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How a Utah assault case upended the cutting-edge DNA website that caught the Golden State Killer – WPMT FOX 43

How a Utah assault case upended the cutting-edge DNA website that caught the Golden State Killer  WPMT FOX 43

Curtis Rogers, the founder of the free DNA website GEDMatch, wanted to do all he could to help police solve a disturbing assault case out of Utah. He knew his …

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Thanks to DNA sleuths, a Jane Doe killed 37 years ago might finally get a headstone with her name on it – WGNO New Orleans

Thanks to DNA sleuths, a Jane Doe killed 37 years ago might finally get a headstone with her name on it  WGNO New Orleans

RENO, Nev. – For 37 years the woman’s remains have been in a lonely, nameless grave at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Cemetery in Reno, Nevada.

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Do you know your history? Program to examine DNA testing – Statesville Record & Landmark

Do you know your history? Program to examine DNA testing  Statesville Record & Landmark

A special program on DNA testing will be given at the Iredell County Public Library in Statesville on Monday at 7 p.m. The program, called DNA Testing: Beyond …

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Ohio Mom Accused of Leaving Baby to Die in Woods in 1993 Allegedly Admits to ‘Similar Crime’ – PEOPLE.com

Ohio Mom Accused of Leaving Baby to Die in Woods in 1993 Allegedly Admits to ‘Similar Crime’  PEOPLE.com

An Ohio woman accused of leaving her newborn to die in the woods 26 years ago allegedly admitted to doing the same with another baby two years before that, …

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Privacy concerns don’t stop people from putting their DNA on the internet to help solve crimes – The Conversation – US

Privacy concerns don’t stop people from putting their DNA on the internet to help solve crimes  The Conversation – US

Despite privacy concerns over police use of DNA uploaded to ancestry websites, many people are just excited that their genetic material could get a killer off the …

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Police use of DNA leads to backlash, changes to big database – ABC News

Police use of DNA leads to backlash, changes to big database  ABC News

After California detectives used a popular online DNA database to track down a suspect in the decades-old Golden State Killer slayings, other police agencies …

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A serial killer ‘tried to erase his victims.’ But three bodies hidden in barrels have now been identified. – The Washington Post

A serial killer ‘tried to erase his victims.’ But three bodies hidden in barrels have now been identified.  The Washington Post

With the help of the victims’ family and friends, DNA testing, genetic genealogy, and a librarian interested in missing persons cases, New Hampshire officials …

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A DNA Test Revealed His Grandmother’s Rapist – BuzzFeed News

A DNA Test Revealed His Grandmother’s Rapist  BuzzFeed News

As a black teenager in Compton, California, in the 1970s, Hiram Johnson began to wonder about his father’s fine curly hair, and the light-brown skin that …

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Trump’s DNA testing program delivers results, proves critics wrong – Arizona Capitol Times

Trump’s DNA testing program delivers results, proves critics wrong  Arizona Capitol Times

DNA testing was used at the border for just a few days and it’s already proving to be one of our law enforcement officers’ most powerful weapons against child.