In December 2013, Romano became aware of the lead and agreed to help the man from Philadelphia and Hoffmann to personally obtain the DNA from this particular family member in January 2014 - which was sent quickly to the Philadelphia Police Department.
2013年12月，羅曼諾注意到該線索，並同意協助費城男子與霍夫曼取得該家庭成員的DNA樣本；樣本於2014年1月取得，並隨即送交費城警方。