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Golden State Killer: DNA and GEDmatch profile led police to wrong man before suspect Joseph James DeAngelo - The Washington Post
![Here's How Amateur Sleuths And Police Investigators Used DNA Websites To Find The Golden State Killer Here's How Amateur Sleuths And Police Investigators Used DNA Websites To Find The Golden State Killer](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2018-04/27/17/campaign_images/buzzfeed-prod-web-05/heres-how-amateur-sleuths-and-police-investigator-2-4825-1524865918-5_dblbig.jpg)
Here's How Amateur Sleuths And Police Investigators Used DNA Websites To Find The Golden State Killer
![In an evolving branch of forensic science, genealogists help solve crimes, sometimes identifying suspects with the DNA of distant relatives they've never met. As cold cases yield, concerns about privacy issues persist. In an evolving branch of forensic science, genealogists help solve crimes, sometimes identifying suspects with the DNA of distant relatives they've never met. As cold cases yield, concerns about privacy issues persist.](https://knowablemagazine.org/do/10.1146/knowable-011819-1/feature/media/P-ged-match.png)
In an evolving branch of forensic science, genealogists help solve crimes, sometimes identifying suspects with the DNA of distant relatives they've never met. As cold cases yield, concerns about privacy issues persist.
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The Golden State Killer Is Tracked Through a Thicket of DNA, and Experts Shudder - The New York Times
The first step in finding Golden State Killer suspect: Finding his great-great-great-grandparents on genealogy site - Los Angeles Times
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