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Monopoly money found in backpack recovered in central park (www.msnbc.com)

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[-] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 35 points 1 week ago

DNA is only good to confirm they have the right guy. Ditching the attire you were filmed with is far more important.

[-] Aradina@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 week ago

DNA can also be matched using DNA services like 23 and me or whatever. If the shooter or a family member has ever traced their ancestry with that it could be used to catch them

[-] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Have they ever actually done that though? I don't think they've ever caught someone because they dropped a pube their aunt took a 23 and me.

[-] Aradina@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 week ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo

All the cops have to do is ask the company. It's like ring doorbells.

[-] RedDawn@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

They caught the golden state killer that way.

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago

You sont even need to have sent them a sample. Tou just need about a dozen distant relatives you have never even heard of submit a sample and the authorities can track you down, like people you only share a set of great-grandparents.