DNA Links Homicides, Jan. 23

Due to advances in DNA and DNA databases, Eugene Police Violent Crimes Unit detectives received a hit on three previously unlinked cases from the late 1980s, and then partnered with Parabon’s Snapshot, a revolutionary forensic DNA analysis service that accurately predicts the physical appearance and ancestry of an unknown person from DNA. Today detectives released a Snapshot composite sketch of the suspect as he would have looked at age 25, and then age-progressed. Detectives hope the release of this new information will generate new leads in these cases, and would like previously interviewed parties to come forward in the hope they may be able to help with these leads. The Eugene Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit has established a dedicated tip line for these cases and is asking anyone with information about these three murders to call the tip line at 541.682.5162.