>> TONIGHT AN UNSOLVED COLD
CASE. A 20 YEAR-OLD WOMAN
KIDNAPPED RAPED AND KILLED IN
1980 IN NEW YORK NOW CLOSED
POLICE IDENTIFYING EVE LOCAL,
WHICH IS KILLER ABOUT 42 YEARS
TO THE DATE OF HER MURDER.
>> STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THEY
HEARD THOSE WORDS WE'VE
IDENTIFIED PERSON RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE DEATH OF LOCAL, WHICH
NEVER MADE IT BACK FROM WORK
ON MARCH. 22ND 1980 POLICE SAY
SHE WAS STRANGLED BY A LONG
UNIDENTIFIED MAN. HER BODY
FOUND 3 DAYS LATER NEAR HER
APARTMENT ON LONG ISLAND. EVES
ONLY SISTER IRENE, LOCAL. IT'S
URGING INVESTIGATORS TO
CONTINUE SEARCHING DECADES
LATER.
>> SHE'S SO REAL PERSON. SHE
NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO FULFILL
CURRENT CHAINS INITIALLY
POLICE RAN A RAPE KIT
ANALYSIS. BUT FOUND NOTHING
DUE TO THE TECHNOLOGY AT THE
TIME. NO DONOR PROFILE, NO DNA
PROFILE ABLE TO BE OBTAINED.
BUT TIMES HAVE CHANGED. NEW
GENETIC GENEALOGY ALLOWING
POLICE TO PUT DNA SAMPLES INTO
CONSUMER DATABASES INSTEAD OF
JUST CRIMINAL SITE FOR A MUCH
WIDER POOL.
>> OUR CRIMINAL DATABASES
EFFECTIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE
LAW ENFORCEMENT DATABASES
WORKED VERY WELL OF SOMEONE
HAS COMMITTED A VIOLENT CRIME
AND THEIR DNA IS IN THE SYSTEM
WHEN THEY DON'T WORK WELL,
IT'S WHEN SOMEONE IS STAYING
UNDER THE RADAR. SEE SEYMOUR
IS A PROMINENT GENETIC
GENEALOGIST MY TEAM ALONE IS
HELPS ALL OVER 200 LAW
ENFORCEMENT CASES IN 2018, THE
SERIAL RAPIST AND MURDERER.
THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER WAS
FOUND USING GENETIC GENEALOGY
TESTING.
>> WE ARE ABLE TO PERFORM
INVESTIGATIVE GENETIC
GENEALOGY IN ALL 50 STATES.
THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE
CONCERNED THAT THERE COULD BE
OVERREACH BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
USING THIS VERY POWERFUL TOOL.
MORE SAYS NOT ALL GENOMICS
COMPANY DATA FROM PLACES LIKE
23 AND ME AND ANCESTRY IS
AVAILABLE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND STATES HAVE DIFFERENT
RESTRICTIONS IN NEW YORK WHERE
EVE WAS MURDERED A SPECIAL
PERMIT IS REQUIRED TO DO THIS
TYPE OF TESTING. SO THE
LIEUTENANT OVERSEEING THE
INVESTIGATION KEVIN BEYRER
ASKED THE FBI TO USE THE
TECHNIQUE. OFFICIALS SAY IT
LED THEM TO A FAMILY MEMBER OF
THE PERPETRATOR WHO AGREED TO
DNA TESTING AND ULTIMATELY LED
TO THE MAN THEY BELIEVED TO BE
THE MURDERER. HERBERT BRYCE
POLICE SAY RICE HAD A NUMBER
OF ARRESTS FOR NONVIOLENT
OFFENSES. HE DIED OF CANCER IN
1991 AUTHORITIES EXUMA HIS
BODY MID-MARCH TO RUN THE DNA
TESTING AS FOR THE FAMILY OF
EVE, HER PARENTS DIED BEFORE
THE DISCOVERY AND IRENE NOW
KNOWS WHO KILLED HER SISTER
BUT IS LEFT WRESTLING WITH WHY
EVERYBODY'S FOOTY TO YOU IS
AFRAID ALL THAT AND THAT I WAS
GOING GET NEXT. BUT SOMEHOW
I'M STILL HERE.
>> AND MAYBE IT'S JUST TO HELP
OTHER PEOPLE IN SIMILAR
SITUATIONS.
>> SO JUST SAD STORIES IN CLAY
OF SOMEONE JOINS US NOW HERE
FROM HERE RIGHT HERE IN 30
ROCK IN CLAY. OBVIOUSLY THIS
IS A HUGE FOR EVES FAMILY. BUT
I IMAGINE THE MURDERS, FAMILY
AS SHOCKED AS WELL MEAN THEY
CAME FORWARD. THEY SUBMITTED
THAT DNA.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, TOM. SO
LARGELY THE FAMILY OF THE MAN
POLICE BELIEVE TO BE THE
MURDERER. HERBERT RICE HAS
DECLINED TO COMMENT, THOUGH
OUR COLLEAGUE REPORTER JOHN
SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED IN HIS
REPORTING THAT THE MURDERER
SON IS CONSIDERING SPEAKING
WITH IRENE EVE SISTER BUT
HASN'T YET DECIDED AND TOM
EAVES SISTER ACTUALLY THANKED
THAT FAMILY FOR GIVING THEIR
DNA TO THIS INVESTIGATION EVEN
SAYING THAT SHE WAS SORRY THAT
THEY, TOO HAVE TO LEARN THAT
THEIR FAMILY MEMBER DID THIS.
SO REALLY AN EMOTIONAL DAY FOR
EVERYBODY INCREDIBLY
COMPLICATED. THOSE FAMILIES DO
EVENTUALLY GET TOGETHER. I DO
WANT TO ASK YOU, THOUGH, THAT
THIS IS A THING WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
>> THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR
PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR OWN
DNA SO THEY CAN SORT OF STORE
IT AND HAVE IT FOR CRIMES LIKE
THIS.
>> YEAH, IT'S REALLY
INTERESTING. TOM SEARCY
SEYMOUR THE EXPERT I SPOKE
WITH SAYS THAT ACTUALLY MOST
COMPANIES THAT COLLECT DNA
SAMPLES HAVE RESTRICTIONS
TOWARD LAW ENFORCEMENT SO THAT
COMPANIES LIKE 23 AND ME, BUT
SHE CITED BUT DEAD MATCH AND
FAMILY TREE. THOSE ARE 2
COMPANIES. DO ALLOW LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO USE THAT DATA
AND SHE SAYS IF PEOPLE ARE
INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THESE
KIND OF EFFORTS TO SOLVE COLD
CASES IN CRIMES. THEY SHOULD
KEEP THOSE DISTINCTIONS IN