In partnership with Intermountain Forensics, read more about the team, including Detective Scott Minyard and the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office investigators, whose efforts resulted in the successful identification of Peggy Anne Dodd, a woman whose body was found 38 years ago in Fort Bend, TX.
In 2021, Astrea extracted DNA from a single rootless hair ~4.5 centimeters in length. This hair contained hundreds of millions of unique human DNA molecules and allowed us to reconstruct 4.6x coverage of the human genome. We used these data to generate a SNP profile compatible with genetic genealogy databases, and returned the file to Intermountain Forensics to continue their work.
We want to thank Arc Bio, the entity that subcontracted Astrea Forensics to help their R&D efforts, resulting in our ability to offer our genetic services pro bono to IMF and Fort Bend County.
