The "Golden State Killer" Suspect Was Tracked Down Using a Genealogy Website
DNA is everywhere. Even online.
MARK BERMAN, JUSTIN JOUVENAL & AVI SELK, THE WASHINGTON POST
27 APR 2018
The "Golden State Killer" was meticulous at his crime scenes over the course of a decade and in several cities, leaving scant evidence for police. There were no fingerprints. Few saw his face. And what he did leave - his DNA - was, at the time, not useful to police.
Four decades later, with far better DNA technology and widespread use of it, that genetic material became critical to possibly solving one of the most vexing serial murder sprees in U.S. history.
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-40-year-old-case-of-the-golden-state-killer-was-just-solved-using-dna-from-a-genealogy-website/page-2
