Name: DNA lab helped find suspect in Raleigh cold case homicide
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Description: David Mittelman, the founder and CEO of Othram Inc., discusses how the Houston lab used DNA to help Raleigh police solve a 1977 murder case.

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David Mittelman, the founder and CEO of Othram Inc., discusses how the Houston lab used DNA to help Raleigh police solve a 1977 murder case.

TARTARE >>> DNA HELPED RALEIGH POLICE SOLVE A MURDER AND RAPE FROM 1977. ALMA JONES WAS 77 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE WAS KILLED. POLICE FOUND THE UNSOLVED CASE IN 2011 WHEN THEY WERE MOVING BOXES OF INFORMATION ON OLDER CASES. HOMICIDE DETECTIVES FOLLOWED UP CREATING A DNA PROFILE OF THE SUSPECT. A DNA SAMPLE FROM A FAMILY MEMBER CONFIRMED PAUL CROWDER AS THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRIMES. ROUTER DIED IN 2015. A DNA LAB BASED IN TEXAS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING POLICE THE DOTS THROUGH DNA ON THIS CASE. >> DAVID MILLMAN IS THE CEO AND FOUNDER. WE HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT DNA HELPING THE CRACK COLD CASES, ESPECIALLY THE PAST WEEK IN OUR AREA. WHAT WAS YOUR LAB INVOLVEMENT IN THE ALMA JOINS CASE? >> THE ROLE WE PLAYED IN THE CASE WITH HAVING DNA EVIDENCE FROM THE CRIME, LEADS WERE NOT GENERATED TO SOLVE THE CRIME. OUR LAB USED A PROCESS CALLED GENOME SEQUENCING TO ACCESS MORE INFORMATION FROM THE CRIME SCENE THING PREVIOUSLY ACCESSED AND BUILT THIS COMPREHENSIVE PROFILE GIVING THEM MARKERS THEY COULD USE TO FIND RELATIVES OF THE FAMILY TREES AND USE ADVANCED INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES YOU HAVE HEARD OF TO FIND OUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRIME. >> IN LAYMAN'S TERMS BECAUSE YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE CHEMISTRY AND SCIENCE BEHIND IT. WALK US THROUGH THE PROCESS HOW YOUR TEAM PROCEEDS ON A CASE LIKE THIS. >> IN A TYPICAL CASE, MOSTLY OLDER CASES BUT NOT ALWAYS, NOT MUCH EVIDENCE LEFT. DO A MEDICAL TEST OR CONSUMER TEST WITH THE CONSUMER COMPANY, FRESH DNA FROM YOUR TONGUE OR MOUTH OR BLOOD, CRYING THING LIKE THIS COULD BE TRACE AMOUNT OF DNA LEFT, IT COULD BE OLD IN DEGRADED OR BROKEN UP INTO LITTLE PIECES. WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS YOU NEED SPECIALIZED METHODS LIKELY DEVELOPED AT OTHRAM  THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE INFORMATION FROM THE MOST CHALLENGING EVIDENCE. EVIDENCE SOMETIMES FAIL OR UNACCEPTABLE AT DNA LABS. WHEN WE TAKE IT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY INACCESSIBLE AND WE UNLOCK A LOT OF INFORMATION. DAKOTA SPRING SYSTEM LOOKS THE 20 MARKERS OF YOUR DNA. WE ARE LOOKING AT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MARKERS. INCREDIBLE INFORMATION WE ARE GATHERING FROM EVIDENCE EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO WAS NOT SUITABLE FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS AND IT IS INCREDIBLY EXCITING BECAUSE WE ARE UNLOCKING INFORMATION FROM CRIME SCENES THAT HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED IN THE PAST. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE MUST BE SO MANY OTHER CASES LIKE THIS ONE THAT HAVE EVIDENCE THAT REMAINED BUT DID NOT PROVIDE A FRUITFUL LEAD IN THE PAST ECONOMIC BE RE-EXAMINED WITH THESE NEW METHODS. >> YOU ARE IN TEXAS, LAST WEEK IN CHAPEL HILL POLICE ANNOUNCED THE ARREST AND THE DEATH. POLICE HAD A SUSPECT FAIRLY QUICKLY AFTER SUBMITTING EVIDENCE. HOW QUICKLY CAN YOU SEE A TURNAROUND IN CASE ONCE DNA IS SUBMITTED TO A LAB? >> IT CAN BE VERY QUICK. WE WORKED THE CASE IN TEXAS, CARLA WALKER CASE, 17-YEAR-OLD RAPE AND MURDER IN 1974. WORK THE CASE THAT ENDED IN FIFE LAKE. THE CHALLENGES ARE HOW HARD IT IS TO BUILD A PROFILE AS WE DISCUSSED FROM THE EVIDENCE. THE DNA IS DAMAGED, IT COULD TAKE EXTRA EFFORT AND ITERATIONS. THE SECOND PART IS THE INVESTIGATIVE WORK, FIND A CLOSE RELATIVE, MATCHING CODIS, REQUIRED EXTENDED WORK WITH RELATIVES, DISTANT RELATIVES AND FAMILY TREES. IT IS HARD PREDICT GOING IN BUT IT CAN BE RESOLVED IN A MATTER OF WEEKS, IT COULD TAKE MONTHS OR SOMETIMES A YEAR. MAJORITY OF CASES WE HAVE WORKED ON RESOLVED GENERALLY IN THE 3 TO 6 MONTH TIMEFRAME. >> DNA HAS BECOME SUCH A VIABLE TOOL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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WE HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. I'LL SHOW YOU COMING UP. THE LIST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BUSINESSES SHUTTING THEIR DOORS IS ARMADILLO GRILL IS THE LATEST TO CLOSE FOR GOOD. >> WRAL'S SEAN GALLAGHER IS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO FIND OUT WITH THIS MEANS FOR THE GLENN WOOD, SOUTH AREA. SEAN, THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF FOLKS. >> YEAH, THIS WAS VERY ABRUPT SO ABRUPT THAT WE'VE SEEN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TRYING TO GET LUNCH ON THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE MET WITH THIS SIGN ON THE DOOR, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT THIS LOCATION. NOW, THIS TEX MEX RESTAURANT CALL THE CORNER OF GLENWOOD AVENUE AND TUCKER STREET HOME FOR THE LAST. 22 YEARS. IN A FACEBOOK POST, THE OWNERS SAY CHANGES IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND RISING COSTS ARE WHY THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN THIS LOCATION. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF STAPLE BUSINESSES RALLY, CLOSING CLOUDS BREWING, SHUT DOWN ITS RALEIGH TAVERN ON WEST STREET EARLIER THIS MONTH IN THE CAPITAL CLUB. 16 IS SHUTTING DOWN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OUR BELOVED REAL SAID THEY WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION TO SERVE THE RALEIGH COMMUNITY. BUT FOR SHARE MCCRACKEN OF GARDEN SCAPE DESIGNER FOR BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA. THIS IS JUST A SIGN OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IT'S ELEVATING RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO KIND OF ROLL WITH IT. NATURALLY COMING TO AN END AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SPOT THAT'S PERFECT FOR THEM. BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THERE IS A CHANGE GOING ON ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. >> AN ARMADILLO GRILL WILL ARE STILL OFFER THEIR CATERING SERVICES HERE AND THEY WILL STILL OPERATE THEIR FLAGSHIP LOCATION IN CARRBORO. BUT RENEE, THAT'S ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY RIGHT NEAR UNC CAMPUS. >> WHILE CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE A LOT FARTHER AND WE WILL SEE WHAT ENDS UP TAKING ITS PLACE. THERE ON GLENWOOD

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