艾丽斯·斯宾斯 (Alice Spence) 一位据信于1918年死亡的女性, 在2025年通过遗传谱系被确定, Alice Spence, a woman believed to have died in 1918, was identified in 2025 using genetic genealogy, closing Canada’s oldest solved case.

Saskatoon警方已查明2006年在一口井中发现的一名妇女的尸体是Alice Spence, 据信她是1916年至1918年死亡的35岁妇女。 Saskatoon police have identified the remains of a woman found in a well in 2006 as Alice Spence, a 35-year-old woman believed to have died between 1916 and 1918. 利用加拿大、美国和爱尔兰亲属的调查遗传基因学和DNA,当局在近二十年后确认了她的身份。 Using investigative genetic genealogy and DNA from relatives in Canada, the U.S., and Ireland, authorities confirmed her identity after nearly two decades. 她最后一次被记录在1916年人口普查中,可能在1918年的一次房屋火灾中死亡。 She was last recorded in the 1916 census and may have died during a house fire in 1918. 警方说他们有嫌疑人 但不会透露细节 因为疑犯被推定已死亡 Police say they have a suspect but will not release details, as the individual is presumed dead. 爱丽丝·思朋斯于2009年被埋在伍德劳恩公墓的一座无标志的坟墓中,她的家人计划安装墓碑。 Alice Spence was buried in 2009 in an unmarked grave at Woodlawn Cemetery, and her family plans to install a headstone. 据信是加拿大使用遗传基因基因学解决的最古老的案件,现已结案。 The case, believed to be the oldest in Canada solved using genetic genealogy, is now closed.