The Boone County Sheriff's Office in Kentucky used advanced DNA technology to solve the cold case murder of a 16-year-old girl in 1976.
The Sheriff’s office said in a press release that the investigation found the victim died of blunt force trauma and her body showed evidence of strangulation and sexual assault.the case went coldIn 2017, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office established a cold case unit that consisted of Detectives Coy Cox and Tim Adams, who took over Klaber’s case that same year.
In September 2022, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office partnered with Houston, Texas-based Othram Inc., to determine if the DNA retrieved from the scene could be analyzed using advanced forensic testing. Advancements in DNA testing have helped police departments across the country to establish identities of suspects in cold cases, which is what the Sheriff’s office was hoping to do.Season of Justice, a nonprofit organization that provides funding for investigative agencies to help solve cold cases, provided funding to have the DNA sent from the Kentucky State Police Central Forensic Center to Othram.
The profile was used to create investigative leads through genetic genealogy, leading detectives to Thomas W. Dunaway, originally of Park Hills, Kentucky.He later built up a criminal history and died at the age of 33.Klaber’s family was notified of the findings, the Sheriff’s office said, and Dunaway’s DNA will be entered into the Combined DNA Index System to be checked against other unknown profiles.
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