New genetic sleuthing tools helped track down the Golden State Killer suspect
Mining genealogy databases to find crime suspects raises privacy concerns

GATHERING EVIDENCE Crime scene investigators from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s office collected boxes of evidence from the home of Golden State Killer suspect Joseph DeAngelo. The case against DeAngelo was built on DNA evidence, including some new genetic sleuthing techniques.
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