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Familial DNA Provided How Many Leads?? #truecrime #crimejunkie #dna

August 27, 2025 / 01:46

This episode covers a 1984 murder case, a cousin's suspicious behavior, DNA evidence, and police surveillance tactics. Key discussions include the cousin's location, the collection of DNA, and the investigation process.

Sergeant Venosa reveals that a tip from November 1984 implicated a cousin who bragged about the murder. This cousin lived very close to the crime scene, raising suspicions.

The investigation focuses on this cousin, who had no prior DNA record. The police decide to monitor him closely.

Surveillance reveals his daily routine, including trips to a gas station and his job at a hotel. Eventually, Venosa retrieves a coffee cup from the trash to test for DNA.

After two days of testing, the results show that the cousin is not the murderer, leaving the investigation at a standstill.

TLDR

A cousin's suspicious behavior leads to DNA testing, but he is cleared as a suspect in a 1984 murder case.

Episode

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But Venosa had seen that name in the case file that he has read backwards and forwards time and time again.
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>> Now, the name isn't there a lot, mind you, but back in November of 1984, a tip
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had come in that accused this cousin of bragging about the murder. Now, it's unclear if that was ever followed up on
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at the time, but this obviously cannot be a coincidence. So, police look into this cousin and they discover that back
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in 1984 he lived on, drum roll please, Rosewood Terrace, just five houses away from the school and only three houses
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away from where that last blood drop was found. >> Okay, just to confirm, this cousin isn't
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the other relative that popped up, right? This one hit is from Arthur and this cousin gets mentioned and then this
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second >> we don't they don't like I don't really even know a ton about the second
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connection in Cotus because everything kind of like spawns from what they look at in Arthur, right? So this cousin was
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not in Cotus which means it is looking more and more like it could actually be him cuz we know our per isn't in Cotus.
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>> So this guy never did anything that would have gotten his DNA put in the database.
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>> But now they got to find a way to get this guy's DNA like surreptitiously. So,
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they put this guy under surveillance for a week. They watch his house. They watch
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him get coffee from a Speedway gas station every day. They follow him to his security job at a hotel. I'm sorry,
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security job. >> Eventually, Sergeant Venosa snatches one of this guy's coffee cups from the hotel
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lobby trash can. It takes 2 days to directly compare. And guess what? It's not him.

Episode Highlights

  • The Cousin Connection
    A cousin's name resurfaces in a cold case from 1984, raising new questions.
    “This obviously cannot be a coincidence.”
    @ 00m 21s
    August 27, 2025
  • Surveillance Strategy
    Police surveil a potential suspect, tracking his daily routine for evidence.
    “They watch him get coffee from a Speedway gas station every day.”
    @ 01m 25s
    August 27, 2025
  • DNA Evidence Fails
    After collecting a coffee cup for DNA testing, the results come back negative.
    “It's not him.”
    @ 01m 44s
    August 27, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • It's looking more and more like it could actually be him.
    Familial DNA Provided How Many Leads?? #truecrime #crimejunkie #dna
  • They watch him get coffee from a Speedway gas station every day.
    Familial DNA Provided How Many Leads?? #truecrime #crimejunkie #dna
  • Sergeant Venosa snatches one of this guy's coffee cups from the hotel lobby trash can.
    Familial DNA Provided How Many Leads?? #truecrime #crimejunkie #dna

Key Moments

  • Cousin's Name Resurfaces00:13
  • Surveillance Begins01:18
  • DNA Test Results01:44