Cats May Help Solve Puzzling Crimes
Heidi Monkman, together with Dr. Mariya Goray, from the College of Science and Engineering at Flinders, collected human DNA from 20 pet cats from multiple households. The study, carried out in collaboration with the Victoria Police Forensic Services Department, found detectable levels of DNA in 80 percent of the samples. According to the team, in 70 percent of the cats tested so-called “interpretable profiles” were discovered that could be linked to a “person of interest” in a crime.It is hoped that further research on the transfer of human DNA to animals, such as the collaborative work on cats and dogs currently underway at the Flinders University forensic laboratory, could offer new insights into interpreting forensic DNA results obtained from a crime scene that includes pets.
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