A Nine-Year Stall After Two Failed Vendors | FGG Case Study for Law Enforcement

A Nine-Year Stall After Two Failed VendorsCase ConsultingA case that had gone nine years without answers, after two prior vendor efforts, was moved forward.Investigative problemA long-stalled case with no viable investigative lead after prior outsourced work.Prior case statusNine years with no answers following two failed vendor engagements.Operational challengeAccess to certain relative databases was limited, and a key witness relationship had been misattributed.Work performed

Identified a missed biological-family attribution involving a key witness.

Obtained voluntary assistance to secure additional investigative detail.

Ethically sourced usable matches without access to restricted relative databases.

Provided a person-of-interest identification to law enforcement for further investigation.

Key investigative decisionRe-examine assumptions from prior vendor work rather than repeating the same testing approach.OutcomeLaw enforcement received a person-of-interest lead to develop and corroborate through traditional investigation.Lesson for law enforcementPrior vendor work does not always exhaust the investigative options; re-evaluation within an investigative framework can surface new direction. A genealogy lead is not a confirmed identity until the agency corroborates it.Related service: Case ConsultingAll case studies · Schedule an Agency Consultation