who was carrying the correct mix of dna. and so the genealogist said that the perpetrator has to be that male child. narrator: that person was william talbott, who was 24 years old at the time of the murders. this was the first time that i'd ever heard the name william talbott. he was not in the case file anywhere. his family home was just about 7 miles down the road from where jay's body was found. narrator: talbott, a never-married truck driver, had no criminal record, so his dna wasn't in codis, the genetic database used by law enforcement. investigators needed a sample of talbott's dna to either expose or eliminate him as a suspect in jay and tanya's murder. collins: they were having a really hard time getting a piece of evidence from him. narrator: but, eventually, talbott, who, after all this time,
do have one more test to present that test is still at the lab. so they are going to provide it but they can only get it from the lab as quickly as the lab can process that. does that seemed like a reasonable position from the prosecution? lex yes absolutely. these types of test take a long time there is a lot of paper that gets generated for this a lot of individuals pure review and review these types of cases before they are published. so the prosecution in the lab absolutely is allowed to take their time is not a delay or stall tactic where they will try to say gotcha enforce the defense into a quick trial. the judge would be definitely incorrect and not granting a continuance of the d.a. lab is taking longer than normal. arthel: the defense called doctor lee at larson she's one of four genetic genealogist that testified on law enforcement searches are failing dna sites i want to listen and talk about
storage facility. according to prefers, he allegedly used burner phones to contact his victims, search for child pornography and research the murders he's accused of committing. >> we were afraid that this one person, this killer, would be trying to monitor our investigation through the internet and once we got his google searches we saw that that was certainly the case. >> reporter: the suffolk county da also tells fox news he's pleased rex was surprised when he was arrested because authorities had to accelerate the case over concerns of just how closely he was following the case. he has pleaded not guilty. he's due back in court on august 1st. trace? >> trace: backy ibanez live in new york. bring in the founder of dna detectives and genealogist for para bond nano labs cc moore. i want to start with the pizza crust because that seems to be integral to the investigation, the independent says the following quoting, the team
charleston, south carolina. it happened at the historic gadsden's wharf. >> most african-americans would have come through this wharf which we call ground zero of the importation of african-americans into the united states. >> this is dr. tanya, the director of the museum. >> relics and imports. >> it is the full story, but you get the full context in it. >> what is the best celebration of full context is the center's family history and a team of researchers with access of millions of records that can trace the african-americans sometimes back to the slave ship that came into this very port. the expert genealogist here
spent months tracing my lineage. and this was the day of the long-awaited reveal. >> make sure you've got a box of kleenex my you and sit there and enjoy. >> that's the museum's top genealogist, dr. shelly murphy on the laptop. she's joining us from the university of virginia. >> this is a tree, just a snapshot of your tree and i'm following your maternal line. >> wow, that's a lot, just seeing the tree. you see that box? that represents david vinny, my great grandfather's great grandfather. he lived in coastal richmond county, virginia, on a farm with his wife judy and their 18 children. and in 1871, he filed this claim to be reimbursed for livestock and supplies requisitioned by union troops during the civil war. >> another thing that is significant is that he owned the land that he's on. and it was 23 acres. >> where did a man in the 1870s,
historic gadston wharf. >> above 40% of all enslaved african-americans would have come in through gadston wharf. dr. tanya matthews is the museum's president and ceo. >> space soft solemnity or celebration? >> yes. i refuse to choose. >> reporter: tribal art and contemporary fashion, relics of protest and reports of resistance. >> it's this infusion of trauma and joy, constantly, that we like to talk about here. you get the full story, but you're going to get all the context in it. >> what arguably is the best illustration of full context is the museum's center for family history. it's a team of researchers with access to millions of records that can trace african-american lineage sometimes back to a slave ship that came into this very port. the expert genealogist here
president's ceo. >> a place of saolemnity or celebration? >> i refuse to choose. >> reporter: tribal arts and fashion, relics of protests and resistance. >> it's this infusion of trauma and joy constantly that we like to talk about here. you get the full story and you're going to get all of the context in it. >> what arguably is the best ilstation of storm context is the museum's center of family history. it's a team of researchers with access to millions of records that can trace african-americans back to this very port. the expert genealogist spent a month tracing moy lineage, and this was the date of the long-awaited reveal. >> make sure you've got a box of kleenex by you and sit back and enjoy. >> reporter: that's the museum's top genealogist who is joining us from the university of virginia.
bricks for right. cnn white house reporter kevin liptak live in london in dublin forest this morning, kevin, nice to see you. present is also expected to meet with a genealogist. what is he expecting to learn about his ancestors that he doesn't already know? yeah well, i think he's looking for what a lot of americans are looking for when they come here to ireland is some kind of connection to their past something in that in their past, they can kind of identify with in their own lives, and it's been so interesting. most of these foreign trips usually have a big policy objective. there is no huge policy objective on this trip. the president's aides aren't even really pretending that there is, in fact. the biggest piece of background that they sent out ahead of time was this five page a genealogical table of the president's roots here in ireland, and you really see him so comfortable and so at ease in this country when he spoke, told lawmakers yesterday he entered the parliament, he said in the irish language i feel at home and there are some moments that he really goes places that he doesn't really go at home in the