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CLASSIC: DNA and Crime: The Original Night Stalker

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Using DNA Analysis to Apprehend a Suspect

This chapter discusses how DNA was used to apprehend a suspect in a series of decade-old crimes. The speakers explain the process of DNA analysis, matching DNA to a distant relative, and using family trees to identify the suspect. They also address the delay in apprehending the suspect and the emerging use of DNA as a criminal investigative tool in the 1980s.

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