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(suspenseful music)

- [Narrator] Seattle in the
mid-1960s was just coming out

of a successful World's Fair.

- [Announcer] It's the
adventure of a lifetime!

- [Narrator] But it would be
soon famous for something else,

a murder that will remain
a cold case for decades.

There's very little
evidence, witnesses,

or even suspects for
the police to figure out

who the murderer is.

- Due diligence is the key
when you're not presented

with witnesses or evidence.

You must focus on the basics
like evidence collection

because it will likely help
you in solving the case

down the line.

- It's a whole new world
of evidence collection

from today to 50 years ago.

However, the basics
stay the same.

Investigators have a
whole new set of tools

at their fingertips.

- [Narrator] It will
take decades for advances

in DNA research to reach
a point that starts

helping solve crimes, but
the wait will be worth it.

(gentle music)

- The unsolved ones.
We have to stand up.

- And approach these cases
in a way outside the box.

- Let the world
knows, those out there

that did commit a murder,
and there are people

that are coming after you.

- There's just a
lot of good people

trying to do the right thing.
(police radio squawking)

- Because it's
something that you

have to be passionate about.

- Solve this, bring some
peace to the family, at least.

Just doing my job.

(suspenseful music)
(gavel bangs)

(relaxing music)

- [Narrator] In Seattle,
Washington, 1967,

Joe Birlsawn starts his rounds

to open up the Seattle
Central Parkade.

It's been closed for
days, which is normal

when no events are scheduled.

(elevator door whooshes)

Joe sees a limp body lying
in the corner of the elevator

and calls out to them.

He steps closer and
he sees it's a woman

that isn't breathing
and has obviously

been dead for a while.

- In the first 72
hours after death,

the body's internal organs
will start to decompose.

At the three to five day
mark, a deceased body

will start to bloat and
exhibit signs of perch.

These signs are unmistakable.

- Time is always of the essence.

From the moment a
body is discovered,

it doesn't matter if
it's been five minutes,

five days, or 50 years.

Investigators are always
aware that the crime scene

and the body are degrading,

which could cause loss
of critical evidence.

So quick, thorough
action is required.

- [Announcer] Everybody's
planning to see

Seattle's Spectacular
100 million World's Fair.

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- [Voiceover] The 1962 World's
Fair in Seattle, Washington,

also known as the
Century 21 Exposition,

attracted more than
9 million visitors

between April 21st and
October 21st, 1962.

The crowning jewel
of the World's Fair

was the 605 foot space
needle that cost 6.5 million

and is still a landmark
in Seattle to this day.

During its operation,
the fair brought tourists

and dignitaries from
all over the world,

including Prince Philip, Vice
President Lyndon Johnson,

and Elvis Presley, who filmed

"It happened at the World's
Fair" on the grounds.

In total, there
were surprisingly

only 325 larceny committed,
well below most estimations.

- When a huge event
like the World's Fair

is put on in a city, it
naturally brings in people

from all over and
all walks of life.

Some come with
different intentions.

You could see an
uptick in pickpocketing

due to the dense
nature of the crowds.

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- [Narrator] Susan Galvin
was one of those people

that moved to downtown
Seattle in 1966.

Born in 1946 in New
Bedford, Massachusetts,

but raised in
Spokane, Washington.

Susan grew up in a large family

consisting of two sisters
and four brothers.

In 1966, Susan Galvin
moves to downtown Seattle

and lives in the Lower
Queen Anne neighborhood.

This area, now known as Uptown,

is just north and west
of Seattle Center.

Susan gets a job
as a records clerk

at the Seattle
Police Department,

located not far from
the Space Needle.

She lives close
to work and takes

a similar route for every shift.

She's quick to make friends
with many of the people

she sees on a daily basis.

Days before she's murdered,
Susan goes out on a double date

with a girlfriend and two
men they met from the Navy.

- Finding patterns or
anomalies in a victim's life

is an important step
in the investigation.

It can lead to suspect's
not immediately evident.

Retracing a victim's
last days can often give

insight into their mind
and possibly lead you

to a suspect you
didn't know existed.

- [Narrator] On the
night of July 9th, 1967,

Susan sets off for
the graveyard shift

at the police department
like she always does

through the Seattle
Center parking garage.

