The DNA sample was taken in the death of 16-year-old Sarah Yarborough, who was killed on her high school campus in Federal Way, Washington, in December 1991. The King County Sheriff’s Office has circulated two composite sketches of a possible suspect — a man in his 20s at the time with shoulder-length blonde or light brown hair — but had been unable to put a name to the sketch.

In December, though, the department sent the DNA profile to California-based forensic consultant Colleen Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick compared the profile to others in genealogy databases and found the closest match was to the family of Robert Fuller, who settled in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1630 and had relatives who came over before him on the Mayflower.

While the descendents of Robert Fuller are likely to number in the thousands after nearly 400 years, geography and physical characteristics can help detectives narrow their search, Fitzpatrick said. In fact, Fitzpatrick said, since the DNA trace follows male descendants, there was “a high degree of probability” that the man police are looking is named Fuller.

“The most important thing is having a last name,” Fitzpatrick stated. “People get excited about having a Mayflower connection, but the most important thing is having a probable last name for this guy.”

Progress in unsolved murder in Seattle King County investigators disclosed the test results Monday.

Fitzpatrick said the DNA she used came from one of several major collections of genetic profiles, a practice she said was “really hot these days for genealogy.” She said the people who donated DNA profiles to the database had either done their genealogy or had their DNA tested to trace their connections.

“It allows you to connect with relatives you can’t trace through traditional documentation,” she said.

The 24-year-old Dutch national indicated on Friday that he was willing to make a “confession” in the 2010 killing of Stephany Flores, but that he did “not agree with the aggravating factors” as defined in the murder charge levied against him.

Given this statement, the panel of three judges decided to give van der Sloot until Wednesday to make a final decision. There is no jury.

This was the latest twist in a case that has made international headlines, in part because of the circumstances of the killing but also because van der Sloot was arrested twice, but never charged, in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway.

A ‘bored’ van der Sloot postpones plea Police say van der Sloot killed Flores in his Lima hotel room in May 2010, then took money and bank cards from her wallet and fled to Chile, where he was arrested a few days later.

Van der Sloot sues nation of Chile

Hours before Friday’s court proceedings, his attorney said that van der Sloot would plead guilty to all charges related to Flores’ death. His apparent aim would have been to get a reduced sentence after making a “sincere confession.”

But after the session began, he voiced doubt about the charge, leading to the delay.

On Wednesday, van der Sloot is expected to finally give his plea in the Lima courtroom. He is charged with “qualified murder” and simple robbery in the killing of 21-year-old Flores.

If it is not guilty, then the trial will resume before the all-female judicial panel. If he pleads guilty, the sentencing phase would begin.

On Friday, prosecutors went over all the evidence and witnesses they had and gave a summation of the case against van der Sloot.

The case of Holloway, who vanished in 2005 while on a graduation trip to the Caribbean island of Aruba, is part of the Peru case as well. Holloway was last seen leaving a nightclub with van der Sloot and two other men. Van der Sloot was arrested twice but never charged in Holloway’s disappearance, which is still unsolved.

His attorney, Luis Jimenez Navarro, pointed out last week that the fatal attack on Flores occurred exactly five years after the Alabama teenager went missing. It has been widely reported that van der Sloot killed the woman after he believed she saw something on the Internet relating to Holloway.

“He is a young man … who has practically lived persecuted for a crime he says he did not commit … or for a disappearance that he cannot explain,” the lawyer said. “Movies and books have been made … At that age, and with other characteristics of his psychological profile, … in that moment, he felt threatened and reacted in a brutal manner.”

The victim’s family, including her father, Ricardo Flores, had pushed for stiffer charges and said that van der Sloot hasn’t looked “remorseful” in court appearances.

“He had an indifferent and prideful attitude. He looks as if he has everything under control. He looks better than when he appeared on TV after he was arrested,” Ricardo Flores stated last year.

If found guilty on all counts, van der Sloot could face a sentence of up to 30 years in prison.

Besides the Flores murder trial, van der Sloot also faces possible extradition to the United States. In June 2010, a federal grand jury in Alabama indicted him on charges of wire fraud and extortion after allegations surfaced that he tried to extort $250,000 from Holloway’s mother, Beth.

He was allegedly given a total of $25,000, and authorities believe he used that money to travel to Peru and participate in a poker tournament, where he met Flores.

Several religious leaders in New York have called a news conference Tuesday to denounce attacks on two houses of worship over the weekend.

Someone hurled Molotov cocktails Sunday night at an Islamic center and at a residence that also serves as a Hindu temple in the Queens borough of New York City, officials said.

