It’s the largest DNA forensic conference in the world and it’s in our own backyard. The International Symposium on Human Identification is a place where the most respected in the industry can talk about emerging technologies. The biggest topic on the agenda this year is forensic genealogy. Forensic genealogy is law enforcement going after unsolved […]
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Following last month’s DNA-driven arrest of a suspect in California’s four-decades-old Golden State Killer investigation, detectives on the trail of the infamous Zodiac Killer say they believe genetic evidence could provide a breakthrough. A suspect calling himself the Zodiac Killer is believed to be responsible for at least five killings in Northern California in 1968 and 1969. The […]
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Bobbie Scott lives a peaceful life with her husband in Palm Desert, but on October 17, 1978, she lived in Pleasanton, California. “It was a warm afternoon on that October day. The doors were open and my son and his friend were outside playing. Do you remember? I’ll never forget,” she’ll never forget because that’s […]
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The decadeslong search for the Golden State Killer — who police say committed 12 murders, 45 rapes and 120 home burglaries during a 12-year reign of terror in California in the 1970s and ’80s — is over. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, a former police officer in Auburn, California, was arrested overnight by police in Sacramento […]
