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O J A I M AG A Z I N E | SPRING 2026
Meet Dr. AntHony ReDgrave The man solving Ventura County’s coldest cases
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nthony Redgrave is a gothic Leonardo da Vinci, an old soul using modern tools to solve some of Ojai and Ventura County’s oldest, coldest, and hardest-to-solve mysteries. Instead of brushes, pulleys, and paper, he’s armed with the latest tools in DNA analysis, design software, and forensic genetic genealogy to match human remains with names, give identity back to victims, and provide a sense of closure to families.
Redgrave is the lead forensic genealogist behind Redgrave Research Forensic Services, a company he founded in Orange, Massachusetts. Since 2019, the company has partnered with law enforcement agencies to help identify deceased people and perpetrators of violent crimes. Working with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, Redgrave and his team have identified the remains of a man found off Highway 33 in Ojai in 1981, the remains of a woman found in Piru in 1981, and the suspected killer behind two 1981
murders: Rachel Zendejas of Camarillo and Lisa Gondek of Oxnard. Redgrave’s journey into solving these cases started with a mystery of his own: an unknown father and great-grandfather.
by GRANT PHILLIPS