ISHI 2019Los Angeles Co. Sheriff’s Dept.

Crypto Ignition Key

STU III

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Palmdale, CA

103 W. PALMDALE BLVD., OUTSIDE 2017

SEROLOGYDNA / CODIS

Serology done by Sr. Criminalist Stephan Schliebe

Crime scene evidence

Coroner Sexual Assault Kit and victim’s clothing

Jan

1979

Jan

1979

Item Seminal Fluid Source

Pink towel Not detected ---

Oral slide Inconclusive ---

Vaginal slide Detected “Typing results c/w Leslie Long.

No conclusion can be drawn concerning the

source of seminal fluid.”Rectal slide Detected

Oct

2002 OCJP Grant – reopened case 23 years later

DNA –Sr. Criminalist Beverly Kerr

Profiler/Cofiler Cigarette butt

Vaginal slide

Anal slide

August

2002Item Results

Cigarette butt 0.0078 ng/ul QNS

Vaginal – EP Mixture of at least 2 ---

Vaginal – SP Mixture of at least 2 CODIS

Anal – EP Single source Used as V/ref

Anal – SP Mixture of at least 2 CODIS

CODIS UPLOAD Aug 2002

4 x 4 Rule March 2003 Removed from CODIS

LOCUS ALLELES

D3S1358 15, 16

D5S818 12, 13

D7S820 10, 12

D8S1179 12, 13, 15

D13S317 11, 12, 14

D16S539 9, 11, 13

D18S51 14, 18, 19

D21S11 28, 29, 32.2, 35

CSF1PO 9, 10, 12, 13

FGA 23, 28

TH01 6, 7, 9

TPOX 6, 9, 11

vWA 11, 14, 15, 18

4 x 4 Violator

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Dec

2008

Cigarette butt- Crime Scene

LAB’S FIRST Minifiler case Sr. Criminalist Tiffany Shew

Single source, male profile

Reference Results

James Long

Excluded

Clark Bartlett

John Laughton

Mike Mitchell

Terry Brown

Lots of Firsts!

Aug

2011

Cigarette butt

FIRST Mini-Profile to be searched in CODIS (CA SDIS only)

NDIS

INTERPOL

March

2014

Cigarette butt

Received (8) potential hits to the

United Kingdom

Requested metadata (age)

Golden question…

March

2014 Cigarette butt

CODIS

Vaginal and Anal profiles

Interpol ?

April 25

2014LOCUS ALLELES

D3S1358 15, 16

D5S818 12, 13

D7S820 10, 12

D8S1179 12, 13, 15

D13S317 11, 12, 14

D16S539 9, 11, 13

D18S51 14, 18, 19

D21S11 28, 29, 32.2, 35

CSF1PO 9, 10, 12, 13

FGA 23, 28

TH01 6, 7, 9

TPOX 6, 9, 11

vWA 11, 14, 15, 18

The Phone Call… Tiffany Shew researches file

Was 4x4 violator…Now ?

April 27

2014

LOCUS ALLELES

D3S1358 15, 16

D5S818 12, 13

D7S820 10, 12

D8S1179 12, 13, 15

D13S317 11, 12, 14

D16S539 9, 11, 13

D18S51 14, 18, 19

D21S11 28, 29, 32.2, 35

CSF1PO 9, 10, 12, 13

FGA 23, 28

TH01 6, 7, 9

TPOX 6, 9, 11

vWA 11, 14, 15, 18

Offender HIT !!!

April

2014 Based on age of case (36 years), requested metadata from CA DOJ before moving forward

Offender born 1955, age in 1978 was 23 y/o.

Confirmation Requested

COLD HIT!

May

2014 Hit to: TERRY MOSES

More Work Needed Performed by Tiffany Shew

Original DNA extracts remained

Identifiler Plus

SWGDAM Guidelines

36 years later…

May

2014•Deduced out Terry Moses.

Uploaded second male profile.

No Hits

36 years later…

Sept

2014 United Kingdom Hits (8):

Determination based on age and passport travel information

Not Associated

Our little cigarette butt…

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Suspect #1- TERRY MOSES

Terry Moses

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Neal Matthews

38 YEARS, 10 MONTHS, 18 DAYS

The Long Strand of DNA- Reaching Out for Justice

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