DNA Revolution How Science Identified the Polly Klaas Suspect

“Tony told me that Polly Klaas changed the way the FBI does business. It transformed the way they gather trace evidence. It was the first use of ... Polly Hannah Klaas (January 3, 1981 – October 1, 1993) was an American murder victim whose case garnered national media attention. On October 1, 1993, ... Through dozens of interviews, Cross dives into the nascent use of DNA as a means of identifying and ruling out suspects, and how the Klaas case informed ... Author Kim Cross annotates the lengthy proposal that landed a contract for the book that revisits the 1993 Polly Klaas kidnapping. A jury found defendant Richard Allen Davis guilty of the first degree murder of 12-year-old Polly Hannah Klaas. This is just one example of new technology and new organizational processes that were proven successful by the FBI's work throughout the Polly Klaas case. Residents of Petaluma, CA were rocked in 1993 when 12 year old Polly Klaas was kidnapped from her home while having a sleepover with her ... Eddie Freyer was the case agent who, working in conjunction with his partners from the Petaluma Police Department, worked countless hours ... But they set aside the same shock and fear the community was experiencing to pursue a story that proved astonishing and human, delivering daily ... Polly Klaas was kidnapped from her home in Petaluma, California. Richard Allen Davis was arrested and sentenced to death for her murder.