A virtual, on-demand sleuthing experience that will have you reviewing documents, tracking down clues, evaluating DNA matches and building family trees in order to identify three unknown bodies and the person who killed them!
GSI: Superstition Mountains
GSI: Superstition Mountains is an on-demand detective experience that will have you working to identify three bodies found in Arizona’s Superstition Mountains. You will learn the real steps of investigative genetic genealogy to also work out the identity of their killer in a fun and hands-on way with guidance videos from Diahan Southard and Nathan Dylan Goodwin.
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In the summer of 2023, a hiker in a remote part of Arizona’s Superstition Mountains makes a grisly discovery: the skeletal remains of a woman and two children. All three victims had been murdered. Despite conducting a thorough investigation, detectives from Maricopa County’s Sheriff's Office have no tangible leads. The only hope they have to identify the victims and their killer is through investigative genetic genealogy.
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YOU will be joining the Venator team and, over the course of this experience, you will help to solve this case using real genetic genealogical methodology (no experience necessary!)
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During this on-demand experience, you will be expertly guided through the various methods and technical approaches of investigative genetic genealogy by Your DNA Guide, Diahan Southard and genealogical crime mystery writer, Nathan Dylan Goodwin. As you try and identify the three victims and their killer, you will also be learning techniques to apply to your own DNA research.
Using a workbook and online / interactive documents alongside video presentation, you will develop the skills involved in the real-life process used by forensic and genetic genealogists in the field. With yours and Venator's efforts, this will be a case of Genealogy Solves It!
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Any further questions? Visit our FAQs page - there is a dedicated section for GSI: Superstition Mountains.