<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2ZkZPO_0vlida8e00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2ZkZPO_0vlida8e00" width="1320" height="743" ><p>Capital Region — New York’s first cold Case day taking place right here in the capital region at Siena College Thursday with our own digital content producer Jana DeCamilla on the panel.</p><p>This September was the first nationally recognized cold case month, and right here in New York there are over 84,000 unsolved cases- something the next generation of criminal justice students won’t let go untouched.</p><p>Thanks to genetic genealogy professor Tobi Kirschmann- Five panelists from across the country from industries, including law enforcement, the military and the media all answered questions from the full auditorium of students, community members and families of missing persons- including Mary Lyall, who’s daughter Suzanne went missing in 1998.</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-PIuorHcwUc?si=uFIdfuj6nyZvrfdi" frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>The open dialogue guided by audience questions, focused on barriers faced during investigations and Hope for the future with ideas surrounding national databases, DNA collection and genetic genealogy. Professor Kirschmann and her interns hope this is just the beginning.</p><p>For more cold case content and footage from the event check out Evidence Room on the CBS6 YouTube page.</p></div></body>

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Panel discussion at Siena sparks hope with new approaches to cold cases

Capital Region — New York’s first cold Case day taking place right here in the capital region at Siena College Thursday with our own digital content producer Jana DeCamilla on the panel. This September was the first nationally recognized cold case month, and right here in New York...