A woman got the shock of her life after doing a DNA ancestry test – as she received a call from the police saying she had been linked to an unsolved violent crime.
Jacquleine Vadurro wanted to take a gander up her family tree so she sent off a sample of her DNA to 23andMe and waited patiently to hear back.
But it was detectives from San Diego police he called her up, saying her DNA was linked to a woman who was brutally murdered in 1986, in a case that had long gone cold.
Initially, Jacquleine, from California, thought it was a scam but the homicide detectives proved their authenticity and explained they thought she was related to the victim – who had been shot in the chest and then left by the side of the road.
Taking to TikTok, where she uploads as @hittheroadjackie, Jacquleine said: “Oh my God, guys, I’ve literally had the weirdest 48 hours of my life.
“Forty-eight hours ago, I was sitting at lunch, eating my salad, minding my own business, and I got a no-caller ID call on my phone and I was like, ‘that’s weird’, but I answered it anyways.”
Jacquleine explained to the New York Post that detectives were on the other end of the line, and explained that her “DNA might be a possible match” for the woman who was shot near San Diego 37-years-ago.
The victim had become known as a Jane Doe as she hadn’t been reported missing and police at the time were at a loss as to who she was.
Jacquleine continued: “I was just so taken aback.
“Now they think that I might be her family member because of my DNA that I uploaded to 23andMe.
“First I thought it was scam, and I was like, ‘oh my God, they’re going to like clone me, ya know, who wouldn’t want another one of me’, but then I looked into it and they sent me their credentials and everything and I called the homicide department.
“They were legit. It was a real thing, super legit.”
The police didn’t have access to Jacquleine’s DNA through 23andMe, but had found her through a cousin whose DNA had already been a possible match.
To confirm their suspicions, they encouraged Jacquleine to upload her 23AndMe data into the system, and soon they were able to confirm the victim was related to her mother.
