Christy Ann Mirack, 25, was a beloved sixth-grade teacher at Rohrerstown Elementary School in Lancaster, Pa., when she was murdered in her East Lampeter Township home on Dec. 21, 1992.
Christy's brutal murder went unsolved for nearly three decades, but in 2018, her case got the critical break it needed through the use of genetic genealogy analysis. The DNA from Christy's case was privately uploaded to GEDmatch, a public website where people can share their DNA profiles to find relatives, and that resulted in a significant match to a close relative of her killer. A further detailed ancestral and genealogical analysis determined the suspect's identity, which was confirmed through DNA testing. The suspect pleaded guilty to Christy's murder, and in Jan. 2019, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole with a consecutive prison term of 60 to 120 years.
Rest in peace, Christy. You will never be forgotten.
Christy's brutal murder went unsolved for nearly three decades, but in 2018, her case got the critical break it needed through the use of genetic genealogy analysis. The DNA from Christy's case was privately uploaded to GEDmatch, a public website where people can share their DNA profiles to find relatives, and that resulted in a significant match to a close relative of her killer. A further detailed ancestral and genealogical analysis determined the suspect's identity, which was confirmed through DNA testing. The suspect pleaded guilty to Christy's murder, and in Jan. 2019, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole with a consecutive prison term of 60 to 120 years.
Rest in peace, Christy. You will never be forgotten.
Christy Ann Mirack, 25, was a beloved sixth-grade teacher at Rohrerstown Elementary School in Lancaster, Pa., when she was murdered in her East Lampeter Township home on Dec. 21, 1992.
Christy's brutal murder went unsolved for nearly three decades, but in 2018, her case got the critical break it needed through the use of genetic genealogy analysis. The DNA from Christy's case was privately uploaded to GEDmatch, a public website where people can share their DNA profiles to find relatives, and that resulted in a significant match to a close relative of her killer. A further detailed ancestral and genealogical analysis determined the suspect's identity, which was confirmed through DNA testing. The suspect pleaded guilty to Christy's murder, and in Jan. 2019, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole with a consecutive prison term of 60 to 120 years.
Rest in peace, Christy. You will never be forgotten.
Christy's brutal murder went unsolved for nearly three decades, but in 2018, her case got the critical break it needed through the use of genetic genealogy analysis. The DNA from Christy's case was privately uploaded to GEDmatch, a public website where people can share their DNA profiles to find relatives, and that resulted in a significant match to a close relative of her killer. A further detailed ancestral and genealogical analysis determined the suspect's identity, which was confirmed through DNA testing. The suspect pleaded guilty to Christy's murder, and in Jan. 2019, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole with a consecutive prison term of 60 to 120 years.
Rest in peace, Christy. You will never be forgotten.
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