if that turns out to be true, that is an issue that will be pursued vigorously. reporter: legal experts say publicly accessible genealogy databases have become an effective source for investigators to link dna from crime scenes to individuals. law enforcement officials in boston say without it, the arrest of nilo may not ever have happened. jason carroll, cnn, new york. just now, prince harry arriving to the courthouse for a second day in the witness box. plus secretary of state antony blinken in saudi arabia for talks, who he is meeting today. and thousands of u.p.s. workers set to vote on a potentially historic strike. what it could mean if they choose to walk out, coming up. retinol overnight means. the smoothing benefits of r retinol. are now for your whole body. plus, fast-workiking crepe corrector diminishes wrinkled skin in just two days. gold bond. champion your skin.
on nilo who had since moved from boston and was living in new jersey. they put him under surveillance and got the dna sample that they needed to make an arrest. fbi agents were able to obtain various utensils and drinking glasses they watch the defendant use at a corporate event. reporter: he was arrested at this apartment building last week. and we tried to speak to his fiance who lives here at the building, but we were escorted off the property and told by the building s management that we were not allowed to speak with her. nilo s attorney says his client maintains his innocence and may fight how investigators obtained evidence in the case. it seems that they obtained dna evidence without ever obtaining a search warrant. if that turns out to be true, that is an issue that will be pursued vigorously. reporter: legal experts say publicly accessible genealogy databases have become an effective source for
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unknown dna profile to possible relatives and, therefore, possible, last names. detective wade was skeptical, at first. it kind of sounded like smoke and mirrors, to me. but i thought, well, i m going to give it a shot. i mean, i want to solve this case. yeah. she sent dr. fitzpatrick the two dna profiles from michella and jenni s crime scenes. and she did her magic. she entered into her genealogy databases. there were no exact matches, but there were some possible family names. i certainly dug into the names and there wasn t anybody who jumped off the page. the only name that seemed remotely interesting was washburn, because there was a guy, by that name, in the case file. but he wasn t a suspect. he was a witness. he was the jogger who told police he saw
years, in 20 years. her method can link an unknown dna profile to possible relatives and, therefore, possible, last names. detective wade was skeptical, at first. it kind of sounded like smoke and mirrors, to me. but i thought, well, i m going to give it a shot. i mean, i want to solve this case. yeah. she sent dr. fitzpatrick the two dna profiles from michella and jenni s crime scenes. and she did her magic. she entered into her genealogy databases. there were no exact matches, but there were some possible family names. i certainly dug into the names and there wasn t anybody who jumped off the page. the only name that seemed remotely interesting was washburn, because there was a guy, by that name, in the case file. but he wasn t a suspect. he was a witness. he was the jogger who told police he saw someone in point defiance park who resembled the sketch of