The Genetic Detective

Episode 1

The Case of the Missing Lovebirds

Tue, May 26, 2020

Moore works with Seattle's Snohomish County Sheriff's Office and takes on her first-ever cold case as a genetic genealogist - the double homicide of Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg. The young couple disappeared in 1987 after taking a ferry from Vancouver to Seattle and were later found miles apart, gagged, bound and brutally murdered. With a smattering of clues, but no real leads, the case was cold for 30 years. The episode includes interviews with Jay's parents, Gordon and Leona Cook; Tanya's brother, John Van Cuylenborg; Snohomish County law enforcement retired Sheriff Rick Bart and Detective Jim Scharf; and radio reporter Hanna Scott.

Episode 2

Hunt for the Runaway Killer

Tue, Jun 2, 2020

Cece Moore helps crack a 1998 cold case involving the murder of Sherri and Megan Scherer, a mother and daughter from New Madrid, Mo.

Episode 3

Who Killed Angie Dodge?

Moore's work on the 1996 rape and murder of an 18-year-old in Idaho leads police to the potential killer and helps exonerate the wrongly accused man who spent 20 years in prison for the crime.

Episode 4

The Deadly Playdate

Tue, Jun 16, 2020

Uncovering the identity of the person who killed an 8-year-old girl, taunting police in Fort Wayne, Ind., for decades after with notes and threats.

Episode 5

The Phantom of Ramsay Street

Tue, Jun 23, 2020

Cece Moore helps uncover the identity of a serial rapist through genetic genealogy.

Episode 6

The Hot Case

Tue, Jun 30, 2020

CeCe Moore works her first active case, the rape of a 79-year-old woman that happened just three weeks prior; CeCe sees the first jury trial conviction from a case on which she worked.