Ramapo College Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center

09/04/2026

A huge thanks goes out to Jess Bettencourt of DNA: ID True Crime Podcast for her coverage of the case of Eileen Zarlenga. While we have never featured this case as a resolved case on our website, our IGG Bootcamp team in 2024 identified a DNA contributor in relation to this case. Learn more and let us know your theories in the comments -- click here to listen now: https://www.abjackentertainment.com/dna-id/ep205-eileen-zarlenga-5mjk-sjlp2-6lrbw-82yxj-784c8-4mkpb-gl52d-e9sc8-xnr6g-e9n7w-7kkl5-5sxp5-gj4mk-b6sp2-ecj2w-6zy2m-aa36s-hmjme-2epnz-ezawh-d7n2p-chelc-azsl8-5lrkc

09/03/2026

We’ve had some great coverage of our cases and programs in the media recently! Check out the links in our Instagram bio to read these recent features.

09/01/2026

Thank you so much to NJ.com for featuring the IGG Center in this feature! Journalist Brianna Kudisch is now an honorary member of our IGG team and we appreciate her spending a week with us at Bootcamp to learn about what we do!

09/01/2026

Our Director Cairenn Binder is representing Ramapo College IGG Center at the Arizona Homicide Investigators Association Conference this week. Did you know that the very first AND very most recent cases referred to the IGG Center were from the state of Arizona? We are working hard to make an impact in the southwest!

08/29/2026

More coverage of the case of George Krusely via FOX40!

(FOX40.COM) — The remains of a man in a 1994 Nyack cold case have been identified decades later, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. PCSO said a partial human skull was found on …

08/28/2026

Thank you from all of us at the IGG Center -- with your help, the fundraiser for the 1932 Boxcar Boy is now FULLY FUNDED! The excess donations collected will be rolled into another fundraiser to exhume and identify a second John Doe in the same cemetery (more details coming soon!)

08/27/2026

The Ramapo College IGG Center and the Placer County Sheriff's Office announce the identification of skeletal remains found in 1994 as George Krusely. Read more about this identification here: https://www.ramapo.edu/news/press-releases/new-jersey-college-helps-id-human-remains-in-1994-california-cold-case/

08/25/2026

Welcome, Roadrunners! Yesterday our Fall 2026 IGG Certificate Program Students kicked off their term. We can't wait to see what they accomplish -- and what cases they solve!

08/24/2026

Please welcome back to the IGG team Monique Platt, AIGG, our new IGG Certificate Program Director. Monique provided individual support to IGG students as one of our first IGG Program Assistants from 2023-2025, and she has now returned to lead the IGG Certificate Program. We are looking forward to the start of the term today with Monique in this leadership role!

Learn more about our team here: https://www.ramapo.edu/igg/about-us/

08/20/2026

Congratulations to Heather, winner of our booth raffle at The IAI! We are packing up today but hope to return next year for the conference in Dallas!