James DiMaggio Family Wants DNA Sample From Hannah Anderson: Kidnapping Victim May Be His Daughter

There is another horrific plot twist in the Hannah Anderson kidnapping case. The family of James DiMaggio, the deceased suspect, is now requesting DNA samples from the kidnapping victim. However, Anderson's family has denied claims that her alleged abductor could have been the biological father of the girl and her brother.

According to authorities, James DiMaggio has been accused of kidnapping 6-year-old Hannah after killing her mother Christina Anderson and 8-year-old brother Ethan Anderson. Investigators found the bodies of Anderson's mother and brother among the remains of DiMaggio's burned-down home outside San Diego.

DiMaggio died in a shootout with FBI. After kidnapping Hannah, FBI investigators tracked him to a remote corner of the Idaho wilderness where he was holding Hannah. Andrew Spanswick, the spokesman for the DiMaggio family, stated that the alleged kidnapper left his $112,000 life insurance policy to Hannah and Ethan Anderson's paternal grandmother because "he expected the grandmother to take care of the two children with the money."

"We are requesting DNA samples from Hannah and anything they can get from Ethan," Spanswick told ABC News affiliate KGTV. "There are rumors Jim was the children's real father. The parents didn't marry until 2002. We think it's strange he left them so much money with no explanation."

However, Anderson's family responded to the allegations stating that it is impossible that DiMaggio is Hannah's biological father. "Brett and Tina Anderson did not meet Mr. DiMaggio until the sixth month of Tina's pregnancy with Hannah," said Stacy Hess, a spokesperson for Brett Anderson, in a statement.

Additionally, substantial evidence reveals that Brett Anderson is Ethan's biological father, Hess also revealed, "Brett Anderson's DNA was used to identify the body of his dead son Ethan Anderson." Investigators found Ethan's body as they sifted through rubble in San Diego. Authorities identified his remains several days later by extracting DNA from his bone marrow.