Killing Genes

Mid-Season Break

Hey Chromohomies. I just wanted to drop into your feed today to let you know that I will be taking a couple week hiatus to finish my semester of grad school but I will be back after it is over. Thank you so much for your support. I love y'all and stay safe out there.

The Georgia Shootings

In this episode, I will discuss the shootings that occurred at three massage parlors in Georgia in mid-March that largely targeted Asian women. To all of my Asian listeners, I want you to know that you are loved and I stand with you. Follow the podcast on Instagram @killinggenespodcast and Twitter @KillingGenesPod For case updates, photos, and other information, visit our website: https://www.killinggenespodcast.com/ [https://www.killinggenespodcast.com/]. Go Fund Mes for the Atlanta Shooting Victims: · In memory of Hyun Jung Grant [https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-hyunjungkim-to-support-my-brother-i] · Help Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz cover medical bills [https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-elcias-hernandez-ortiz-cover-medical-bills] · In loving memory of Suncha Kim [https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-sun-cha-kim] · Memorial for Yong Yue and Peterson Family [https://www.gofundme.com/f/memorial-for-yong-yue-and-family] · Delaina Ashley Yaun Gonzalez [https://www.gofundme.com/f/funeral-and-family-financial-support] · ATL Spa Shooting Family Survivor Fund: Jami Webb [https://www.gofundme.com/f/atl-spa-shooting-family-survivor-fund-jami-webb] · Atlanta Spa Shooting victim “Paul Michels” [https://www.gofundme.com/f/atlanta-spa-shooting-victim-paul-michels] · For husband of Soon C Park, victim of spa shooting [https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-husband-of-soon-c-park-victim-of-spa-shooting] Where else to donate: · AAPI Community Fund [https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-aapi-community-fund] Report Hate Crimes: · Stop AAPI Hate [https://stopaapihate.org/reports/] Mental Health Resources: · Crisis Line- 1-800-273-TALK · Asian Languages- 1-877-990-8585 · Crisis Text Line- Text “Connect” to 741741 · @Laichientherapy= offering Asian Pacific American Pay-As-You-Wish Group Therapy · @Asiansformentalhealth – has a comment thread of therapists willing to provide reduced/free sessions to the AA community · @Asianmentalhealthcollective

The Golden State Killer: Joseph James DeAngelo, Part 2

Join me for part two of the Golden State Killer case where we dive into the DNA technology and learn exactly how Joseph James DeAngelo was caught and put away for good. Follow the podcast on Instagram @killinggenespodcast and Twitter @KillingGenesPod For case updates, photos, and other information, visit our website: https://www.killinggenespodcast.com/ [https://www.killinggenespodcast.com/]. Episode Sources: * Golden State Killer Press Conference [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJSxK7sux8M] * The Decades-Long Hunt for the Golden State Killer by Without Fail [https://gimletmedia.com/shows/without-fail/j4hj4b] * Introduction to DNA Testing History [https://dnacenter.com/history-of-dna-testing/] * Meet Paul Holes, The Former Investigator Who Helped Catch The Elusive Golden State Killer by Marco Margaritoff [https://allthatsinteresting.com/paul-holes] * Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Fact Sheet [https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Polymerase-Chain-Reaction-Fact-Sheet] * I’ll be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara * Short tandem repeat typing technologies used in human identity testing by John M. Butler [https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/000112582] * PCR Amplification [https://www.promega.com/resources/guides/nucleic-acid-analysis/pcr-amplification/] * Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) Technique by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. [https://www.news-medical.net/life-sciences/Restriction-Fragment-Length-Polymorphism-(RFLP)-Technique.aspx] * RFLP and the DNA Analysis Applications by Theresa Phillips [https://www.thoughtco.com/rflp-definition-and-dna-analysis-applications-375574] * The DNA Guide for Adoptees by Brianne Kirkpatrick and Shannon Combs-Bennett * DNAtoday episode #131 DTC Series: Libby Copeland on Law Enforcement’s Use of Genetic Databases * Fundamentals of Forensic DNA Typing (John Butler 2010) * Advanced Topics in Forensic DNA Typing: Methodology (John Butler 2012) * DNA Profiling by Multiplex PCR Amplification and Genotype Determination by Reverse Dot-Blot Hybridization to Sequence-Specific Oligonucleotide Probes [https://www.ableweb.org/biologylabs/wp-content/uploads/volumes/vol-24/12-rascati.pdf]

