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| Subject: Open-source DNA: an unprecedented crime buster or privacy nightmare? Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:32 am | |
| Utah police investigators and forensic scientists are among the national leaders in the use of genetic genealogy to crack old and new criminal cases.
“I’m excited,” said Jay Henry, state crime lab director. “We might be on the cusp of a new revolution in forensic genealogy, the next big leap.”
After obtaining DNA samples from large databases that are open to public access, authorities have tracked down offenders by building genetic family trees that hone in on possible suspects with matches to crime scene DNA.
https://www.standard.net/police-fire/open-source-dna-an-unprecedented-crime-buster-or-privacy-nightmare/article_64b2e44a-6c63-51a5-99cf-8af66bd490dd.html |
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