972 rape and murder of 9-year-old Debbie Lynn Randall is solved thanks to new science - 50 years later.

Bloodline Detectives hosted by Nancy Grace

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