# Colleen Fitzpatrick

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The Yogurt Shop Murders and Serial Killer Robert Eugene Brashers: Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick on Holograms, Hate Mail, and Homicide

Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick is a major figure in the world of investigative or forensic genetic genealogy, and she's helped solve many cold cases. Today, we will speak about a few of those cases. Check out our upcoming book events and get links to buy tickets here: https://murdersheetpodcast.com/events…

The Woman Who Invented Cold Case DNA | Dr Colleen Fitzpatrick

She didn't stumble into cold case forensics: she invented it. Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick is a nuclear physicist, former rocket scientist, and the founder of California-based Identifinders International, and she's the woman who pioneered the technique now known as forensic investigative genetic geneal…

Episode 227: Religious Hegemony in Secondary History Standards with Colleen Fitzpatrick and Anna Yonas

In episode 227, Dan and Michael chat with Colleen Fitzpatrick and Anna Yonas about their new TRSE article titled, “Reproducing religious hegemony: An analysis of religion in secondary history standards.”

The Case of Lori Erica Ruff _ What Dark Secret Was She Hiding

A woman takes her own life on Christmas Eve 2010. Her husband and daughter mourn. Then they open a locked box in her closet and discover she never existed.Lori Erica Ruff stole the identity of a two-year-old girl who died in a house fire in 1971. She legally changed her name, earned a college degre…

Ep: 118 | A Conversation with Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick | Pioneer of Genetic Genealogy | Murder Unscripted

Her degree says nuclear physics but her work changed the way cold cases are solved. ⬇️ To close out our Killer Connections block, Ed and Melissa sit down with the woman whose name has come up all month long: Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick. Before forensic genetic genealogy was a headline, before it was e…

S6 E3 - Your Killer's Name

More than two decades after the murders of Angela Brosso and Melanie Bernas, the Phoenix Canal Murders remain unsolved. Then forensic genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick approaches Phoenix police with an emerging technique that combines DNA analysis and family trees. Her work could finally give cold ca…

Lori Erica Ruff Led Multiple Lives... But What Was She Hiding From?

On Christmas Eve 2010, Lori Erica Ruff died by suicide outside her in-laws’ home in Texas. Afterward, her family found a box of documents revealing that “Lori” had built her life on the identity of a child who had died years earlier. Even her husband had not known her real name. Investigators trace…

Somerton Man: The Book, the Beach, and a Name

A tiny scrap of poetry led investigators from an Adelaide beach to a book, a telephone number, and a convincing lead that collapsed. Decades later, DNA research offered a possible name. What did it answer, and what did it leave behind?A calm, companionable mystery from True Crime Stories for No Sle…

How DNA and Family Trees Help Find Cold Case Killers | Dr Colleen Fitzpatrick

Dr Colleen Fitzpatrick explains how genetic genealogy uses DNA to identify unknown individuals and help solve long-standing cases. She was among the pioneers who saw how DNA analysis and family history could be combined in a new way.In this conversation, Colleen shares the story behind her work: gr…