A bodega was similarly damaged in another attack.

In a fourth incident, fire damaged part of a house – but it was too early to tell whether it was a result of a Molotov cocktail and whether it was related to the other incidents, the New York Police Department said.

No one was injured in any of the incidents.

Two video clips released Monday afternoon depict the scene around the residence that also functions as a Hindu temple. One shows a car slowing down, while another shows a person hurling a single, flaming object over a fence and toward the building. A fire can then be seen in the residence’s front yard.

An official at the mosque that was targeted, the Imam Al-Khoei Islamic Center, described how about 75 community members were heading out of the center when some spotted a fire and a light near the front door. They then found “two Molotov bombs” — broken bottles containing flammable liquid.

“Thank God, nobody was injured and we’re OK,” said Maan Al-Sahlani, minister of religion at the center. “It’s not major damage — maybe because of the rain, maybe because our people tried to put down the fire.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo condemned the attacks in a statement Monday, saying such acts “go against everything we stand for as New Yorkers and Americans.”

The Council on American-Islamic Relations called for police to increase security around mosques.

The investigation continues.

Authorities didn’t hear those words at first, but an enhanced recording revealed the caller saying he has opened fire, said Lt. Todd Dearing of the police department in the Dallas suburb of Grapevine, Texas.

Investigators responding to what they thought was an open 911 line discovered the bodies of seven family members who apparently had just finished opening Christmas presents.

Police have said that 56-year-old Azizolah Yazdanpanah apparently opened fire on his estranged wife and other family members in the apartment, including his own teenage children, before turning the gun on himself.

“On the recording, we discovered that the caller, whom we believe to be Aziz, additionally saying, ‘I am shooting people’ after he said, ‘help, help,’” police said in a statement Wednesday. “The newly discovered audio was not heard on the original audio software over many playbacks, and was not heard/understood by the dispatcher who took the call on Sunday.”

The dispatcher on the recording is heard telling others she hears only “heavy breathing” despite her questions to the caller — “Do you need help? Are you sick? Do you need an ambulance or police?”

The dead at the apartment included Fatemeh Rahmaty, 55, who was separated from Yazdanpanah; Ali Yazdanpanah, 14, and Nona Yazdanpanah, 19, the couple’s children; Zohreh Ramahty, 58, Fatemeh Rahmaty’s sister, and her husband, Mohamad Hossein Zarei, 59; and their daughter, Sara Fatemeh Zarei, 22.

Two memorial services — one for the entire family and a second for friends of Ali and Nona — were held on Wednesday, according to a Facebook page to honor the family.

Both women claimed they were injured when a stage collapsed at the Indiana State Fair in August, killing seven and wounding 61, authorities said.

“It is particularly troubling that individuals would attempt to illegally profit upon a tragedy such as the State Fair stage collapse,” said Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry. “We will not stand idly by while greedy individuals take from those who are truly deserving of compensation from this tragedy.”

According to prosecutors, Stephanie Murry and Sandra Hurn filed false claims to the Indiana State Fair Remembrance Fund (ISFRF), which is funded solely by private donations.

Hurn collected a $7,500 check from the remembrance fund, but the fund denied Murry’s claims, authorities said.

The women also filed clams to the Indiana Tort Claim Fund, administered by the Indiana Attorney General’s Office, and were notified they would receive money, officials said.

Police arrested Hurn when she went to pick up a claim check. Murry was arrested shortly afterward.

Authorities have charged both women with forgery, perjury and attempted theft — all felonies.

In the August 13 incident, metal scaffolding supporting the stage lights fell on dozens of fans as a storm swept through the Indiana State Fair right before country duo Sugarland was to take the stage.

The National Weather Service estimated winds of 60 mph to 70 mph were raking the area when the incident occurred.

Last month, the families of four people killed in the incident filed a suit against the band.

Less than a week earlier, the bodies of another two women were found in the trunk of a car parked at a vacant dwelling, Detroit police said.

Three of the four victims were linked to online ads that “specifically dealt with prearranged adult dating services,” Police Chief Ralph L. Godbee said at a Monday afternoon news conference.

“We felt it is imperative to alert the public that deciding to meet unknown persons via the Internet can be extremely dangerous,” Godbee added.

In the Christmas morning incident, “the victims have been identified tentatively and are black females, ages 28 and 29,” Godbee said.

The bodies found on December 19 were those of two African-American women aged 23 and 24, and neither body showed outer signs of trauma, according to Godbee.

“We are awaiting the medical examiner’s final report for the determination of the cause of death for each of the females.” Godbee added.

