Tanya's poetry, scattered throughout this book is so incredibly poignant and beautiful. Edward Humes does a fantastic job humanizing the victims of violent crimes, such that the story of how they died and/or how their lives were changed forever doesn't become a story about the perpetrator of the crime. He weaves the stories of those who loved them, after they were lost, into the continued narrative, showing how life hiccups at a profound loss, and then moves on, fundamentally changed and damaged by the sudden and horrific ripping away of someone dear. These people deserve readers to care and know their stories, and their families deserve closure. DNA genealogy's integrat on into police work can be a slippery slope, as the limits of what DNA can tell you about yourself are expanded at a rapid clip. The risk of abuse is great, but the value of closure given to those left behind after an unsolved murder, or the closure of finding justice against the perpetrator of a violent assault seems worth the risk, where we currently stand with our understanding of the human genome.