The brother of Christine Jessop said Friday the family is relieved but also “angry” after police announced Thursday they had identified the nine-year-old’s killer decades after her death.

“Relief that we finally have the answer we waited for, angry about who it is, frustrated, sad,” said Kenny Jessop, Christina’s older brother. “Like anything in the case, it couldn’t be a simple answer… it had to be someone we knew well.”

Police matched Calvin Hoover using genetic genealogy based off a DNA sample from Christine's underwear. Investigators confirmed Hoover was 28 at the time of the murder and that he died in 2015.

Kenny and Janet Jessop confirmed to Global News they knew Hoover and his then-wife Heather, adding that Kenny and Christine would play with their children and the families would get together for barbecues.

Nine-year-old Christine went missing on Oct. 3, 1984 in Queensville, Ont., and her remains were found three months later on New Year’s Eve in a rural part of Durham region.

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