DNA Helps Tie Suspect to Cold-Case Murder of Teen Who Vanished Walking to a Convenience Store

In 1986, the violent murder of 16-year-old Deanna Ogg in Montgomery County, Texas, left a community reeling and sparked a decades-long search for the truth. The investigation was initially marred by the wrongful conviction of Roy Criner, who spent ten years in prison before DNA evidence exonerated him in 2000. For nearly forty years, the case remained cold until the Texas Rangers’ Sexual Assault Kit Initiative utilized modern forensic genetic genealogy to identify a new suspect. This technological breakthrough led to the 2026 arrest of Bobby Charles Taylor Sr., who was extradited from Mexico to face capital murder charges. The episode details the ev...