OZAUKEE COUNTY, Wis. (WFRV) - The long-running true-crime documentary series Bloodline Detectives traveled to southeast Wisconsin to film an episode on the now-solved 65-year-old cold case homicide of Chester Breiney.

Bloodline Detectives' production team recently came all the way from Ireland to meet with members of the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office and the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation to film an upcoming episode.

The episode revolves around how the use of genetic genealogy was used to help identify the remains of 7-year-old Chester Breiney, who was found in 1959 in a culvert in Mequon, which led to the closure of the 65-year-old cold case.

The case marked the first time in Wisconsin history that genetic genealogy was used to identify the remains

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