A truck-driving preacher arrested for killing two teenage girls from Alabama nearly 20 years ago was found by the same genealogy database techniques used to apprehend the suspected 'Golden State Killer' last year.
Ozark, Alabama - A truck-driving preacher arrested for killing two teenage girls from Alabama nearly 20 years ago was found by the same genealogy database techniques used to apprehend the suspected "Golden State Killer" last year.
Police on Friday arrested Coley McCraney, 45, of Dothan, Alabama after the genetic genealogy steered them in his direction. The police chief said the genetic genealogy work identified a family — which means at least one of McCraney's relatives had uploaded information — and kinship testing narrowed the suspect list down to a single person. The police chief said they obtained DNA from McCraney — although he did not say how — and the state crime lab matched it to the DNA from the 1999 crime scene.
While it has intrigued investigators as a means to develop new leads in once cold cases, the technology has raised red flags for others. David Harrison, McCraney's lawyer, said he's an outstanding member of the community and a married man with children and grandchildren. He's been a truck driver and had his own church where he preached as recently as three weeks ago, Harrison said.
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