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Decades ago, a 21-year-old college student was raped in her Bronx apartment, and the case went unsolved. But a few years ago, as part of a new investigative technique, prosecutors say they found the DNA profile of one of the rapist’s distant relatives on a genealogical site. Through that profile, law enforcement was able to match the relative to a DNA sample from the crime scene. The NYPD’s forensic lab built out the family tree and used it to crack the long-unsolved crime. A Bronx jury convicted Jancys Santiago of rape earlier this year, and a judge sentenced him on Friday to 25 years in prison. The Bronx district attorney’s office said he was the first person to be convicted by a New York jury in a sexual assault cold case using investigative genetic genealogy.
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The FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating an explosion Monday morning outside a federal building in Lower Manhattan where many immigrants attend court dates, the agency said. An FBI spokesperson said an individual set off an incendiary device outside 26 Federal Plaza around 8:45 a.m. and has been taken into custody. Two minor injuries have been reported so far, FBI Director Kash Patel said on social media. Around noon on Monday, the sidewalk outside the building was cordoned off as two people arrived wearing what appeared to be white Hazmat suits. A small cart near the scene of the explosion was adorned with a sign that said “ICE off our streets.” Read more here:
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Spring has brought a renewed sense of urgency for one family in the Rockaways: With more people out and about around New York City, they’re hoping to garner more information about their missing teenage son. Jafet Jemmott, 15, has not been seen or heard from in more than five months:
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