The DNA Evidence That Finally Exposed Jeanie Childs’ Killer | Clues Pod

Описание: When 35-year-old Jeanne "Jeanie" Childs was found brutally stabbed in her Minneapolis apartment, detectives were confronted with one of the bloodiest crime scenes they’d ever seen. With no signs of forced entry and a trail of bare footprints, investigators struggled to identify her killer, until DNA technology decades later exposed a shocking truth. In this episode of Clues, hosts Kaelyn Moore and Morgan Absher unravel the 1993 murder that haunted Minnesota for 25 years, tracing the forensic breakthroughs that led to an unexpected suspect hiding in plain sight.

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Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to Clues Podcast
02:56 The Day of the Murder
05:51 Who Was Jeanne "Jeanie" Childs?
11:31 Jeanie's Relationships
19:21 Clue #1: The Bloody Footprints
29:09 Clue #3: Potential Trace DNA
35:52 Clue #4: A New DNA Match
37:54 Clue #5: Likely Killer's DNA
39:20 Clue #6: Commercial DNA Database
41:01 Clue #7: New DNA Matches
50:00 Arrest of Jerry Westrom
59:15 Guilty Verdict
1:04:43 Missing Person of the Week: Arianna Fitts

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Hosted by Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore, Clues unpacks the cases that gripped the world—from chilling murders to serial killers. Each episode dissects the evidence, retraces investigative breakthroughs, and follows the trail of clues that cracked the case—or left it hauntingly unsolved.

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