Meet The Team

Erin M. Donohue Boyer is a Volunteer Investigative Genetic Genealogist for Moxxy Forensic Investigations. She holds a graduate certificate in Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy from the University of New Haven. With over 10-plus years of relevant experience, Erin has had had the honor of reuniting adoptees with biological families, solving misattributed parentage cases, and unraveling family mysteries. Erin also volunteers to find the next of kin of unclaimed decedents nationwide. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the International Society of Genetic Genealogy, the American Ancestors through the New England Historical Genealogical Society as well as the Anchorage Genealogy Society. Erin graduated summa cum laude from the University of Western Oregon with a Master of Science Education in information technology. She earned a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Her professional journey includes firefighting, 911 dispatching, over 30 years as an EMT, and more than 25 years as an educator. An award-winning instructor as well as a grant manager, Erin has held leadership roles at national, state, and local levels. Passionate about ethics, collaboration, and achieving results, Erin is committed to bringing resolution to families who have been waiting far too long.

Tiffany is a Volunteer Investigative Genetic Genealogist for Moxxy Forensic Investigations. Her interest in genealogy began in 2006. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Victim Studies from Sam Houston State University with a minor in Sociology. With over 6 years of experience in victim advocacy and working with families in crisis situations being victim centered remains a top priority. Tiffany is a graduate of both the University of New Haven Forensic Genetic Genealogy and the Ramapo College Investigative Genetic Genealogy certificate programs. She has experience as a search angel working with adoptees and clients with unknown parentages and helping connect them to their biological truth. In her free time she often enjoys stage managing or performing in local community theatre, hiking, traveling, and shopping any clearance sales!

Detective Robert Taft is a Volunteer Investigative Genetic Genealogist for Moxxy Forensic Investigations. He is a 31-year member of a southern California law enforcement agency and is currently assigned to conduct cold case investigations. His first exposure to Investigative Genetic Genealogy began in 2018, with his assignment to his agency’s Golden State Killer Task Force. Soon after the arrest of Joseph DeAngelo, Robert began to explore the use of that same DNA technology in identifying John and Jane Does for his Department. Detective Taft initially partnered with a third-party genealogy organization and in working together, they successfully identified his department’s first Jane Doe in December 2019. Since then, Detective Taft has continued to educate himself in the practices and implementation of IGG techniques and is now one of only a few sworn law enforcement officers that conduct their own IGG investigations “in-house” for his agency. He has completed the IGG certificate programs at the University of New Haven and also Ramapo College of New Jersey. Since being able to primarily focus on IGG cases, Detective Taft has made several successful identifications in both unidentified human remains cases and unidentified homicide victims. Detective Taft had received several commendations regarding his work and commitment to these genealogical investigations and most recently was the recipient of his Department’s Medal of Merit for his work in investigation and identification of a 1974 John Doe that was suspected to have been a victim of a notorious serial killer active in southern California in the late 1970s and early 1980s.