When the “Golden State Killer” was finally identified in 2018, it was through the use of a revolutionary new approach known as Forensic Genetic Genealogy. Since then, with the help of access to public genetic genealogy data, investigators have been able to crack dozens of cold cases that have defied conventional forensic DNA identification techniques.

The Mascot was the international bestselling biography of Alex Kurzem, in which he claimed he was a Jewish orphan who witnessed the murder of his family six months before he was rescued in the forest around Minsk in 1942. Dr. Barry Resnick and Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick will discuss their 13 years effort to establish the truth against the historical background of the Holocaust.