Dan Crane: It's a matter of time before DNA phenotyping technology improves and police departments around the world are using this as a more normalized way of investigating crimes they can't solve. He says until it's ready for prime time, police should sit patiently and wait. Crane: Maybe in five or ten years, we could start talking seriously about something that would pass muster in American courts at the very least.
Earlier this month, police in Edmonton, Canada, released a sketch of a suspect. The issue is, no one knows what the suspect looks like.
This episode was produced by Siona Peterous, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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