How A Family Tree Website Caught The Golden State Killer After 40 Years

More than three decades

Investigators used genealogy

Learn how cutting-edge DNA technology and genetic genealogy solved the decades-long mystery of the

How a discarded pizza box and revolutionary DNA technology finally unmasked the

It was a landmark achievement with the implication of solving any crime. In March 2018, US police tracked down the

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According to officials, DNA from

He was a police officer. He investigated burglaries — while committing them himself. For

Prosecutors said that DNA from