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How genetic genealogy helped solve this 1975 cold case — and why police will use it again

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Sharron Prior's cold case puzzled detectives for 48 years but it was recently solved using new DNA testing techniques. CBC's Matthew Lapierre explains how police finally determined beyond all doubt who killed the 16-year-old Montrealer in 1975, despite no new evidence being brought to their attention.


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