Every once in a while, someone crosses your path who changes the world — and your life — at the same time. For me, those someones were Steve Kramer and Steve Busch, two former FBI agents whose brilliance, faith, and grit cracked open a new era of justice.
They were the minds behind forensic genealogy — the revolutionary method that merged traditional detective work with consumer DNA databases like 23andMe, Ancestry, and GEDmatch. At the time, it was controversial. Uploading a criminal’s DNA to trace relatives through public ancestry sites lived in an ethical gray zone. The FBI called it a fluke. The Steves called it the future.
To prove it worked, they took on a case no one could solve for twelve years — mine.
Within two weeks, they identified my stalker. Two weeks. After more than a decade of fear and dead ends, they brought peace to me and my daughter. They did what the system couldn’t — they made us safe.
These men became my heroes and, eventually, my dear friends. They retired from the Bureau and launched Indago — Latin for The Hunted — a company devoted to solving the unsolvable. Their work has exonerated the innocent and unmasked true killers, allowing victims’ families — and the wrongfully accused — to finally breathe free.
Because of them, law enforcement now has a tool that stops serial predators before they can strike again. Because of them, justice has a new face — one built on science, courage, and heart.
I’m endlessly grateful to the two men we lovingly call Steve Squared. The heroes with hearts of gold who didn’t just change history… they saved our lives.