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But there's someone that
seems to know her routine

and is following her.

Susan never makes it to work.

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Her supervisor asks an officer
if anyone has seen her.

The officer says that Susan
might have taken the night off.

(line buzzing)

(telephone rings)

Susan's family hasn't
heard from her in days,

and every time they try to
connect with her on the phone,

they get no answer and
are getting worried.

(handset rattles)

Days later, Susan still
hasn't reported to work

and no one has heard from her.

Her supervisor is looking
for any indicators

of where she could
be or have gone.

(dialer whirs)
(line engages)

- An investigator
cannot play favorites

when investigating a crime.

It doesn't matter if you
knew the person or not.

You have to treat the case
with the same professionalism

as you normally would.

If you lead with your
heart instead of your mind,

there could be things you miss

because you're not
thinking rationally.

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- [Narrator] After four
days, Susan is finally found

on July 13th at
approximately 7:00 PM.

The parking attendant
runs for help.

Since the police
station is next door,

officers arrive within minutes.

- Time is critical when it
comes to any investigation,

but especially a murder.

A crime scene must be secured

to ensure the
integrity of evidence.

- [Narrator] Susan's body
wasn't found immediately

because the parking garage
and elevators inside

were closed and locked up.

The parking garage
authorities tell police

this is a common
practice for them

when there are no events going
on at the Seattle Center.

- The second a crime scene is
discovered, it's contaminated,

and while making every
effort to collect evidence,

you are contaminating
it just by being there.

So the focus is careful
collection without causing

any damage to forensic evidence.

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- [Narrator] Police are quick
to question the two Navy men

that Susan and her friend
went out with days earlier

as they could be the last
people to have seen Susan alive.

- Some of the people
that you bring in

aren't necessarily suspects
but are persons of interest.

If they are credible,
they can attest

to someone's state of mind.

This can help investigators
paint a picture of the victim

and whom else they might
have been with before.

- [Narrator] The Navy men are
not charged and are let go.

The clock is ticking to
find another suspect.

- Early in the investigation,

it's important to follow every
lead that you come across,

no matter how small or strange.

- [Narrator] Despite
the initial setbacks,

detectives get a strong lead
about an unexpected suspect.

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Susan Galvin moves to downtown
Seattle and soon gets a job

as a records clerk at the
Seattle Police Department.

Susan has only been
there for a few months,

but makes a lasting
impression on all she meets.

She also has an
active of social life

and enjoys meeting new people.

Susan's coworkers begin to
notice that she's missing.

Susan's body is
found four days later

inside an elevator
car by an attendant

in the Seattle Center
parking garage.

The elevators in the garage
had been shut off as there was

no activities at the center,
which is common practice.

Investigators act fast
and question two Navy men

that went out with Susan
shortly before her death.

However, no charges are
laid against the men.

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A new tip comes in that
says Susan was seen

hours before her
death with a man

in clown makeup called Punchy.

Punchy the Clown is brought down

to the police station
for questioning.

- [Detective] Were you
employed as a clown

at the Seattle Center?
- Yes.

- [Detective] Okay.

At the Seattle
Center back in 1967,

a young woman was killed.

Do you remember that happening?

- [Detective] Exactly.

That's interesting that
you could remember that.

- There's various types of
interrogation techniques

that an investigator can use.

It all depends on the
person you're talking to.

One can be direct by presenting
the evidence against them,

use empathy to gain
trust or be repetitive

to break down the suspect.

- [Narrator] The
investigator questions Punchy

about why he was with Susan
hours before her death.

- [Detective] Were you in
that elevator with her?

- [Punchy the Clown] No.

- [Detective] Did you have
anything to do with her death?

- Okay.

Did you ever have sex with her?

- No.
- Okay.

Are you sure about that?

(foreboding music)

- Another technique is keeping

the room very cold.

A cold room may increase
a person's anxiety,

which may break down any
barriers a person is putting up,

so that the truth can come out.

It could just also
be a cold room.

- [Narrator] The investigator
then questions Punchy

about quitting his job just
days after he last saw Susan.