Godbee identified the website carrying ads that three of the victims were linked to as backpage.com.

The website did not immediately respond to an e-mail from CNN Monday afternoon seeking comment after Godbee’s news conference.

Backpage.com told CNN in 2010 that it promptly responds to law enforcement inquiries, and said the site includes links to help users notify the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children if they identify potential abuses.

In addition, the website includes links for the FBI, Federal Trade Commission, and the Polaris Project, a program set up to help victims of human trafficking.

Christopher Sullivan, 22, had just returned home to California from Kentucky where he was stationed while recovering from injuries sustained during a suicide bombing attack in December 2010 while he was in Afghanistan. The San Bernadino County Sun reported that the Army specialist narrowly survived the attack which killed five members of his unit and left Sullivan with a cracked collar bone and brain damage. Sullivan was awarded the Purple Heart after the incident.

Sullivan, 22, was shot at the party in his honor on Friday after an “argument and physical confrontation” with 19-year-old Ruben Ray Jurado, San Bernadino Police Department Sgt. Pete Higgins told CNN.

Accompanied by an attorney, Jurado turned himself in to authorities in Chino Hills early Monday afternoon, said Lt. Gwendolyn Waters. He was then transferred to the custody of San Bernardino police and was to be booked into jail, she said.

Jurado will face charges of attempted murder, police said.

The fight broke out after Jurado and Sullivan’s younger brother began arguing about football, his mother, Suzanne Sullivan, told CNN.

“[He] pulled out a gun and shot him twice,” she said.

Higgins said Jurado then fled the scene after the shooting.

Sullivan was rushed to a hospital where he was being treated, officials said.

“Right now, my son is hanging in physically,” Suzanne Sullivan told CNN. “He’s on 100% life support. He can move his head and he responds through nodding and blinking to us. His eyes aren’t always open but we try to encourage him to do so as often as possible.”

She said her son tried to ask what happened to him at the hospital and when they told him he wanted to know “Why?”

“We told him what it was about and he just closed his eyes,” Suzanne Sullivan told CNN.

Suzanne Sullivan said she was told the suspect and her son may have gone to school and played football together.

She also said she couldn’t believe what had happened to her son, who she said joined the Army to try and help her out.

“He’s a wonderful son … the best person you could meet on this Earth,” she said. “He’s a giver, not a taker and just wants to be there for and help people. He was so happy when he joined the Army because he really wanted to defend his country.”

Sullivan and her family have been at her son’s bedside at a local hospital. A fellow soldier from Christopher Sullivan’s 101st Airborne Division brought the infantry’s flag to the hospital, Suzanne Sullivan told CNN.

“He loved his platoon, he loved his fellow soldiers,” she said as she began to sob. “He was so proud to serve our country.”

Tears rolled down Christopher Sullivan’s face when he saw the flag of the Screaming Eagles, the nicknamed for the division, his mother said.

“I asked Chris if he wanted to me to hang it on the wall or cover him in it,” Suzanne Sullivan said. “He nodded that he wanted me to cover him with it. Once I did that he started to cry, which made me start to cry. It’s been really hard on all of us.”

She said she was distraught over the news that her son, who was already recovering from injuries sustained during his tour abroad, had returned home only to be paralyzed during a party in the U.S.

“He once told me that if defending this country takes his life so be it,” she said. “But to see he survived that and now for this to happen to him, just breaks my heart.”

Suzanne Sullivan said her family is having a difficult time coming to terms with what happened. They hope the Jurado will turn himself him.

“We just want justice to be done,” she said.

Anyone with more information on this case is asked to call Det. Michele Mahan at 909-384-5619 or Sgt. Gary Robertson at 909-384-5663, or call WeTip anonymously at 800-78-CRIME.

Darrin Hanna, who has a cousin who is a member of the North Chicago City Council and another cousin who is a state legislator, died after he was arrested in connection with a domestic dispute incident, CNN affiliate WLS reported.

Hanna’s body showed signs of being shocked with a Taser and struck with a baton, authorities told CNN.

“At the time of the autopsy, we found multiple trauma points,” Artis Yancey, coroner of Lake County, Illinois, told CNN. “Some of the trauma points were identified as Taser shocks on the deceased’s body. We believe the other trauma was from baton strikes.”

Hanna’s family is suing the city in federal court for wrongful death, and the suit alleges that the officers were summoned to Hanna’s apartment because of a domestic dispute, according to CNN affiliate WBBM. The lawsuit says Hanna’s girlfriend was escorted from the building by police, and police beat and shocked Hanna for 20 minutes even though he didn’t resist arrest, WBBM reported.

