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| The murder of Sally Anne Bowman |
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Place: Greater London, England
Crime: The rape and murder of 18 year old aspiring model Sally Anne Bowman in 2005. Why authorities sought FDP testing: Bowman’s murder, just yards outside her front door, sparked one of the Metropolitan Police Service’s most extensive murder investigations ever. The police identified over 22,000 men of interest and tested the DNA of 1770 men who voluntarily submitted samples. None of these samples matched the DNA found at the murder scene. The Forensic Science Service, a government lab, conducted FDP testing (known in Britain as ethnic inference analysis) as well as familial searching, but neither method produced helpful information. Lab that conducted FDP analysis: The Forensic Science Service. Outcome: In 2006 a match was made between the murder scene DNA and that of a man arrested for fighting. Mark Dixie, who had been linked to other vicious sexual attacks, was arrested days later and convicted in 2008. Note: The only source we have been able to locate for the claim that FDP testing was used in the investigation of Bowman’s murder is the Forensic Science Service’s website. |
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