I'm increasingly, hesitantly hopeful in this case!:
Most have heard the news of familial DNA being used recently to pinpoint a suspect in the decades-old “Golden State Killer” cold case. And now a second cold case in Washington state from 1987 may have been solved using the same technique:
This is all being done as a relatively new application by Parabon NanoLabs the SAME company that developed the highly publicized DNA phenotype/profile in Faith’s case. Their new technique is called genetic genealogy service. You can read more about it (and how it differs from more traditional familial searching) here:
But here’s the article that gives me hope/encouragement:
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ADDENDUM: No doubt there will be more articles coming along, and there is now this one from Atlantic Magazine saying the "floodgates" may soon open to solving crimes with genetic technology:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/the-coming-wave-of-murders-solved-by-genealogy/560750/?utm_source=twb
ADDENDUM: No doubt there will be more articles coming along, and there is now this one from Atlantic Magazine saying the "floodgates" may soon open to solving crimes with genetic technology:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/the-coming-wave-of-murders-solved-by-genealogy/560750/?utm_source=twb
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