The Promise of Investigative Genetic Gen...

Here are the cases we cover on this week's Cheat Sheet.ABC’s reporting on the charges against Ben Roberts-Smith: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/ben-roberts-smith-war-crimes-allegations-arrest/106537668WTHR’s report on vigilante action from the Predator Poachers: https://w ... Show More

A look at recent development in the case of Tyler James Robinson, who is facing charges related to the murder of Charlie Kirk. Check out our upcoming book events and get links to buy tickets here: https://murdersheetpodcast.com/eventsPre-order our book on Delphi here: https://boo ... Show More

We break down the Florida charges in the case against Joseph Duggar.The Florida charges: https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/800.04The Associated Press’s article on Joseph Duggar’s $600,000 bond: https://apnews.com/article/joseph-duggar-19-kids-counting-arrest-florida-69c ... Show More

Explore the journey, process, science and investigative work that went into identifying the suspected Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, with some of the key players responsible for this amazing feat - Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Shubert, Lt. Kirk Camp ... Show More

<p>A year after police used a genetic database to help identify a suspect in the Golden State Killer case, the same technique has been used to arrest dozens of people. Now, for the first time, one of those cases is headed to trial. In Part 1 of a two-part series, we look at the t ... Show More

After two teenage girls were murdered in their tiny English village, lead detective David Baker looks to Dr. Alec Jeffreys for help. Less than a dozen miles away from the crime scene, Jeffreys has been studying the human genome and developed a new technology called "DNA fingerpri ... Show More

<p>The likelihood of the DNA found on a knife sheath found inside the Idaho student murder house being someone other that Bryan Kohberger is astronomical. An STR  (short tandem repeat) analysis shows the suspect's  DNA is a “statistical match.”  </p> <p data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_com ... Show More

Queensland opens a commission of inquiry into DNA testing at the state’s main forensics  laboratory after accusations its been failing victims of crime. Today, Hedley Thomas tells us how his search for Shandee’s Story led to the inquiry - and what this could mean for her case. Fi ... Show More

In this episode, Payton and Garrett dive into the case of two women who were murdered 100 miles apart. When police can’t identify the women, they turn to an emergent technology to help solve this cold case. Case Sources: “Web of Death” Season One, Episode Four “Cold Case Files” ... Show More

DNA was a revolution for crime solving and for one mother, it could be the key to proving her son’s innocence. Her journey leads to a miraculous discovery at the Virginia Department of Forensic Science. What follows is an astounding series of events surrounding the work of one tr ... Show More