• Aradina [She/They]@lemmy.ml
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    11 days ago

    DNA can also be matched using DNA services like 23 and me or whatever. If the shooter or a family member has ever traced their ancestry with that it could be used to catch them

    • ZWQbpkzl [none/use name]
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      11 days ago

      Have they ever actually done that though? I don't think they've ever caught someone because they dropped a pube their aunt took a 23 and me.

      • Aradina [She/They]@lemmy.ml
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        11 days ago

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo

        All the cops have to do is ask the company. It's like ring doorbells.

      • RedDawn [he/him]
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        11 days ago

        They caught the golden state killer that way.

    • BakerBagel@midwest.social
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      11 days ago

      You sont even need to have sent them a sample. Tou just need about a dozen distant relatives you have never even heard of submit a sample and the authorities can track you down, like people you only share a set of great-grandparents.