- [Detective] So this
incident happened

on a Sunday afternoon and you
ended up quitting your job-

- A day or two later.
Do you remember that?

Do you remember
quitting your job?

- How come?

- [Detective] But it
seemed kind of abrupt to me

as I was reading kind of
the chronology of things.

- Right?

- During the interrogation,

there are often things that
come up that could lead

the investigation in
a different direction,

and you can't ignore those.

Every possible lead and
hunch should be followed up.

This ensures that you are
doing your due diligence

and also respecting the
life of the deceased.

- The US Constitution
doesn't actually specify

how long they can hold
someone, and many states

set their own limit.

Most states use about
a 72 hour timeline.

- [Narrator] With no definitive
evidence linking Punchy

to Susan's death, he is let go.

Punchy will remain a person
of interest in this case

until he can be
definitively ruled out.

In the meantime,
investigators must continue

to look for clues and witnesses.

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Because of the time
of Susan's murder

before her midnight shift
at the police department

finding witnesses is proving

to be difficult
for investigators.

Back at the scene of the
murder officers are once

again going over the
area to make sure

they don't miss a thing.

- It's quite common to go back
to the scene of the murder,

to look for more evidence.

Even with the best
intentions, there are things

that can be missed
the first time.

These things can
be big or small.

Think of when you lose
something at your home.

You can turn your house upside
down looking for the remote,

but it's not until you stop
looking or take a break

that you actually see it was

in front of you the entire time.

- [Narrator] It's a whole new
world of evidence collection

from today to 50 years
ago when this took place.

The basics, however,
stay the same.

- Today, investigators
have a whole new

set of tools at
their fingertips.

One of those tools
is DNA phenotyping.

A forensic scientist will
sequence a DNA sample

so they can indicate
identifiable traits

such as skin, eye,
and hair color.

In some cases, it can
predict the age of a suspect.

There's a new technology
and biosensors

used to determine minuscule
traces of bodily fluids

found within fingerprints.

So if the deceased had
contact with a murder,

even put their hands on
them to push them away,

the biosensors can
pick up age, gender,

and even medications.

- [Narrator] On July 15th, two
days after Susan was found,

the King County
coroner concludes

that Susan died via suffocation.

The autopsy posits
that the killers placed

either their hand or an object
over her nose and mouth.

She'd also been
sexually assaulted.

The coroner states
the time of death

was 11:00 PM on July 9th,

an hour before Susan
was due at work.

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Investigators continued to
search for clues or evidence

that could lead them
to Susan's killer.

They go through her apartment,

collecting her
clothing as evidence.

Police doggedly continue
to search for anything

that can help them
solve Susan's murder.

- When an officer
canvases door to door,

they are looking for
potential witnesses

Odd behavior or anything
unusual, including people.

Generally, neighbors tend
to keep to themselves.

If they have a loud neighbor,

they often won't
complain in hopes

that it will soon stop and
they won't have to make a scene

or complain to the landlord.

But they'll never
forget the noises

that came from that apartment.

- [Narrator] They canvas
Susan's apartment building,

going door to door,

hoping that someone
somewhere heard something.

- There's so much
information you can gather

going door to door.

There's information
about the victim

and their activities
leading up to their death.

Did a new person
come to their place?

Was there a specific vehicle
seen before the murder?

It can identify
suspects who many times

will have a residence
in the area.

You're looking for anything
out of the ordinary

that could explain how the
victim got into the situation.

- On July 18th,
a funeral is held

for Susan at St.
Joseph's Catholic Church.

The family and members of the
the Seattle Police Department

say their final
goodbyes to Susan.

What makes this day
even harder for most

is not knowing why
Susan had to die

and not knowing who did it.

- There comes a point
in certain cases

where detectives exhaust
all potential leads.

It's a depressing feeling
to know that you've done

all that you can,
but it's not enough.

To see the family
struggling with the death

of their loved one,
and the lack of closure

is so difficult.

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(light music)

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- Susan Galvin is found dead
in a parking lot elevator.

She had been suffocated
and sexually assaulted

and locked in the elevator.

She wasn't found for four days.

The investigation determines
that Susan was murdered

on her way to work
the graveyard shift

at the Seattle
Police Department.

