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Family Secrets: W5


Catalogue Number:  CTV795
Producer:  CTV
Producing Agencies:  CTV
Subject:  Canadian History, Criminal Justice & Law, Current Events, Documentary, Family Studies/Home Economics, Guidance, Health and Medicine, Science, Social Sciences, Sociology
Language:  English
Grade Level:  9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  2019
Running Time:  20:00


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In “Family Secrets”, W5 correspondent Sandie Rinaldo tells the inside story of a double murder that remained unsolved for more than three decades until the case was cracked using a new scientific technique that combines DNA information and genealogical research. The conviction, which relied on DNA from a distant relative, ushered in a new era for law enforcement that has some celebrating while others are left devastated when their genetic past is revealed.


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