Kisan Angie Dodge

Cike da kisan Angie Dodge ya faru ne a Idaho Falls, Idaho a ranar 13 ga Yuni, 1996. An kama mai aikata laifin na gaskiya a watan Mayu 2019, kusan shekaru 23 bayan an aikata laifin.

Chris Tapp ya yi shekaru 20 a kurkuku bayan an yanke masa hukunci kan fyade da kisan kai na Dodge, bisa ga hujjoji marasa kyau da kuma tilasta ikirarin. A lokaci guda, hukumomi sun ci gaba da neman wasu wadanda ake zargi wadanda DNA din su zai dace da wanda aka bari a wurin aikata laifuka. A cikin 2017, an cire hukuncin fyade na Tapp, kuma an sake shi daga kurkuku.

A cikin shekara ta 2014, an zargi Michael Usry Jr. da fyade da kisan kai bayan an gano shi a matsayin wanda ake zargi ta hanyar Binciken iyali na Y-chromosome, tsari wanda ake amfani da daidaitattun DNA ga dangi don gano mutum. Bayan gudanar da gwajin DNA mai kyau, duk da haka, hukumomi sun gano cewa Usry bai dace da DNA da aka samu a wurin aikata laifuka ba, kuma an sauke tuhumar da aka yi wa Usry.

A cikin 2019, hukumomi sun yi amfani da binciken iyali na autosomal don gano Brian Leigh Dripps Sr. Daga baya aka gano shi yana da cikakken kwayar halitta, kuma ya furta laifin bayan tambayoyi; an yanke masa hukunci.

Shari'ar ta taimaka wajen jawo hankali ga binciken iyali, tsari inda Gwajin kwayar halitta ga dangi ke haifar da gano wanda ake zargi. Tare da zarge-zarge na ƙarya da kuma hukuncin da aka samu ta hanyar binciken iyali, shari'ar misali ce game da yadda ake amfani da wuraren ajiyar kwayoyin halitta marasa laifi a cikin binciken aikata laifuka, kuma ya ci gaba da muhawara game da dacewa da amfani da su.

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Tabbatar da Chris Tapp

A watan Janairun 1997, kimanin rabin shekara cikin binciken, jami'an Idaho Falls sun tambayi Chris Tapp mai shekaru 20, da farko don bayani game da sauran wadanda ake zargi. Bayan sama da sa'o'i 100 na tambayoyi masu tsanani na 'yan sanda, Tapp ya furta laifin a karkashin matsin lamba mai tsanani, kodayake babu wata shaida ta zahiri da ta ɗaure shi da wurin kuma ikirarinsa ba daidai ba ne kuma ya sabawa juna. An yanke wa Tapp hukunci a watan Mayu na shekara ta 1998 saboda taimakawa da kuma tallafawa fyade da kisan Dodge, kuma an yanke masa hukuncin aƙalla shekaru 30 a kurkuku.

A shekara ta 2001, Tapp ya musanta ikirarinsa kuma ya yi iƙirarin cewa 'yan sanda sun tilasta masa kuma sun ba da bayani game da laifin. A shekara ta 2007, bayan da Tapp ya yi shekaru goma a kurkuku, Idaho Innocence Project ta sake duba shari'arsa. Wani farfesa kuma dalibi a Jami'ar Jihar Boise wanda ya yi aiki tare da aikin ya sake nazarin kaset ɗin tambayoyin Tapp kuma ya kai ga ƙarshe cewa an tilasta wa Tapp cikin ikirarinsa. An daukaka kara a kan shari'ar Tapp a shekarar 2017 kuma an soke zargin fyade, inda aka rage hukuncinsa daga shekaru 30 zuwa shekaru 20. Tapp ya yi cikakken hukuncinsa na shekaru 20 kuma an sake shi.

An wanke Chris Tapp ne saboda zargin kisan kai a watan Yulin 2019, bayan an kama Brian Leigh Dripps Sr. a matsayin wanda ake zargi da kisan Dodge.

A watan Oktoba 2020, Tapp ya kai karar birnin Idaho Falls saboda rashin amincewa. A watan Yunin 2022, an cimma matsaya ta dala miliyan 11.4.

Tapp ya mutu bayan rikici a dakin otal din Las Vegas a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2023 . Ofishin mai binciken Clark County ya yanke hukuncin kisa. A ranar 6 ga Maris, 2024, an tuhumi tsohon mai gwagwarmaya kuma dan takarar majalisa Daniel Rodimer da kisan kai dangane da mutuwar Tapp. 'Yan sanda da farko sun yi imanin cewa mutuwarsa ta kasance saboda faduwa. Daga baya rahoto ya sa masu tilasta bin doka su yi imani cewa Rodimer ya buge Tapp bayan da ake zargin ya ba da cocaine ga 'yar Rodimer. Rodimer ya mika wuya ga 'yan sanda washegari.

Zargin Michael Usry Jr.

Michael Usry Jr. ɗan fim ne daga New Orleans, Louisiana, wanda ake zargi da kisan Angie Dodge .