Police interview
two Navy sailors

that had went out with
Susan and a friend

days before her
death, but they're

never considered actual
suspects and let go.

Police then zero in on a suspect

that was with Susan hours
before she was killed.

Known around town
as Punchy the Clown.

Police discover that he had
become friendly with Susan

from passing each
other on the street.

On top of that, Punchy
had quit his job

just days after Susan's murder.

- [Detective] So this
incident happened

on a Sunday afternoon and you
ended up quitting your job

a day or two later.

- [Detective] How come?

- Right?

- [Narrator] While there is
no evidence to connect him

to the murder, he remains
a person of interest.

With all clues and leads
drying up the investigation

into who killed Susan
Galvin is put on hold.

- The feeling that a detective
has after working a case

and getting nowhere
is indescribable.

It's obviously
not as bad as what

the family is going through,

but no one involved in the
investigation forgets about it.

It's those cases
that you can't close

that stick with you the longest.

We want to close the case
as much as the family does.

- [Narrator] Whenever
the topic of Susan

comes up in the
Galvin household,

the conversation
is quickly stopped.

- The loss of a loved
one or family member

can take on many
different forms,

all depending on
the relationship

at the time of death and
your personal views on death.

Some choose to
confront it head on.

Others choose to talk about it,

while others will keep
it closer to themselves

because they feel saying it
out loud will make it true.

But if they keep it inside
and never acknowledge it,

it's almost like
it never happened.

- [Narrator] Talking
about Susan remains taboo

in the Galvin household,

which takes an emotional
toll on a family.

- Not talking or
acknowledging a loss

can take a massive
emotional toll on a person

because healing
steps are not taken.

It can only get worse and even
manifest into physical hurt.

Some people might take comfort
from the grief and think

if they get past it, the person
didn't mean much to them.

- [Narrator] Through the
years there are no updates

to offer the family and their
hope for closure runs out.

(somber music)

On September 13th, 2000,
Susan's mother, Helen,

passes away at age 77.

She goes to her
grave never knowing

who killed her daughter or why.

In 2002 advancements in DNA
testing have gone to the point

that Seattle police
think it can help solve

some long forgotten murders,

including Susan
Galvin from 1967.

- It is quite astonishing that
the evidence collected from

Susan in 1967 was
still viable in 2002.

It is a credit to the
officers at that time.

- We always owe a
huge debt of gratitude

to the original crime
scene investigators

because even before
they could have known

how powerful DNA would
be, they somehow collected

that evidence for us to
work with almost what,

50 years in the future.

And so that's pretty incredible
when you think about that.

- [Narrator] Susan Galvin's
clothes are collected

and shipped off to Washington
State Patrol Crime Laboratory

for DNA analysis.

- Though it really is
like time travel, it is.

It's like having a time capsule
to go back and help unravel

these mysteries.

- [Narrator] It is of utmost
importance, but the evidence

carefully makes it to its
destination or the collection

from the crime scene 35 years
ago would've been for nothing.

- Chain of custody
is absolutely vital

when it comes to
prosecuting a case.

Sometimes evidence doesn't make
its way into court for days,

months, or even years later.

If there's a breakdown in
the chain that opens up

the possibility that the
evidence has been tampered with,

and then it can be
thrown out of court.

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- [Narrator] Once the evidence
is received by the lab,

technicians will perform
what is called DNA profiling.

- DNA profiling is a procedure
that can identify a person

based on their specific
genetic makeup.

So you're taking an
old piece of evidence

and examining it for DNA.

Once you have that DNA isolated,

you can compare it to someone
in the criminal database,

but that result only
occurs if their DNA

is in the database,
usually as as a result

of a previous crime, or if
they've willfully uploaded

their DNA profile to
a genealogy database.

- DNA alone generally is not
enough to get a conviction.

It's a very integral part
of the prosecution's case,

but you generally need more
evidence than just simply DNA.

- [Narrator] Susan's brother
Chris is on the phone

with the Seattle Police
who have an update

on his sister's case.

The DNA profile that they
found on Susan's clothing

does not match any of the
DNA in the offender database.

- A case has never closed
until it is solved.

Setbacks are
heartbreaking, absolutely,

but there are
technological breakthroughs

that happen every year.

