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Reichert had been talking to Jensen for some time about using newly developed DNA-testing technology on evidence they had collected: samples of semen from three of the victims from 1982 and '83 (Mills, Chapman and Christensen) and the sample of saliva Ridgway gave in 1987. The new technology, called short-tandem-repeat testing, or STR, which has been available only since 1997, has revolutionized DNA analysis because of its unprecedented accuracy. STR measures 13 tiny repeating sections in a DNA sample, which effectively represent a unique bar code on any individual's genome. It is now widely used...
...submitted the semen samples and the gauze strip with Ridgway's saliva to Beverly Himick, a forensic scientist in the Washington State Patrol crime lab. On Sept. 4 she called him to say she had some matches. On Sept. 10 Jensen went into Reichert's office and presented the DNA charts without telling Reichert the name of the person they corresponded to. Jensen finally handed Reichert an envelope with a name inside, but before opening it, Reichert said, "It's Ridgway, isn't it?" Then both men broke down in tears. "Twenty years is a long time," says Reichert. "There...
...girlfriend Lisa Bonder, was believed to have been sired by Bonder's former husband, billionaire movie-studio mogul Kirk Kerkorian. In January Bonder, 37, petitioned Kerkorian, 84, for $320,000 a month in child support. His lawyers say he is sterile and could not possibly be the father. From DNA tests used on dental floss retrieved from Bing's trash, they say Bing is the one who should pay for Kira's upkeep. Bing has slapped Kerkorian with a $1 billion invasion-of-privacy suit for sifting through Bing's garbage. The only children coming out ahead in all this...
FOUND. A dismembered body believed by Pakistani police to be the remains of DANIEL PEARL, 38, the Wall Street Journal reporter killed, allegedly by Islamic militants, last winter; on the outskirts of Karachi. Investigators are conducting DNA tests to confirm the identity...
...would make the failure to report a missing child a felony. It's unlikely, though, that that would have helped Rilya, whose disappearance has stumped police. Investigators say one of their best leads is a murdered child discovered in April 2001 in Kansas City, Mo., and they are awaiting DNA evidence to see whether Rilya has been found at last. --Reported by Jeanne DeQuine and Kathie Klarreich/Miami