More than four decades after a husband and wife were killed in their Montana home—in what became Yellowstone County's oldest cold case—a suspected murderer has been identified thorough DNA and genetic genealogy.
More than four decades after a husband and wife were killed in their Montana home -- in what became Yellowstone County's oldest cold case -- a suspected murderer has been identified thorough DNA and genetic genealogy, a new technique that's helping crack cold cases across the country, officials said.
The victims, both 24, were "just a fine young couple. We could never find anyone who had a bad word about the Bernhardts," sheriff's office cold case unit coordinator Monty Wallis told ABC News. In August 2018, "our investigators received the initial genealogy report. Based on that report our detectives recommissioned Parabon to create further, in depth genealogical analysis," Linder said.
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