There's always hope.

The next advancement is
the one that you need

to help solve the case.

- [Narrator] The
promising lead has brought

current day investigators
back to a complete stop.

The news isn't all bad.

The DNA profile obtained
from Susan's clothing

has given the police a genetic
blueprint to work with.

Now, it's a matter of
when the technology

will advance enough
to utilize the DNA

to find Susan's killer.

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Susan Galvin is just 20
years old when she's murdered

in 1967 on her way to work.

Witnesses are few
and far between,

and there's only one
possible suspect.

Punchy the clown was with
Susan hours before her murder,

but there's not enough evidence
to connect him to the crime.

However, he will continue to be

a person of interest
going forward.

Years later, there is hope that
new DNA profiling techniques

could help to identify
Susan's killer.

But there were no matches
in the criminal database

for the DNA profile found.

The case is once again cold.

In 2016, Seattle Police
Detective Rolf Norton

reopens the case.

He feels the advances
in DNA profiling

are now at a stage that
could provide answers

to who Susan
Galvin's murderer is.

The man who played
Punchy the Clown

is now retired and
living in Utah.

When Detective Norton
tracks him down,

Detective Norton
introduces himself

and tells Punchy why
he's there, to tell him

he is no longer a suspect in
the murder of Susan Galvin.

Newly processed DNA
information proves

that he was not at
the crime scene.

- Whenever new
evidence is uncovered,

it's always prudent for the
investigator to cross reference

that against previous suspects.

Police identify someone as a
suspect for a very good reason.

And no matter how
much time has passed,

you have to make sure this
can either confirm suspicions

or rule out potential suspects.

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- [Narrator] In 2018,
there are more advances.

But this time, forensic
genealogy, including one

of the most high profile
cases in the United States,

the Golden State Killer.

- De Angelo is found
using updated techniques

in genetic genealogy.

It uses DNA left behind
creating and tracing a family

tree using profile submitted
to a public genealogy database.

- [Narrator] Detective Norton
sends DNA from the clothing

of Susan Galvin to Parabon
NanoLabs in Reston, Virginia.

CeCe Moore has been working
with law enforcement

for close to four
and a half years.

With the lab's help,
they've been able to help

law enforcement solve one
crime per week on average,

which adds up to
more than 225 crimes.

- So with traditional law
enforcement investigations,

they're using a
very specific type

of DNA test and DNA profile.

And that DNA profile
is very limited,

has very limited information.

It works great for
one-to-one if you know

who to compare it against,
but it doesn't work great

for finding your suspect.

And so genetic
genealogy is different.

And the type of
profile that we use,

which is a different
type of genetic markers,

and we look at about a million
of those genetic markers

across the genome,

and that gives us the power
to identify distant cousins

and to reverse engineer
someone's identity

from who they're
sharing DNA with.

And typically that's
very distant relatives.

We're not getting
one-to-one matches.

We're not getting
close relative matches.

- [Narrator] CeCe Moore
applies her methods

to the Susan Galvin case
to try and find her killer.

- The Susan Galvin case really
hit me hard when I learned

about it because it
happened before I was born.

So that was really
interesting to be invited

to help on a case that happened
when I didn't even exist.

The other probably more
compelling aspect of it is,

it happened in Seattle
right by the Space Needle,

and my family is from Seattle.

My parents met at
University of Washington

and we drove up there
pretty much every summer.

Went to the Space Needle.

And it, you know, really struck
me that it could have been

one of my family members.

- [Narrator] With an almost
personal connection to the case,

CeCe Moore is motivated
to find Susan's killer.

- The first challenge
with this case

is that the DNA
sample was mixed.

So that means that
the DNA contained

the victim's DNA and
the perpetrator's DNA.

And fortunately, we have
extremely skilled scientists

that I work with at
Parabon that are experts

in deconvolution, which
means extracting out

the victim's DNA, so
we're left with just

that perpetrator's DNA.

And so that really takes a
lot of experience and training

to be able to do that.

There's a lot of
attention in these cases

on the DNA processing

and the investigative
genetic genealogy.

But there's a really
important step

that happens in the middle.

These are almost never
pristine DNA samples.

