Cold Cases - Identifinders International, LLC

Attorney General Paxton’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit Locates Woman who has Been Missing for Over 40 years, Shortly After Creating the Unit

By Colleen Fitzpatrick|2022-06-09T05:52:00-07:00June 9th, 2022|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 June 09, 2022 Communications@oag.texas.gov www.texasattorneygeneral.gov AUSTIN — In 1981, two deceased individuals, who were the apparent victims of a homicide, were discovered in a wooded area in Houston, Texas, and their identities could not be determined at that time. In 2021, Identifinders International, through the use of genetic genealogy, was able [...]

Identifinders Identifies Suspect in 19-Year Old Cowboy Hat Bandit Cold Case

By Austin Bethell|2022-10-02T01:08:31-07:00April 15th, 2022|

Identifinders International has identified a suspect in the 19-year-old cold case involving the shooting of Officer Jeff Garner. The identification was made after a thorough and intricate investigation involving North Richland Hills Police, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Dallas and Oklahoma City field offices. Officer Jeff Garner was shot on March 3, 2003, after attempting to stop a man who, unknown to Garner, had just robbed a bank in Watauga, Texas. Since the incident, the suspect has remained at large. After the case sat cold for many years, in 2015, North Richland Hills Police Detective Erik Whitlock was assigned to the investigation. He [...]

Identifinders Landmark Case: Bid to Toss DNA Evidence in Phoenix Canal Murder Rejected

By Austin Bethell|2022-03-09T09:58:05-08:00February 10th, 2021|

Attorneys for Brian Patrick Miller fail in their bid to exclude DNA evidence collected in the Phoenix Canal Murder investigation, claiming police violated his rights in collecting surrepticious DNA. Miller's trial is scheduled for later this year. Read more.

Identifinders International Wins Fifth Place for DNA Hit of the Year

By Austin Bethell|2020-06-24T12:37:00-07:00June 24th, 2020|

Identifinders International, in conjunction with the King Co. WA Sheriff’s Office, has been awarded Fifth Place in the Gordon Thomas Honeywell (GTH) DNA Hit of the Year Competition out of a field of 50 entries from 20 countries for their pioneering work on the 1991 Sarah Yarborough homicide.

1968 Cold Case Murder of Gwen Miller Solved through Forensic Genealogy and Dedicated Detective Work

By Austin Bethell|2019-06-17T21:52:52-07:00June 17th, 2019|

Through the use of DNA forensic genealogy, Rapid City police have identified the suspect responsible for the death of 60-year-old Gwen Miller. Ms. Miller, a Rapid City pharmacist, was located strangled and sexually assaulted in her bed at her home on Hall Street in 1968.

June 2022

Attorney General Paxton’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit Locates Woman who has Been Missing for Over 40 years, Shortly After Creating the Unit

April 2022

Identifinders Identifies Suspect in 19-Year Old Cowboy Hat Bandit Cold Case

February 2021

Identifinders Landmark Case: Bid to Toss DNA Evidence in Phoenix Canal Murder Rejected

June 2020

Identifinders International Wins Fifth Place for DNA Hit of the Year

June 2019

1968 Cold Case Murder of Gwen Miller Solved through Forensic Genealogy and Dedicated Detective Work