Significant Amount Collected

Rickey Herriage was only 29 when someone shot him several times and then threw his body over a bridge in Henderson County, Texas. For years, no one could successfully chase down any clues to figure out what happened that night. We still don't know much, but thanks to the M-Vac™ and genetic testing, there is finally at least an answer to who was there at the crime scene. In 2019, Sheriff Botie Hillhouse sent clothing evidence from the crime scene to Pure Gold Forensics in California. DNA expert Suzanna Ryan at Pure Gold focused on the heels of the shoes, where the suspect would likely have gripped while dragging and then tossing the body over the bridge. Using the M-Vac™, the lab collected a significant amount of DNA. After processing, it was determined that the DNA of an unknown male was on both shoes. That male's profile was entered into CODIS, but they were unsuccessful in finding a match. Later, in 2022, thanks to some funding from Season of Justice, a sample of the extracted DNA was sent to Othram, a forensic genetic genealogy company. The FBI Dallas Violent Crimes Task Force also got involved and investigators used "cutting-edge genealogical techniques" that pointed to Dallas Reynolds Casanova. Casanova lived in Henderson County at the time of the murder, but he later died in Louisiana in 2008, thus further answers and full justice cannot be pursued through him. There are still many questions about what happened that night, but the profile is an important connection and connections lead to truth. 

Note that the amount of DNA collected by the M-Vac™ made it possible to send DNA samples to both CODIS and to Othram. This can be a significant benefit of using the M-Vac™.

Quoted source:
KETK.com (quote and picture)

Other sources:
Project: Cold Case
NBC News
Individual correspondence