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minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·12 days agoHis DNA doesn’t need to be in any system. These days there are professionals that take DNA results and comb through the databases to find close relatives that are in the system. It’s how they caught the BTK Killer.
minus-squareStarrifier@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 days agoI think you’re thinking of the Golden State Killer (among many others). BTK was caught through digital forensics, not forensic genealogy.
minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agohttps://people.com/crime/btk-killer-daughter-dna-led-to-arrest/
His DNA doesn’t need to be in any system. These days there are professionals that take DNA results and comb through the databases to find close relatives that are in the system. It’s how they caught the BTK Killer.
I think you’re thinking of the Golden State Killer (among many others). BTK was caught through digital forensics, not forensic genealogy.
https://people.com/crime/btk-killer-daughter-dna-led-to-arrest/