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The Genetic Detective Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2020 - 0
Episode 1
The Case of the Missing Lovebirds
Tue, May 26, 2020 60 mins
CeCe Moore works with Snohomish County's Sheriff's Office to look into the double homicide case of Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg.
Episode 2
Hunt for the Runaway Killer
Tue, Jun 2, 2020 60 mins
CeCe Moore and detectives investigate the 1998 murder of Megan and Sherri Scherer.
Episode 3
Who Killed Angie Dodge?
Tue, Jun 9, 2020 60 mins
Police in Idaho Falls, Idaho, have spent the last 23 years trying to solve the case of Angie Dodge who was raped and murdered in her own apartment in 1996. They turn to investigative genetic genealogist CeCe Moore, who is able to come up with the name of the potential killer. The Idaho Police Department track the suspect, collect his DNA and match it to the DNA found at the crime scene. Moore's work also helps exonerate Chris Tapp, who was wrongly accused of Dodge's murder.
Episode 4
The Deadly Playdate
Tue, Jun 16, 2020 60 mins
The killer of 8-year-old April Tinsley taunted police for decades in Fort Wayne, Indiana, leaving notes and threats with viable DNA samples, but they still couldn't catch him until now. Interviews featured in the episode include April's mother, Janet Tinsley, and cousin Kristina Snyder; Fort Wayne Police Department's Detective Brian Martin and retired detective Danny Jackson; coroner Chris Meihls; retired forensic scientist Linda McDonald; reporter Jamie Duffy.
Episode 5
The Phantom of Ramsey Street
Tue, Jun 23, 2020 30 mins
The Genetic Detective follows investigative genetic genealogist CeCe Moore as she uses her unique research skills to transform the face of crime solving.
Episode 6
The Hot Case
Tue, Jun 30, 2020 60 mins
CeCe Moore gets an email from a St. George, Utah, detective asking her to work her first "hot" case, the rape of a 79-year-old woman that happened just three weeks prior. CeCe gets to work, knowing the rapist could easily strike again. Also: CeCe sees the first jury trial conviction from a case on which she worked, the suspect identified in the murder of Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg from the series premiere.
Episode 7
Episode 2
Sat, Jul 18, 2020 60 mins
Cece Moore helps in solving a cold case from 1998 about the murder of a mother and daughter from New Madrid, Missouri.
Episode 8
Runaway Killer
Sat, Aug 15, 2020 60 mins
CeCe works with the Sheriff's Department on the murder of Sherri and Megan Scherer, a mother and daughter from New Madrid, Missouri. On a series of unexpected detours across the country, they uncover the identity of a previously unknown serial killer.