The Case that Changed the Rules

from Crime Squad · host Natasha

🎧 This is the case that proved genetic genealogy doesn't just uncover the truth... it can change the rules of justice itself. For nearly four decades, the murder of eight-year-old Ljubica Topic remained one of Ontario's most heartbreaking unsolved cases. Her family waited years for answers, while investigators held onto a single hope: that one day, science would catch up. In 2022, it finally did. What followed wasn't just a forensic breakthrough. It became a legal and ethical question that Canadian police had never faced before. Should a deceased suspect be publicly named based solely on DNA evidence?

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