US EditionGenetic genealogy next step to identify remains found linked to Robert Pickton
FRASER VALLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, JUL 11 – Genetic genealogy is aiding BC RCMP to identify decades-old remains linked to serial killer Robert Pickton, advancing cold case investigations, officials said.
- Mission RCMP launched genetic genealogy analysis on remains linked to serial killer Robert Pickton, confirming DNA submission efforts to identify the victim.
- In 1995, a partial skull was found in a Mission creek, later genetically linked in 2002 to bones from Pickton’s farm, reviving cold case efforts.
- BC RCMP submitted DNA for genetic genealogy, sharing profiles with all Canadian labs and Interpol to identify remains linked to Pickton.
- BC RCMP launched genetic genealogy testing on remains linked to Pickton, building on recent DNA advances that ended the Jeffrey Surtel case, highlighting progress in cold case investigations.
- The BC RCMP launched genetic genealogy analysis on decades-old remains linked to Pickton, building on past cases like the 2008 Olympic Peninsula match sought by the Missing Women Task Force.
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