Anne Arundel County Police use DNA Snapshot

By Laura Burgess

Anne Arundel County Police use DNA Snapshot to Aid Identification of Balitmore Murder Victim, Leading to Arrest and Confession.

Anne Arundel County, Md. (Ammoland.com) Detectives at Anne Arundel County Police (AACP) explained today how a new forensic DNA technology, called DNA phenotyping, ultimately led to the arrest of a Baltimore resident for murder. On 29 January 2018, Baltimore Police charged Taras Caldwell with the murder of his girlfriend, Shaquana Marie Caldwell, bringing closure to a case that began in Anne Arundel County on 14 June 2017 when Anne Arundel County Police received a report that skeletal remains had been found in Glen Burnie, Maryland. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that the decedent was a female approximately 20 years of age and that foul play was suspected in her death.

In the fall of 2017, after initial investigative efforts failed to reveal the victim’s identity, Anne Arundel County Police contacted Parabon NanoLabs with a request to use the company’s Snapshot DNA Phenotyping service to generate a likeness of the victim to assist with identification. “We had engaged Parabon on such cases in the past and felt …Read the Rest

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