The suit says that Hanna was removed from the apartment on a stretcher with a sheet over his head, WBBM reported.

City officials said they are investigating the case. WBBM and WLS said Hanna has a cousin on the city council and another in the Illinois General Assembly, but those individuals didn’t return messages from CNN Thursday.

“The city of North Chicago regrets Mr. Hanna’s death and we are investigating the amount of force used in his arrest,” said Chuck Smith, the city attorney. “The North Chicago police department is looking into claims of improper use of force by officers. And we have disciplined officers for improper use in the past.”

Smith says six officers involved in Hanna’s arrest have been reassigned to desk jobs pending the results of the investigation.

“They have not been suspended,” Smith said. “They will not collect a paycheck while sitting at home. They will perform administrative duties.”

The death of Hanna, 45, has caused uproar in North Chicago, where many residents complain of excessive force by police.

His death is the second instance of alleged police brutality to surface in the past month in North Chicago. A videotape of another alleged incident of police misconduct — in which a man was allegedly injured by an officer in a police station — was played before the city council earlier this week, Smith said.

The video appears to show an officer striking a man at a police booking station, grabbing him by the throat and pushing his face into a wall.

Smith confirmed the video incident took place at a North Chicago police station. A separate investigation has been launched into the videotaped incident, Smith said.

The Lake County coroner is awaiting results of pathology tests in the Hanna case.

“Because this case is so complicated, we had to ask for outside help,” coroner Yancey said, referring to the tests. “We had to bring in a (private) neuro-forensic pathologist and a forensic pathologist who specializes in cardio or heart events.”

Julian Zapata Espinoza, also known as “Piolin,” was indicted in April in connection with a February attack that killed ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata and wounded ICE Special Agent Victor Avila.

The indictment was unsealed Wednesday as Zapata Espinoza made his initial appearance in federal court in Washington, ICE said in a statement. He was ordered held without bail.

Jaime Zapata was killed and Avila wounded when they were ambushed on a highway in San Luis Potosi. The two were traveling to Mexico City in an armored car with diplomatic plates. They were run off the road and attacked from two vehicles by gunmen who opened fire indiscriminately, authorities said.

It was the first time in 25 years that a U.S. law enforcement agent was killed while on duty in Mexico. Avila was shot twice in the leg, the agency said at the time.

Zapata Espinoza was arrested in February. The United States had asked to extradite him based on his “probable responsibility” in the death of Zapata.

Zapata Espinoza allegedly told authorities that the killers were “confused by the aspects of the vehicle” in which Zapata and Avila were riding. “They thought it was owned by a rival group,” a Mexican official said in May.

He is charged in a four-count indictment with murdering an officer or employee of the United States; one count of attempted murder of an officer of employees of the United States; one count of attempted murder of an internationally protected person; and one count of using, carrying, brandishing and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence causing death, ICE said in Wednesday’s statement.

Zapata Espinoza’s next court appearance is scheduled for January 25, the agency said.

Oytun Ayse Mihalik, 39, of La Palma was charged with three counts of giving money to someone in Pakistan who knew the funds would be used to prepare and carry out attacks against American troops, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles said in a statement.

Mihalik, a native of Turkey, was accused of sending $2,050 in three wire transfers to a person in Pakistan over a period of three weeks in late 2010 and early 2011, the statement said.

Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the attorney’s office, would not comment on the identity of the person in Pakistan.

A telephone message left late Wednesday by CNN for Mihalik’s attorney, Alan Eisner, was not immediately returned.

Mihalik has been in U.S. custody since August 27, 2011, after she was detained at Los Angeles International Airport where she was preparing to board a flight to Turkey, the statement said. She had a one-way ticket, it said.

Federal authorities say they first questioned Mihalik on August 8 at the airport where she had just arrived from a six-month trip to Turkey. At that time, they allege she lied to agents, saying she had never used an alias to send money via Western Union to a person overseas, authorities said.

It was unclear how authorities linked Mihalik to the alleged payments, and they did not say how they identified her alleged use of an alias.

Mihalik was initially indicted on August 30 on one count of making a false statement.

A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment Wednesday, charging Mihalik with three counts of providing material support to terrorists and one count of making a false statement.

The charge of providing material support to terrorists carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison; the charge of making a false statement in a matter involving international terrorism carries a maximum penalty of eight years.

An arraignment date has not yet been set. A trial on the initial count of making a false statement was previously scheduled for February 14.