What Ashley Flowers has said about DNA evidence

3 quotes · 2 episodes · May 4, 2026 – Jul 22, 2026

Ashley Flowers, Creator and host of the true crime podcast Crime Junkie and founder of Audiochuck, has been quoted on DNA evidence 3 times in 2 episodes of Crime Junkie, most recently on July 22, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Flowers argues that genetic genealogy from mixed DNA samples is difficult, and that underrepresented populations in databases can make identification slow or impossible.

    “there are so many populations of people who are underrepresented in these databases that take forever to find if you find them at all”

    Crime Junkie: EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Guthrie (Jul 22, 2026) · Listen from 37:58

  • Flowers reports that the underwear seized from Carr's residence appeared to have been washed, preventing a definitive link to Brittany.

    “it seemed like the underwear had been washed by the time that investigators got a hold of them”

    Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Brittany McGlone (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 41:12

  • Flowers reports the sheriff acknowledged DNA from the shower that does not belong to anyone who lived in the house.

    “He acknowledges that there is DNA they're still looking at, that DNA recovered from the shower that doesn't belong to someone who lived in that house”

    Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Brittany McGlone (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 53:28

Episodes

  • EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Guthrie

    Crime Junkie · Jul 22, 2026 · 54 min

    Crime Junkie reporter Briana Whitney and Ashley Flowers revisit the Nancy Guthrie abduction six months on: ransom notes, investigative missteps, and a 'wrench attack' theory.

  • MURDERED: Brittany McGlone

    Crime Junkie · May 4, 2026 · 54 min

    Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat examine the unsolved 2007 beating death of 19-year-old Brittany McGlone in Winnsboro, Texas, and the suspect freed after a grand jury no-bill.

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