“Genetic Genealogy Nabs Suspect in 22-Year-Old Murder Case.” Forensic®, 10 Sept. 2021, www.forensicmag.com/579149-Genetic-Genealogy-Nabs-Suspect-in-22-Year-Old-Murder-Case/.
Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief John Zebrowski of the Sayreville Police Department In Middlesex County, New Jersey, recently announced that a man has been arrested after being indicted by a grand jury for the 1999 murder of Nancy Noga. On January 7, 1999, Noga, a senior in high school, was reported missing after she did not return home from work. On January 12, 1999, at about 8:57 am, Noga's body was discovered in a wooded area behind a shopping plaza. It was later concluded that Noga died from blunt force trauma after being struck with a blunt object. For more than two decades, the case remained open and active as investigators continued to investigate her death. In the past month, Bruce Cymanski, 49, was indicted for first-degree murder, first-degree felony murder, first-degree aggravated sexual assault, first-degree kidnapping, and third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in connection with the killing of Nancy Noga. He was partially identified through the use of genetic genealogy conducted by the Chief Genetic Genealogist of Parabon NanoLabs, CeCe Moore. “In the decades since Nancy Noga’s death, law enforcement has relentlessly pursued justice on her behalf. The advancement of modern scientific tools has allowed that endeavor to enter a new chapter,” he said.
This article is important in terms of forensic science because it shows how much the field has advanced and new methods have been developed in such a short span of about 20 years. When the murder was first committed, investigators didn’t have the technology necessary to solve the case but due to their relentlessness to cracking down on the case, they were finally able to solve it. It is also significant because it shows the general public an insight into how investigators use certain techniques to solve cases that have been open for a long time.
An area of improvement in this article would be to possibly explain the murderer’s motive and reasoning for committing the crime. This would help the audience understand more about the situation and why he chose a high school senior, for instance. Another area would be to explain more about what genetic genealogy is and what that means in terms of the case because some readers may not entirely understand it. However, the article is still well written and explains the details of the case concisely which aids the audience’s comprehension. It also includes a quote from the Chief Genetic Genealogist which helps strengthen the author’s credibility.
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In this article, it talks about how a man was recently arrested after being indicted by a grand jury for the 1999 murder of Nancy Noga due to the use of genetic genealogy. The use of genetic genealogy has helped to expand the many new methods that have been used in forensic science throughout the last 20 years, and Kelly has done a good job of explaining how the use of genetic genealogy has helped solve Nancy Noga’s case. She used a decent amount of details to explain how the use of genetic genealogy helped catch Nancy’s killer and she also was able to only include the necessary and main ideas of the article, making it much more entertaining to read.
However, there were some areas that needed to be improved. For instance, some of her paragraphs were much more longer compared to others. I thought that paragraph two needed to be much longer with more details compared to paragraph one because paragraph two was much more important. I was a little confused reading paragraph two because I wasn’t entirely sure what the significance of genetic genealogy played in Nancy’s case. Kelly could have added more detail regarding the importance of genetic genealogy. Additionally, the ending of paragraph one could have ended better. She ended the paragraph with a quote when she should have added another sentence or two to help transition into the next paragraph. Another improvement that could have been made is that Kelly could have made the beginning smoother as some of the sentences were jumbled.
I found both the article and the review to be quite interesting. I didn’t know anything about genetic genealogy before reading the article or review so it was exciting and engaging to learn about. I was surprised to have found out that genetic genealogy has such an impact on solving crimes and that the accuracy of it is pretty high. Such an impact makes me want to explore and discover more of the many other case studies that include genetic genealogy and the many other methods used in forensic science.
In this article that Kelly has written talks about a man who has been arrested after the jury indicted him for the murder, he committed in 1999. During the murder trial, they didn’t have as much technology as they would today in 2021; because they didn’t have the technology, they had to work on the case even harder to find the evidence they needed. Kelly B did a great job explaining what the topic was about and what had gone on. Kelly understood what genetic genealogy was and how important that was to the investigation in 1999. I feel as if Kelly used the right amount of details to explain what genetic genealogy is and the case itself; she made the reader understand what was going on and talked about the main points.
Kelly could work on some things: don’t just jump right into talking about what the case is, and she could have cleaned it up a little bit. Also, some of her paragraphs aren’t as long as others; some could have a bit more to them to try and make the essay flow.
Overall, I found the article and murder case fascinating; before reading Kelly’s essays, I knew very little about genetic genealogy. When I read about it, I found it very engaging and how important it is today in solving crimes just like this one that had happened.
Citation
“Genetic Genealogy Nabs Suspect in 22-Year-Old Murder Case.” Forensic Mag, 10 Sept. 2021, https://www.forensicmag.com/579149-Genetic-Genealogy-Nabs-Suspect-in-22-Year-Old-Murder-Case/.
Link to blog post
https://bhscsi.blogspot.com/2021/09/genetic-genealogy-nabs-suspect-in-22.html
The article is about a man who was convicted of murder that was committed in 1999. Compared to today the investigators had to work even harder to prove that he was the killer and try and work harder to find evidence as it was much harder to do so compared to 2021. Genetic Genealogy allowed the investigators to help convict the man and lay the case to rest. The author did a great job explaining her article and what it was about. She understood how vital Genetic Genealogy was to the investigation. She used a great amount of details in her article which made it a very interesting read. Some areas of work though were the level of detail in each paragraph. Some paragraphs had less detail than others and it was very noticeable. The second paragraph could’ve been a little longer. After the ending quote in paragraph 1, I wish she wrote a sentence or two explaining the importance of the quote.
I hadn’t heard of Genetic Genealogy prior to this article and it was a very interesting read overall. It was cool to see how important it was when solving crimes and seeing how important it is shocked me because I thought it would’ve been more talked about. Reading the article has made me want to go on my own and look for more cases like this where Genetic Genealogy played a vital role in the final verdict.
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