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

https://mins.news/en/video/125486

- CBC News, 2026-11-02 13:03 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TI8q9cwf3Y

> 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.

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