Saskatoon警方利用亲属的遗传基因和DNA,查明了Alice Spence, 1920年以前被杀害的一位妇女。
Saskatoon police identified Alice Spence, a woman killed before 1920, using genetic genealogy and DNA from relatives.
2025年,萨斯卡通警方利用遗传基因学,查明2006年在一口井中发现的Alice Spence 女士为Alice Spence,从而解决了一起历时一个世纪的凶杀案。
In 2025, Saskatoon police solved a century-old homicide case by identifying the woman found in a well in 2006 as Alice Spence, using genetic genealogy.
她在建筑期间发现的遗骸有可疑死亡的迹象,据信她在1920年以前死亡,25至35岁,爱尔兰血统,大约5英尺1。
Her remains, discovered during construction, showed signs of a suspicious death, and she was believed to have died before 1920, aged 25 to 35, of Irish descent, about five-foot-one.
警方从远亲(包括她的曾孙女Cindy Camp)的DNA中追查她的身份。
Police traced her identity through DNA from distant relatives, including Cindy Camp, her great-granddaughter, after a breakthrough inspired by a similar case.
调查仍在进行,没有发现任何嫌疑人,由于档案丢失,1956年以前没有记录。
The investigation remains open, with no suspect identified and no records from before 1956 due to lost files.