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SocietyHow police collected DNA from nearly 300 people in a P.E.I. murder case

Police gathered hundreds of DNA samples while searching for the killer of Byron Carr, a teacher murdered on Prince Edward Island in 1988. Some samples were taken without people’s knowledge or consent. With a publication ban lifted on some court documents, CBC examines the full scale of the search.

CCBC News 2026-11-02 13:03