The Golden State Killer: Joseph James DeAngelo, Part 1

Tune in for part one of this very special two-part coverage of the crimes and the arrest of the Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo. Follow the podcast on Instagram @killinggenespodcast and Twitter @KillingGenesPod For case updates, photos, and other information, visit our website: https://www.killinggenespodcast.com/ [https://www.killinggenespodcast.com/]. Episode Sources: * I’ll be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara * Sudden Terror by Larry Crompton * I’ll be Gone in the Dark docuseries * EAR/ONS reddit [https://www.reddit.com/r/EARONS/] * Making Sense Out of the California Criminal Statute of Limitations by Gerald Uelmen [https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1367&context=facpubs] * The Visalia Ransacker Website [http://www.visaliaransacker.com/] * Golden State Killer Website [http://www.goldenstatekiller.com/] * ‘This Is Not Our Secret Anymore’: Who were the Victims and Survivors of the Golden State Killer by Gina Tron [https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/what-happened-to-golden-state-killer-survivors-victims-who-were-they] * Man in the Window ‘He has a gun’ by Paige St. John [https://www.latimes.com/projects/man-in-the-window-joe-DeAngelo-golden-state-killer-serial/] * Janelle Cruz’s Find A Grave page [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8728007/janelle-lisa-cruz] * Golden State Killer Press Conference [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJSxK7sux8M] * Proposition 69 [https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2004/69_11_2004.htm] * The Golden State Killer Brutally Murdered My Mother by Debbi Domingo as told by Rose Minutaglio [https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a19515171/golden-state-killer-survivor-interview/] * Joseph James DeAngelo Wikipedia page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo#Arrest_and_trial] * Golden State Killer’s “Gonna Kill You” Call [https://soundcloud.com/truecrimemagazine/golden-state-killers-gonna-kill-you-call]

Microsatellites and the Murder of Janie Landers

Discover the science behind current-day genetic profiling and how it was used to solve the 38-year-old cold case of Janie Landers Follow the podcast on Instagram @killinggenespodcast and Twitter @KillingGenesPod To search the registry of cremains from Oregon state facilities go to: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/osh/Pages/cremains.aspx [https://www.oregon.gov/oha/osh/Pages/cremains.aspx] For case updates, photos, and other information, visit our website: https://www.killinggenespodcast.com/ [https://www.killinggenespodcast.com/]. Episode Sources: * DNA fingerprinting in forensics: past, present, future [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3831584/] * Forensics, DNA Fingerprinting, and CODIS [https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/forensics-dna-fingerprinting-and-codis-736/] * What is STR Analysis? [https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/what-str-analysis] * Microsatellite from the Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms [https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Microsatellite] * FBI CODIS Core STR Loci [https://strbase.nist.gov/fbicore.htm] * Oregon State Police detective solves 1979 cold case murder of Salem teen [https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/crime/2017/11/01/salem-1979-cold-case-murder-solved-janie-landers/823212001/] * Janie Landers’ Find a Grave page [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65005080/janie-ann-landers] * The Generation Why Podcast Blog: Gerald Kenneth Dunlap and the Janie Landers Cold Case [https://genwhypod.com/blogs/the-generation-why-podcast-blog/gerald-kenneth-dunlap-and-the-janie-landers-cold-case] * ‘It needed to be solved’: Cold case detective details hunt for Salem teen’s killer [https://amp.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2017/11/02/janie-landers-murder-salem-gerald-kenneth-dunlap/827679001/] * Oregon State Board of Eugenics [https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/oregon-state-board-eugenics#:~:text=In%201917%20the%20Oregon%20State,residents%20from%201917%20to%201981.] * Erasing Fairview’s horrors [https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2010/01/erasing_fairviews_horrors.html] * Coming Home- In The Shadow of Fairview [https://www.opb.org/news/series/move-to-include/coming-home-oregon-fairview-training-center-move-to-include/] * In The Shadow of Fairview [https://www.opb.org/article/2020/11/16/oregon-history-in-the-shadow-of-fairview-documentary/] * Janie Landers Homicide Cold Case SP79 757219 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQPYaTFgD0E]