The After Show: Home Alone

Thank you for having us.

Oh my gosh.

Thanks for having us.

Such an honor.

Good to have you both here.

And I gotta tell you, first of all, I mean, the work that you do, and you know that we have, um, looked to your work a lot at 2020.

Um, you've taken part in some of our episodes, um, one of them called The Codebreakers, um, where you helped solve a couple of cases.

In fact, we were just talking, Kristen, 6,000 cases you both have been-

Over 6,000.

Yeah

... more than 6,000 cases you've been involved in.

So we all know that, and we've heard DNA technology makes a big difference.

It's all about genetics and matching and all of that.

But before we get to talking about this case, let's talk about kinda what you do and how this works and how it matters.

I mean, Kristen, in, on the simplest way that you can kinda help people understand why it's a game changer, why?

DNA is the most powerful biometric, in my opinion, when a crime scene happens, because you can't change it.

People can change their appearance, so if they were caught on camera, they can look different.

They can change their name.

They can do something to, to conceal.

They can even burn their hands and conceal fingerprints.

Mm.

I mean, people tend to get away with being able to hide biometrics.

DNA is one of those biometrics you cannot conceal.

Yeah.

And so I think it's one of the most powerful biometrics, and I think that up until now in investigations, people have used DNA at the end of an investigation-