{"id":1062138,"date":"2021-11-28T14:44:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T19:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062138"},"modified":"2021-11-28T14:44:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T19:44:08","slug":"dna-on-mask-leads-to-arrest-of-chicago-burglary-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dna-on-mask-leads-to-arrest-of-chicago-burglary-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"DNA on Mask Leads to Arrest of Chicago Burglary Suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdna-on-mask-leads-to-arrest-of-chicago-burglary-suspect%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062138&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/PATRICK-THOMAS-MARKLE-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The DNA on a coronavirus mask left discarded at the scene of a break-in helped the Chicago Police Department (CPD) arrest a burglary suspect this month, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The robbery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/dna-on-face-mask-leads-to-apprehension-of-burglary-suspect-chicago-police-say\/2694690\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">occurred<\/a> at a residence on North Wayne Avenue and was reported to the CPD on February 12 by a homeowner who said she came home from a vacation to find a basement door jimmied open and items missing from the home, Chicago\u2019s NBC 5 reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Officers didn\u2019t have much to go on until a woman working as a babysitter for the homeowner discovered a discarded mask. After investigators determined it had not been used by anyone in the home, the evidence was sent off for DNA testing.<\/p>\n<p>According to CWBChicago, the Illinois State Police crime lab <a href=\"https:\/\/cwbchicago.com\/2021\/11\/career-burglar-busted-after-he-leaves-dna-covered-covid-mask-at-the-scene-prosecutors-say.html\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> the DNA of 43-year-old Patrick Markle, who has a long record of arrests for burglary.<\/p>\n<p>The testing aided the CPD in tracking down the individual who allegedly broke into the home and burglarized it, investigators said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The CPD tracked Markle down late last week, arrested him, and charged him with residential burglary.<\/p>\n<p>Markle has been convicted of burglary six times and was out on parole at the time of the break-in.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago case is similar to one from several weeks ago, where Cedar Rapids, Iowa, resident Mark Poggenpohl was arrested for burglary after investigators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcrg.com\/2021\/11\/19\/iowa-city-man-arrested-burglary-after-being-caught-by-dna-found-covid-mask-he-left-scene\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> his DNA on a mask left at the scene of a break-in of an Ace Hardware store.<\/p>\n<p>DNA recovered from masks worn to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is increasingly being used in criminal cases. In June, for instance, a man was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/article\/Face-mask-swabbed-for-DNA-used-to-make-child-15312999.php\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a> and charged with rape after his DNA was recovered from a mask he wore to the police station for his interview about the crime. Months prior, in March, a Wisconsin homicide suspect was taken into custody when police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc15.com\/2021\/03\/03\/complaint-dna-from-a-facemask-and-a-shoeprint-led-to-arrest-in-2019-homicide\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tested<\/a> a mask he had worn to the station. And in 2020, the DNA <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/queens\/face-mask-leads-nypd-to-ex-con-accused-of-mugging-84-year-old-veteran-in-queens-victim-says\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> on a mask ripped off the face of a mugger in New York City led to the suspect\u2019s apprehension.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DNA on a coronavirus mask left discarded at the scene of a break-in helped the Chicago Police Department (CPD) arrest a burglary suspect this month, according to reports. 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