Sometimes that requires us to go outside traditional investigative methods to solve our most difficult cold cases,” said D’Antoni. “My job is to aggressively pursue justice in a responsible and ethical manner. The case does not get solved without them.”Īccording to Othram’s press release on DNASolves - which crowdfunds for groups looking to solve cold cases around the country - they received a grant from Season of Justice to fund the science that led to Rojas’s arrest.Īccording to their website, Season of Justice funds law enforcement agencies and families to perform “advanced DNA solutions, such as forensic genealogy and next-generation sequencing” to financially assist in “pushing their cold cases forward.” Othram performed the necessary forensic testing and was able to put those results to work identifying our suspect. “But at the end of the day, it was Othram that solved this difficult case. “In the last 33 years, countless people have put in hundreds of hours of investigative work on the Mary Kelly cold case murder,” D’Antoni stated. Rojas was 20 years old at the time of the murder.ĭ’Antoni praised the work of Othram in a statement. On Sunday, more than three decades after Kelly’s murder, the Dallas Police Department announced the July 22 arrest of 53-year-old David Rojas, who is now charged with capital murder.
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Police tracked down the half-brother in question and then used a six-pack of Bud Light he discarded to match his DNA to that which was found on Kelly's body. He, it turned out, had lived next door to Kelly at the time of her death, according to KXAS. On June 28, genetic genealogy led to the half-brother of the man whose DNA was found on Kelly's body.
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In November 2021, the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office enlisted the help of Othram, who used forensic-grade genome (FGG) sequencing to develop a genealogical profile of the suspect. In 2004, investigators revisited evidence from the crime scene, and recovered a suspect's DNA from Kelly's body, according to KXAS-TV, but testing at the time yielded no results. The investigation stalled, even after case information was sent to the FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (VICAP) in hopes of finding similar cases. Investigators interviewed several persons of interest and canvassed local pawn shops for Kelly’s stolen valuables, but to no avail. Investigators could find no sign of forced entry though items had been taken from Kelly’s home and, according to Fox Dallas-Fort Worth affiliate KDFW, her vehicle was stolen.