Hukumomi sun fara zargin Usry ta hanyar binciken iyali. Mahaifin Michael, Michael Usry Sr., ya ba da gudummawar samfurin DNA ga Gidauniyar Genealogy ta Sorenson. An samo Gidauniyar Genealogy ta Sorenson daga baya ta hanyar Ancestry.com, tare da bayanan Y-Chromosome, tarin bayanan kwayar halitta don gano asalin uba. Hukumomin Idaho Falls sun sami umarnin kotu don bincika bayanan Y-Chromosome na Ancestry.com, kuma sun sami wasan 34/35 da aka bincika tare da Michael Usry Sr., sakamakon da ya nuna dangi na kusa da shi ("..zai kasance a cikin ƙarni uku ko huɗu") zai zama kusa da shi. Michael Jr. ya ci gaba da tuhuma saboda bayanan tafiye-tafiyensa zuwa Idaho wanda ya sa ya wuce ta Idaho Falls.

Bayan jami'an Idaho Falls sun yi wa Usry tambayoyi kuma sun sami samfurin hawaye, sun gano cewa bai dace da samfurin DNA da aka samu a wurin kisan Dodge ba. An yi watsi da zarge-zargen da aka yi wa Usry, kuma hanyar ta sake yin sanyi.

Zargin da aka yi wa Michael Usry Jr. ya kawo wasu ra'ayoyi marasa kyau. Masu sukar sun yi iƙirarin cewa amfani da bayanan Ancestry.com ya kasance rashin daidaituwa na sirri. Wasu sun yi jayayya cewa tun lokacin da Usry Sr. ya ba da samfurin DNA don nishaɗi / dalilai na addini, bai kamata a yi amfani da bayanan a matsayin hujja don zargi danginsa da aikata laifi ba. Ancestry.com ta sami rashin amincewar jama'a daga wasu bangarori wajen ba da damar tilasta bin doka ga wannan bayanan. Usry Jr. ya bayyana cewa binciken ya kasance mummunan keta sirrinsa da mahaifinsa.

An kama Brian Leigh Dripps Sr.

Bayan ƙarin watanni uku na binciken asali, Moore ya gano wani wanda ake zargi na bakwai da ba a san shi ba wanda ya fito ne daga ma'aurata guda, wani mutum mai suna Brian Leigh Dripps Sr. Ya zauna a Idaho Falls a shekarar 1996. A cikin 2019, yana zaune a Caldwell, Idaho, ba da nisa da Idaho Falls ba. Masu bincike sun sami samfurin DNA daga maɓallin sigari da aka jefa daga taga na motarsa kuma sun sami cikakkiyar kwayar halitta.

Dripps yana zaune a Idaho Falls, a fadin titin daga gidan Dodge, a lokacin da ke kewaye da mutuwar Dodge, kuma 'yan sanda sun yi masa tambayoyi a matsayin wani ɓangare na zane na unguwa kwana biyar bayan kisan. Bayan tambayoyi, Dripps ya furta fyade da kisan Angie Dodge. Dripps ya ce yana da rauni sosai ta hanyar miyagun ƙwayoyi da barasa a lokacin harin. Ya kara da cewa ya yi niyyar yi wa Dodge fyade, ba ya kashe ta, kuma ya yi aiki shi kaɗai. A watan Fabrairun 2021, Dripps ya yi ikirarin aikata laifin.

Dripps, mai shekaru 55 a lokacin da aka yanke masa hukunci, an ba shi hukuncin rai da rai, tare da damar yin salula bayan shekaru 20 a kurkuku.

ABC ta yi fim game da binciken, ganowa, da kuma kama Dripps a ainihin lokacin a cikin shekaru da yawa, kuma ta watsa yawancin hotunan a cikin wani labari na 2021 na 20/20.

Binciken iyali na warware laifuka

Binciken iyali shine tsari na gano mutum wanda mutum ba zai iya samun daidaitattun DNA kai tsaye ba, ta hanyar gano kusan daidaito ga danginsu, sannan ta amfani da bayanan asali don ware DNA na mutumin da ake tambaya.

An bincika masu binciken wannan shari'ar saboda amfani da bayanan da ba na laifi ba don gano wadanda ake zargi, tare da babban damuwa shine keta sirrin ga mutanen da ke da hannu. A game da Michael Usry Jr., sun gano shi da mahaifinsa ta hanyar amfani da ɗayan bayanan Ancestry.com (bayanan Y-DNA STR daga tsohon Gidauniyar Genealogy na Sorenson) wanda aka kirkira a matsayin aikin asali na nishaɗi. Michael Usry Sr. ya ba da gudummawar bayanan kwayar halitta ga aikin Sorenson don nishaɗi / dalilai na addini, ba tare da sanin cewa wata rana za a yi amfani da shi don dalilai na bincike ba kuma yana iya haɗa shi ko danginsa cikin laifi. Usry Jr. ya bayyana cewa wannan hali da hukumomi suka yi ya kasance mummunan keta sirrinsa da mahaifinsa

Shahararren fasahar ya karu a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. An yi amfani da wannan hanyar binciken DNA na iyali wanda aka yi amfani da shi don gano Dripps da Usry a cikin ganowa da kama Golden State Killer . Yarjejeniya tsakanin mutanen da aka bincika ya nuna cewa jama'a gaba ɗaya sun amince da amfani da bayanan kwayar halitta na mutum a cikin binciken masu aikata laifuka.