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I'm Renee, and this is Beyond Contempture Crime.

Just a warning on this one, because the victim was a young child.

I rarely like to cover cases involving children because it's just too difficult.

But this case is important, as it was one of the first cases in the United States that used mitochondrial DNA testing to convict the defendant.

A quick primer on DNA testing. Nuclear DNA uses material from the cell's nucleus, whereas

mitochondrial DNA is found in hair, bones, and teeth. Mitocondrial DNA is less prone to degradation.

The amount of mitochondria is more prolific than nuclear DNA,

and there are thousands of copies in each cell versus one copy in nuclear DNA.

I also know that there's a prolific cast of characters in this episode.

Some people have the same or similar first names.

I try to do my best to really reiterate who everyone was when I wrote this episode. Some people have the same or similar first names. I try to do my best to really reiterate

who everyone was when I wrote this episode, but you probably need to pay a little extra attention

in the beginning to keep everyone straight. You're listening to Episode 78, Lindsay Green.

Sylvia Dye had been staying with her friend Sheila King and Sheila's two young sons at 414 Stringer Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Sylvia and her ex-partner, Jimmy Green, shared custody of their four-year-old daughter, Lindsay.

Lindsay had stayed with her father during the week of

September 26, 1994. On Friday, September 30th, 1994, Lindsay had been dropped off with her mother,

Sylvia. It was 6 p.m. that night, and Sylvia wanted to go out with her boyfriend. She called

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