Investigators targetted him after posting DNA evidence to an ancestry company. Joseph James DeAngelo Jr had avoided capture for over 45 years before DNA samples brought him undone.Īmanda explained in the interview that DeAngelo’s DNA was obtained from an unused coffee cup after.
“They might be getting closer to an answer, so that’s thrilling that DNA, once again, looks like it might solve a case”, says Amanda.ĭNA evidence was used to catch the notorious Golden State Killer. Local authorities are now handing that DNA sample over to local FBI agents for testing. The story was broken by Radar which reported the DNA sample of the person of interest was taken from a discarded cigarette. I mean it’s not the first time we’ve seen a breakthrough but it is a big one.” “There seems to be a final breakthrough in the case.
Last night she appeared on The Anj, Rob and Robbo Show to explain what this latest development means: “To have developments like we’ve had this week has been amazing to see. Amanda has been corresponding and talking to criminals around the world and is an expert in the field.
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True crime author Amanda Howard is known as The Serial Killer Whisperer due to the information she gets out of these monsters. Now there are reports that police have collected DNA evidence from the neighbour of JonBenét. The death of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenét sent shockwaves around the world.
On Boxing Day 1996 the world woke up to the news the little girl had been kidnapped, but what was to follow was much worse. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film will look at how this crime affected residents of Ramsey's hometown of Boulder, Colorado, "through reflections and even performances," which could explain why the film focuses on the idea of casting as its through line.Amanda Howard on The Anj, Rob and Robbo Show After watching the clip, it's still unclear how exactly casting plays into the content of the film, or what the term "hybrid" means in regards to the fictional aspects of the documentary. "Do you know who killed JonBenét Ramsey?" asks Hannah, a particularly close JonBenét lookalike, of the camera operator in the trailer.
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Netflix's upcoming film, Casting JonBenét, is what the Hollywood Reporter is calling "a documentary hybrid on the macabre fascination that still surrounds the infamous murder case." Netflix released this eerie teaser clip for Casting JonBenét today, in which we see multiple JonBenét lookalikes chatting in full pageant-wear dress-up glory. Now, a new film is reportedly going to explore the sensationalism surrounding the case rather than the case itself. Most recently, CBS aired a docuseries that aimed to uncover new theories about who killed JonBenét, with a panel of experts controversially theorizing that it was her older brother who accidentally killed her. Although former child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was tragically found murdered in her home a day after Christmas in 1996 when she was just 6 years old, her case has been a target of media sensationalism and true crime reenactments for over 20 years.