The “Golden State” killer was recently identified with an increasingly common method. If the cops have a perp’s DNA but no suspect to match it to, nowadays they can use it to search the DNA of a wide range of people, then look for partial matches of the perp’s relatives. Using genealogical charts they then narrow their search to one or a few suspects. Case closed.
The “Golden State” killer was recently identified with an increasingly common method. If the cops have a perp’s DNA but no suspect to match it to, nowadays they can use it to search the DNA of a wide range of people, then look for partial matches of the perp’s relatives. Using genealogical charts they then narrow their search to one or a few suspects. Case closed.