---
title: 'Episode 142: Tom McAndrew - Cold Cases and Investigative Genetic Genealogy'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/episode-142-tom-mcandrew-cold-cases-and-investigative-genetic-genealogy'
show: 'People of Pathology Podcast'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/people-of-pathology-podcast'
published: '2023-01-09'
audio: 'https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7sd36z/Tom_McAndrew_-_1_8_23_823_PM5yk8q.mp3'
---

# Episode 142: Tom McAndrew - Cold Cases and Investigative Genetic Genealogy

Today my guest is Retired Homicide Detective Tom McAndrew What we discuss with Tom: How and why he got into law enforcement Pursuing his education while working in law enforcement His involvement in the Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Investigatio...

## Summary

Today my guest is Retired Homicide Detective Tom McAndrew

What we discuss with Tom:

- How and why he got into law enforcement

- Pursuing his education while working in law enforcement

- His involvement in the Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Investigation Assessment Unit

- Investigative Genetic Genealogy and how it is used in cold cases

- The initiative he started in Pennsylvania to locate and identify unidentified decedents

- How he got involved with the Vidocq Society

- Some examples of cold cases that he helped to solve

- His thoughts on the most important advancements in forensic investigations throughout his career

Links for this episode:

[Health Podcast Network](https://healthpodcastnetwork.com/)

[ LabVine Learning](http://bit.ly/labvine)

[The ConfLab from LabVine](https://www.labvinelearning.com/TheConflab)

[Dress A Med scrubs](https://dressamed.com/?rfsn=5044297.cb03eb&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=5044297.cb03eb)

[Pennsylvania State Police](https://www.psp.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx)

[Vidocq Society](https://www.vidocq.org)

[Investigative Genetic Genealogy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigative_genetic_genealogy)

[Innovative Forensic Investigations](https://www.innovativeforensic.com)

[Beth Doe Case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Evelyn_Colon)

[Boy In The Box Case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Joseph_Augustus_Zarelli)

People of Pathology Podcast:

[Website](https://peopleofpathology.com/)

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/peopleofpath)

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