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Crime solvers embraced genetic genealogy

The Golden State killer case was just the beginning

CAUGHT BY DNA Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones (left) discusses the April arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo (photo) in Sacramento, Calif.

Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press

By Tina Hesman Saey

December 17, 2018 at 9:32 am

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