Noe Cortez

I opened up the case and started to read it. There was hundreds of pages of police reports, numerous pages of evidence.

I opened up the case and started to read it. There was hundreds of pages of police reports, numerous pages of evidence.

When I reviewed the reports and I looked at the evidence, there was evidence that was collected from her person, from her body. The pubic hair, fingernail clippings, scalp hair, the scarf. Those items of evidence I determined could be tested for DNA since the technology with DNA was much improved in 2016. And so that's when I decided to send all those items to the Santa Clara County Crime Lab.

When I reviewed the reports and I looked at the evidence, there was evidence that was collected from her person, from her body. The pubic hair, fingernail clippings, scalp hair, the scarf. Those items of evidence I determined could be tested for DNA since the technology with DNA was much improved in 2016. And so that's when I decided to send all those items to the Santa Clara County Crime Lab.

There's a criminalist at the Santa Clara County Crime Lab, Kevin Kellogg, whose assignment is to work on evidence on cold cases. So I met with him and we determined these items should be tested.

There's a criminalist at the Santa Clara County Crime Lab, Kevin Kellogg, whose assignment is to work on evidence on cold cases. So I met with him and we determined these items should be tested.

I believe it was in 2018 that he told me that we located an unknown DNA profile from the fingernail clippings.

I believe it was in 2018 that he told me that we located an unknown DNA profile from the fingernail clippings.

And so the DNA profile went into the CODIS database. The purpose is to see if there was an individual who had ever been arrested where their DNA profile was collected from the CODIS database. to see if there'd be a match.

And so the DNA profile went into the CODIS database. The purpose is to see if there was an individual who had ever been arrested where their DNA profile was collected from the CODIS database. to see if there'd be a match.

There was no connection to any DNA profile in the CODIS database.

There was no connection to any DNA profile in the CODIS database.

With Parabon Nanolabs, they take the DNA evidence and they enter it into the ancestry databases that are available, where the public, they put their DNA into these databases to see if there's a connection with other individuals to locate distant relatives and start a family tree.

With Parabon Nanolabs, they take the DNA evidence and they enter it into the ancestry databases that are available, where the public, they put their DNA into these databases to see if there's a connection with other individuals to locate distant relatives and start a family tree.

That person actually lived in Palo Alto at the time of the murder of Leslie Perlov. Not only that, he lived three and a half miles away from the crime scene. His name was John Arthur Getrue.

That person actually lived in Palo Alto at the time of the murder of Leslie Perlov. Not only that, he lived three and a half miles away from the crime scene. His name was John Arthur Getrue.

They provided a lot of information about this person. One of the things that they did provide in the report, this person, John Getrue, was associated to a homicide in Germany in 1963.

They provided a lot of information about this person. One of the things that they did provide in the report, this person, John Getrue, was associated to a homicide in Germany in 1963.

His father was in the army. They traveled a lot as a family in the army. They ended up in Germany in 1963, where John Getrue was going to high school.

His father was in the army. They traveled a lot as a family in the army. They ended up in Germany in 1963, where John Getrue was going to high school.