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Golden State Killer suspect traced using genealogy websites
 [BBC] Californian prosecutors say genealogy websites played a key role in tracking down a man accused of being a notorious serial killer.Joseph DeAngelo is suspected of being the so-called Golden State Killer, blamed for a spate of murders and rapes in the 1970s and 1980s. DNA linked the crimes but police had struggled to identify the attacker. Investigators revealed the search was narrowed with genetic information from websites used to trace family ancestry. Mr DeAngelo, who was arrested on Tuesday, has initially been charged with eight counts of murder. He is due to make his first court appearance in Sacramento later on Friday. Steve Grippi, chief deputy district attorney for Sacramento County, said detectives had compared the DNA to information on genealogical website databases and narrowed the search down to several families. They then narrowed the search further by using the age profile of the killer. Posted by: Besoeker 2018-04-27 |
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