Police used genealogy websites to catch suspected Golden State Killer

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Charley Kline" <csk000 () gmail com>
> Date: April 26, 2018 at 8:01:36 PM EDT
> To: "'Dave Farber'" <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Police used genealogy websites to catch suspected Golden State Killer
>
> Not sure how I feel about the privacy implications of this.
>  
> https://www.marketwatch.com/story/police-used-genealogy-websites-to-catch-suspected-golden-state-killer-2018-04-26
>  
> After years of evading capture, authorities were finally able to nab the Golden State Killer this week thanks to some 
> ingenious police work — which involved running DNA found at one of the crime scenes through genealogy websites and 
> then matching it to one of his relatives.
>  
> -- Charley



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