DNA on napkin leads to murder charge in 25-year-old case

Minnesota investigators used genealogy website in case of Jeanne Ann Childs’ 1993 death A Minnesota businessman has been charged in a 25-ye... thumbnail 1 summary

Minnesota investigators used genealogy website in case of Jeanne Ann Childs’ 1993 death

A Minnesota businessman has been charged in a 25-year-old murder case, after investigators ran crime scene DNA evidence through a genealogy website then obtained the suspect’s DNA from a napkin thrown away at a hockey rink.

Jerry Westrom, 52, was charged with second-degree murder in the 1993 death of 35-year-old Jeanne Ann “Jeanie” Childs in Minneapolis, a case that had gone cold.

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