Combined DNA Index System
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Combined DNA Index System has come up in 3 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including 20/20, Crime Junkie. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
John HeinzelmanScottsdale Police Department detective who led the Feldman murder investigation
Heinzelman said the lack of a CODIS hit indicated the killer had never been arrested and was not in the system.
“It tells us that this person has never been arrested, that this person is not in the system”
20/20: Home Alone (Oct 3, 2026) · Listen from 26:46
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- 20/20 · 2 episodes
- Crime Junkie · 1 episode
Episodes
Home Alone20/20 · Oct 3, 2026 · 1 h 26 min
John Quiñones reports on the 2015 murder of Allison Feldman in Scottsdale, solved through Arizona's first use of familial DNA and contested in court.
The Salem Strangler20/20 · Sep 26, 2026 · 1 h 27 min
20/20 recounts the 1986 strangling of Salem State student Claire Gravel and how a similar 2007 attack and DNA led to John Carey's conviction.
MURDERED: Carmen Van HussCrime Junkie · Jul 6, 2026 · 49 min
Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat recount the 1993 Indianapolis murder of Carmen Van Huss and the decades-long investigation that led to Dana Shepard's guilty plea.