They're never optimal samples.

They're almost always
highly degraded.

They might be contaminated
with bacterial DNA,

and they can be mixed,
like in this case.

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- [Narrator] Once the
genetic forensic team

extracts the perpetrator's DNA,

they can begin the process
of building a family tree

to hone in on Susan
Galvin's murderer.

- If people share
significant amounts of DNA

with each other, that
means they have to have

a common ancestor in their tree.

The more DNA they share, the
closer that common ancestor

is in time and the smaller
amount of DNA they share,

the more distant that
common ancestor is in time.

So for our top match,
I needed to determine

which branch of that
match's family tree

was gonna connect to our killer.

In order to do that,

I looked at who else
on that match list,

who else that was sharing
DNA with the killer,

also shared DNA
with that top match.

When you can build the trees
of multiple matches or people

sharing DNA with your suspect
and find how they connect.

So that gives you one
piece of his family tree.

If they all share DNA and they
have that common ancestor,

it means that he will as well.

So that gives us one
piece of his family tree.

The next thing that
I had to work with

was I knew that he
was approximately
16% Native American.

And that was interesting
and quite unique

because most of his ancestry
was Northern European.

- [Narrator] With each new
branch added to the tree

CeCe and the genetic
forensics team,

gets closer and closer to
naming Susan Galvin's killer.

- So 16% kind of
falls in the middle.

A great grandparent gives you
about 12 and a half percent,

and a grandparent gives
you about 25% of your DNA.

So that meant that this killer
either had a grandparent

or great grandparent, of full
Native American ancestry.

And so that gave me
something else to look for

among the descendants
of this genetic network.

I knew that he had
to be a descendant

of this couple that I
identified, and so I needed

to trace all their
descendants, build out the rest

of their family tree and see
if one of their fairly recent

ancestors was of Native
American ancestry.

And so I did find
that a descendant

of that genetic network
couple married somebody

who had a Native
American ancestor.

I could see through the
matches that a number of people

that were sharing
DNA with this killer

had ancestors all from Poland.

So if all of their
ancestors are from Poland

and they're sharing
DNA with him,

that means he has to have
some Polish ancestors as well.

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- [Narrator] The family
tree is almost complete,

and Cece has taken the
investigation as far as she can.

- And in this particular case,

I knew that his direct
paternal line, so his father's,

father's father's line likely
had that Polish origin.

And that's because we also
looked at his Y chromosome,

which is a different
type of DNA.

And so I knew these pieces
had to come together.

We had to have a descendant
of the genetic network.

We had to have a person
descended from a Native American

ancestor and someone descended
from Polish ancestors,

and through marriages,
I found all those pieces

coming together and they
led to just one individual.

He was the only individual who
had the correct ancestral mix

to be the person that
left his DNA behind

at that crime scene.

Therefore, he must have
been Susan's killer.

- [Narrator] Now,
Detective Norton

just has to find
this individual.

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In 2019, with
patience and advances

in genetic genealogy testing,
authorities have finally found

the person responsible
for the murder

of Susan Galvin back in 1967,

CeCe Moore from
Parabon Nano Labs

took the DNA a sample profile

and through tracing descendants,

found that only
one person matched:

Frank Wypych.

Now police must find him.

Detective Rolf Norton
doesn't have to search

very hard for Frank.

He died in 1987, but
they still need proof.

- When you work a very
old case such as this one,

it's not a big
surprise when you find

that the suspect is
already deceased.

Of course, it's
always disappointing.

You always hope that they
will have to face justice.

But on the other hand, in
such a brutal case like this,

I'm glad that his
life was cut short

because we don't know
how many other victims

there were or could have
been in his lifetime.

- Frank Wypych never had
to answer to authorities.

Nobody will know
exactly what happened

the day Susan Galvin died.

The situation of her
murderer being deceased

and being the only
other one that knew

means that we can only
speculate what happened.

There's no journal or
letter of confession.

So really it was DNA that tells

the story of Susan
Galvin's murder.

But the fact that Frank
Wypych lived freely is unjust.

- [Narrator] Since
Frank is long passed,

authorities must exhume his body

from the Riverton Crest
Cemetery in Washington State.

