SALT LAKE CITY — A microscopic thread of DNA evidence in a public genealogy database led California authorities to declare this spring they had caught the Golden State Killer, the rapist and murderer who had eluded authorities for decades. Emboldened by that breakthrough, a number of private investigators are spearheading a call for amateur genealogists to help solve other cold cases by contributing their own genetic information to the same public database.
Investigators Say Dna Database Can Be Goldmine
JULIAN HATTEM, Associated Press, The Columbian
Sat, 06/16/2018 - 10:08pm
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