DNA Helps Solve Robbery Crime in Oregon

In April 2018, Woodland Heights Market in Medford Oregon experienced an armed robbery when the cashier was robbed at knifepoint. The suspect, man covered head to foot in black clothing and sunglasses covering his face, left law enforcement with few leads on the case. But the robber’s one mistake was leaving behind a discarded article of clothing.

Oregon State Police crime lab technicians were able to use the DNA to find their suspect. In many cases, the DNA found on clothing or weapons may not match a specific person entered in genetic databases, but might line up with relatives of the suspect. Fortunate for Oregon law enforcement, this DNA led them straight to the suspect.

“It’s one thing to get a DNA hit, it’s another thing to get a DNA hit that matches to an actual person,” Lt. Mike Budreau explains. “And, in this case, a person that’s local and a person who is on probation. It really lined up well for us.”

Burdreau continues, “We can have smaller and smaller samples that will give us a better and better profiles. We also have more and more offenders that are entering the database that we would have to search from.”

23-year-old Andrew Kyle Beck was arrested and has been charged for robbery in the first degree, finally closing the robbery case.

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There are lots of fascinating reunification stories out there, but not many get crazier than this one!

Hugh Nguyen was born to 16-year-old Van Nguyen in Vietnam during the war. Van’s job was to serve coffee and snacks to US soldiers in a tourist area. This is where she met 18-year-old Roy Patterson, Hugh’s father.

After later learning she was pregnant, Van returned to the camp to find Patterson, but fellow soldiers told her that he died in combat.

A few years later, Hugh and his half-sister also fathered by an American solider, were left with their aunt and grandparents. They were to be placed for adoption under President Ford’s Operation Baby Lift, a program to rescue orphaned children fathered by American soldiers.

They were saved from their first brush with death when, overcome with guilt, Hugh’s grandparents pulled both children from the plane before it took off. The plane crashed in rice fields outside Saigon, killing everyone on board.

Hugh and his sister narrowly escaped death a second time when they survived the Tan Son Nhut Airport bombing while trying to fly out of the country. They finally made it out of the country in April of 1975 in one of the last helicopters leaving Vietnam.

Years passed with Hugh wondering who his father was. He took a DNA paternity test in 2015 but no parental results came up. But after connecting with a second cousin through Facebook, the two were able to find Patterson. After Patterson’s paternity test came back with over a 99% parental match, the two met for the first time and were amazed to learn the details of each other’s stories.

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Millions of Americans received take-at-home ancestry tests for the holidays. It seems like a fun, trivial, or even potentially beneficial gift, but there are layers of potential dangers beneath the pretty wrapping paper.

While we’ve advocated a few times that home tests aren’t smart. They can be used in scams or identity theft. Your information can be sold to big med start-ups. Not to mention, they don’t always give factual information. But this new perspective should steer you away from ever using any take-at-home test!

Sonia Suter, a law professor and bioethicist at George Washington University says “The data (in de-identified form) can be used to refine a company’s analysis or to be shared with other companies for purposes of research about ancestry, traits, and disease.”

She continues to say that while federal laws protect the privacy of medical data, these laws only apply to “health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses and business associates of these groups.” They do not apply to direct-to-consumer companies like at-home ancestry tests. Home tests have no laws regulating the use of your medical information!

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After a long 10-year search, daughter Michelle Cehn and father Greg Hicks shared a sweet reunification through the help of DNA testing.

Michelle was born in 1986 and adopted just hours later by loving parents. Although Michelle describes her childhood in Oakland, California as “blissful,” she always dreamed of meeting her biological parents. With the help and support of her adoptive mother, Michelle found her biological mother, Diane, in 2009 after coming across a family obituary.

While Michelle and Diane’s relationship blossomed over the years, Diane was unable to help Michelle’s search for her father. Diane said she didn’t know him, and had given Michelle up for adoption because she was unable to support her.

Michelle persisted, submitting her DNA to various family tree websites. At first she was only with distant cousins. But finally in April 2018, she located a first cousin on her father’s side!

With excitement and anticipation building, Michelle contacted Greg Hicks—the man she believed to be her biological father—through Facebook. Together they connected the dots and Hicks was confirmed as Michelle’s father through a positive paternity test.

The pair met in the Orange County Airport in California. Watch this heartwarming video to see Greg sprint towards his daughter, and the resulting joy of finding a long-lost family member!

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Australia may be on the right track in trying to regulate the use of DNA. A skilled team of biologists, policy analysts, and legal experts from the University of Queensland are calling for a Genetic Data Protection Act.

Their arguments go beyond an innocent citizen’s concern to keep their medical information private. Mainly, the group contends that public trust is at risk. Genetic data being used in one realm—forensics, specifically—drastically impacts the public trust of genetic data used in medicine.

The opposing parties say it’s already gone too far: DNA databases have remained unregulated for so long that it’s almost impossible to contain the information. But this group of experts holds fast that it’s not too late, if action is taken now.

American would do well to follow in Australia’s footsteps to further regulate how genetic information is contained. But in the meantime, you can protect your own information by choosing DNA Paternity Testing for all your genetic testing needs.

We use extreme measures to keep your medical information secure. We train all our staff on all HIPAA compliance policies and ensuring that all tests and counseling remain confidential.  We never sell or release your information except if needed to comply with HIPAA standards. Your results are safe with us!

DNA Paternity Testing provides rock-solid answers to important questions like parentage and ancestry. With over 2,000 centers nationwide, DNA Paternity Testing Centers is one of the largest, most affordable, networks of accredited DNA testing labs in the United States. Our price is unbeatable without sacrificing quality. We offer DNA testing for paternity, maternity and all other relationships (grandparents, siblings, aunts/uncles). Call us today at 866.944.9546 or ORDER ONLINE!

DNA and paternity testing are a well-established and continually-growing market in the United States. MIT Technology Review reports the number of people participating in DNA testing doubled in 2017 alone. But did you know that DNA and paternity testing are a growing trend worldwide?

A new study from Transparency Market Research shows that the DNA testing market is rapidly growing worldwide and is set to make staggering revenues by 2026.

North America and Europe have the highest shares of the paternity testing market due to high social awareness of the importance of paternity testing. Advanced medical technology and accessible, well-established healthcare infrastructure also play major roles in claiming the top market share.

But the Asia Pacific region, ranked third, is expected to expand the fastest. “Large population, presence of key market players, participation of domestic companies, and technological advancements” are main factors in this expected growth.

Even though there are already plenty of competitors, a booming international DNA testing market will bring even more testing options. These might come in the form of take-at-home kits, new test centers, or additional services offered through medical professionals.

While new testing kits and centers will always come and go, you can count on the professional experience and dependability of our centers.

DNA Paternity Testing is an established, trusted, and reliable testing source. We provide rock-solid answers to important questions like parentage and ancestry. With over 2,000 centers nationwide, DNA Paternity Testing Centers is one of the largest, most affordable, networks of accredited DNA testing labs in the United States. Our price is unbeatable without sacrificing quality. We offer DNA testing for paternity, maternity and all other relationships (grandparents, siblings, aunts/uncles). Call us today at 866.944.9546 or ORDER ONLINE!