Very interesting,
Given the widespread appeal of these sites, I wonder how many other unsolved cases the police will be able to uncover?
Given the widespread appeal of these sites, I wonder how many other unsolved cases the police will be able to uncover?
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/26/us/golde ... index.html(CNN)The man who police say is the Golden State Killer was found using DNA-matching information from genealogy websites, according to the Sacramento District Attorney's office.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Grippi confirmed the news, first reported by the Sacramento Bee, that investigators used crime scene DNA and matched it to a relative who was registered on genealogy sites and narrowed down possible suspects using that person's family history.
Grippi told CNN that other details in the Bee report are "accurate." Shaun Hampton, a Sacramento County Sheriff's department spokesman, also told CNN that investigators used sites that collect DNA information.
The Sacramento Bee report didn't say which genealogy websites might have been involved. Four companies contacted by CNN denied having any connection to the case. Ancestry, Vitagene, MyHeritage and 23andMe said they didn't provide customer information to law enforcement officials.
An investigation that lasted more than four decades led authorities to Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who was arrested Tuesday evening in a Sacramento suburb after detectives matched his DNA to evidence from the investigation, police said.
DeAngelo is accused of being the man who killed 12 people and raped more than 50 women in the 1970s and 1980s. He is scheduled to be arraigned Friday for two of the slayings in Sacramento County.
