How DNA identified Australian family man as escaped US fugitive who murdered his parents

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How DNA identified Australian family man as escaped US fugitive who murdered his parents
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SECRET IDENTITY: How his dark past came to light:

Westover said the mother had favored her youngest son, James, then 13, and was often severe with Arnold. There were also reports that she suffered from mental illness.

He later left his brother at a neighbor’s house, claiming his parents had to go on an emergency trip to help his grandparents. They were halfway to Chicago before they were discovered missing, said Geoff Britton, a retired criminal investigator with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, who spent years investigating the case.Arnold soon settled in Chicago and married a divorcee with four daughters less than six months after his escape. TheThe family relocated to Cincinnati and then to Miami to evade detection, Westover said.

He obtained DNA from Arnold’s brother around 2007 and submitted the profile to various criminal databases, but there were no hits to relatives.Geoff Britton, retired criminal investigator with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, and Matthew Westover, deputy U.S. marshal. Britton and Westover joined forces to crack the Leslie Arnold case.cold caseWestover decided to upload a sample of James Arnold's DNA, with his permission, to a public database in late 2020.

Leslie Arnold's Wanted Poster next to a photo of his grave with the name John Damon taken when U.S. Deputy Marshal Matthew Westover visited Australia. "I don’t want to sugarcoat this story," he said."He was a great father, and I feel so fortunate about the life I’ve had, but I know other people suffered because of his actions."

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