- 30 Years later, there
would still be viable DNA.

There would still be some
degradation to the body.

It really depends on the
conditions of the body

and how it was stored.

Most conservative
guesses estimate

that the conditions are right,

DNA a can last
hundreds of years.

- [Narrator] After
Frank's body was exhumed

and his DNA collected,

it was confirmed that
it did match the DNA

taken from Susan's
clothing back in 2002.

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Susan's killer was Frank Wypych,

but who was Frank and
why did he kill her?

Frank Edwards Wypych
was born in 1941

and grew up in Seattle.

He served two years
in the US Army.

He was 26 years old at the
time he murdered Susan Galvin.

In 1966, Frank marries his 23
year old girlfriend, Judith.

The next year, the
year he killed Susan,

they have a child, another
one will follow in two years.

Frank lived his life freely
and was never suspected

in Susan Galvin's death.

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Reports come out that
Frank had a habit

of impersonating
security guards.

- The reasons that
someone impersonates

a security guard can vary.

One could fantasize
of being a guard

or be addicted to having
power over ordinary citizens.

It could also be to hide the
fact that they are stalking

someone under the
guise of security.

- [Narrator] In 1971,
Frank and Judith divorce.

Later that year, he's
convicted of larceny.

He will remarry
the following year.

In 1975, Frank is
again arrested,

this time for a weapons offense.

His relatives tell
police that he has been

impersonating a police officer
and making traffic stops,

all the while carrying a gun.

- Stolen valor is
when an individual
pretends to be a member

of the military.

It gives them a weird
sense of power and respect

from the public.

It's using the uniform
for false validation.

It's disrespectful to anyone
that's ever worn the uniform.

- There are many reasons why
someone would steal valor.

It could be as simple
as wanting to be part

of a respected group.

Instead of earning
your way into it,

you dress like it.

Or there could be
more devious reasons

such as collecting money
for a supposed charity.

- [Narrator] Frank spends
nine months in jail.

In 1987 Frank Wypych passes away

at the age of 46 from
diabetes complications.

In May of 2019, a press
conference is held

to announce that the case
of Susan Galvin's murder

is officially closed.

The police chief presents
Susan's brother Chris,

with the American flag that flew

over the Seattle Justice Center

the day Detective
Norton solved the case.

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- It's a satisfying
feeling when you finally

solve a case that you
and your coworkers

have been working
on for so long.

For detectives, it's an
uncomfortable burden to carry

when the case isn't solved.

As a detective, the drive to
solve the case is so important,

mostly for the family, but
also for the department.

- [Narrator] The detectives
that originally worked

the Susan Galvin murder
case have all passed away,

but their legacy remains
in the way they collected

the evidence to
keep its integrity,

to allow future
investigators the opportunity

to solve the case.

This is the oldest case to
utilize genetic genealogy

to identify a suspect.

- And initially the pieces
just weren't falling in place.

But what was really key in this
case was his mixed ancestry,

the fact that he had
these diverse origins

and I needed to find that
one person that had that mix.

And so when I found him,

it was obvious it was him

because it was such an unusual
combination of ancestry.

- There is a very
common misconception

that one match solves a case.

People always ask me,

what's the one match
that solved a case?

And it almost never and
should never be one match.

It should be a web of matches.

It's like pieces of a puzzle:

You've gotta put 'em
together one by one by one,

and that web has
to finally close in

on just one person or
one set of siblings.

When I found him
among the descendants

of that genetic network,

he had such a unique
mix of ancestry

that really became obvious
that this had to be the guy.

- [Narrator] It is unjust
that Frank was able

to roam freely for years
before serving time.

Susan's family suffered
knowing her killer

wasn't behind bars.

- So we owe this huge debt of
gratitude to those original

investigators, those
crime scene investigators

that collected that DNA not
even knowing what they were

collecting and
the value of that.

- Armed with Frank
Wypych's, DNA profile,

police continue to investigate
if Frank had killed

anyone else when he was
in the Army and stationed

in New York,
Germany, and Alaska.

Well, the family of Susan Galvin

will never know
why she was killed.

More than 50 years later,
they finally have closure,

thanks to the decades
long determination

of law enforcement officials.

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