After more than three decades of questions and grief, Tamika Reyes finally knows who killed her mother. 9News
Anna Kane was 26 when her body was found on October 23, 1988, in a wooded area near Reading,, with baling twine around her neck. An investigation revealed she'd been strangled elsewhere and dumped in the woods.
But years turned into decades, and police still didn't know who the suspect was. Finally, in 2022, Pennsylvania State Police used genetic genealogy testing to identify the killer - a local man named Scott Grim - law enforcement officers said at a news conference last week. Reyes said one of her fondest childhood memories was taking walks with her mother and seeing her suddenly dance to random music playing in stores as they passed.Pennsylvanian woman Anna Kane's killer Scott Grim was identified by DNA on a licked envelope.
"She was portrayed as this slain prostitute, like she deserved what happened to her," said Reyes, 43, who lives in Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania. "It was hurtful. She was more than that, she was a victim. She was a mother. She was loved. No one deserves what happened to her."Investigators said they identified Grim as the killer using genetic genealogy, which combines DNA evidence and traditional genealogy to find biological connections among people.
DNA collected from crime scenes can now be uploaded to an online service that compares it to DNA submitted by people using companies like 23andMe to explore their genealogy. But while investigators had Grim's DNA profile, there was nothing to identify him because he had never been arrested for anything that required his DNA to be put into the system, authorities said.
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