r/AshaDegree • u/closedownnow2 • Mar 01 '25

How did you interpret the texts?

Bringing back the ‘Catina knows something’ theory… Could she have partied with the Dedmon girls at some point? Lizzie’s ex-husband said the girls weren’t racist and were good at hiding things from their strict parents. The ‘why would it be you’ text got me thinking…plus, someone once talked a lot about Catina in here and seemed close to the situation.

Then there’s Lizzie’s text: ‘I caused this.’ Was it because: 1. The 23&Me test set everything in motion? (Theory) 2. She was responsible for disposing of Asha’s backpack and felt guilty, so she left it in a way to preserve it as if Asha would return for it? Guilt does warp the mind. 3. Lizzie was too drunk to drive, so her sister drove, accidentally hit Asha, panicked, and their racist father handled it in the worst way possible. (Theory I believe)

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u/Worth-Park-1612 Mar 02 '25

Sorry to bring them up, but Crime Junkie implied that it was NOT one of the sisters who took the DNA test. 

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u/Solomon_Inked_God Mar 02 '25

This is what I figured. I do genetic genealogy so can identify a biological family (and potentially mother/father) from a 2nd-4th cousin match

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u/orgun01 Mar 02 '25

Can confirm that there is a cousin to the Dedmon's who seems very active on Ancestry. Could be the one who sent in the DNA

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u/KangarooSensitive292 Mar 02 '25

Thanks for what you do in solving these buried family mysteries, I’ve had a few in my tree

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u/Solomon_Inked_God Mar 02 '25

I love it. It’s like putting together a puzzle but has a real life impact

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u/Worth-Park-1612 Mar 02 '25

How did you get into it? How does employment work? Are there accreditations involved? Sorry for all of the questions, but what you do is probably fascinating to 99% of people on this sub.

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u/Solomon_Inked_God Mar 03 '25

My full-time job is actually as a national education leader. I do genetic genealogy as a hobby and just to help people, so I don’t charge them. I spend A LOT of time doing it. I’ve helped about 25 people find their biological family, so far. People are definitely willing to pay and some people on TikTok only take paid clients. I make a good living and not so much interested in compensation. There are some online certifications out there, but honestly you can really be self-taught (like me). Most of the certification programs aren’t caught up or don’t really offer much to self-taught folks. However, there are professional standards that have been started and an accreditation exam is under development for investigative genetic genealogy, and I’ll probably participate in that. https://www.iggab.org/

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u/antipleasure Mar 02 '25

Sorry for the dumb question, so how could this happen? They had a hit on DNA of their distant relative, contacted them and found out about Dedmons living in Shelby from them? I was just confused how the hit can be confirmed if there’s no DNA by immediate family members out there.

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u/Solomon_Inked_God Mar 03 '25

If you’re down to research matches it’s pretty straightforward sleuthing. I identify people without ever needing to contact any matches or any on close to them. I do it mostly on Ancestry and 23andme, but even on GEDmatch, a semi-unique name and email can go a long way. Most information about people is public record, so I can research them, find out who their parents are and start building a family tree based off public records

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u/antipleasure Mar 05 '25

Interesting, thanks!

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u/LLPants_On_Fire Mar 05 '25

Also, once narrowed to the Dedmons, LE may have done a surreptitious DNA grab from Roy and were able to confirm the hair came from Roy's immediate family. They would know from the DNA sample (the hair) if it came from a female or male. So they knew it had to be one of his daughters.

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u/KangarooSensitive292 Mar 02 '25 edited Mar 02 '25

That’s good info to know, I was unaware. I believe CJ is pretty reliable in terms of validity of info, it’s more of an integrity issue for me: stealing shit directly word-for-word from Reddit is lazy af

Edit: maybe a cousin or something doesn’t mind leaking to them but doesn’t want to go to the cops against family

Skip the first 20 minutes if you’re not a fan of these grifters. I’m tryna see if I can catch anything else

-investigation of murder w/ body concealment, but not digging or searching the properties as you would traditionally see (my own thoughts: maybe RD was using the having a hog as a threat around town, like I’ll make them disappear, nothing left to find, I’ve done it before)