people without names. grace doe s names were sent tojennifer and a new investigation began. so when we got the remains here, the first thing we did was estimation of sex, estimation of age at death, stature estimation, ancestry estimation. but obviously, this was an old case and it was unlikely that we were just magically going to look at these bones and know who they belonged to. the case seemed as cold as ever. but on the west coast of america, one investigation was set to transform the way that law enforcement solves cold cases. investigators used publicly shared dna data to track down. the golden state killer wore a ski mask and left no fingerprints. how police used genealogy. websites to try to identify. cbs contacted other genealogy websites to try to. in 2018, the suspect for a notorious serial killer in california, the golden state
investigators used publicly shared dna data to track down. the golden state killer wore a ski mask and left no fingerprints. how police used genealogy. websites to try to identify. cbs contacted other genealogy websites to try to. in 2018, the suspect for a notorious serial killer in california, the golden state killer, was arrested. after a murderous rampage in the late 70s and 80s, the hunt for the killer had gone cold. that was until an unusual technique was used to find him, involving genetic ancestry. ancestry websites are designed for people to find their genetic relatives through dna links, but the police realised if they put the golden state killer s dna into one of these websites, they could find the killer s relatives a crucial clue. most ancestry websites don t allow law enforcement checks, but a few do.
took, what i had to do. now, dna from genealogy websites is revolutionising cold case murder investigations like grace s, but at what cost? we have a multibillion dollar industry unearthing the secrets of our genes. you have an absolute right to privacy but, at the same token, we have a right to not get murdered and raped. so who was grace and can america s dna detectives find out who killed her? i m here in the middle of the us to follow a case that has stumped the police for more than 30 years now. and i m particularly interested in it because the police are using a technique involving dna tracing that s
hands and wrists still bound together. 30 years ago, a young woman s body was discovered in the american midwest. nobody knew who she was. it s america s silent, masked disaster, that there are so many people without names. it s america s silent, mass disaster, that there she became known as grace doe one of an estimated 250,000 unsolved murders in the us. i was going to keep looking. i did not care what it took, what i had to do. now, dna from genealogy websites is revolutionising cold case murder investigations like grace s, but at what cost?
that we were just magically going to look at these bones and knew who they belonged to. the case seemed as cold as ever. but on the west coast of america, one investigation was set to transform the way that law enforcement solves cold cases. investigators used publicly shared dna data to track down. the golden state killer wore a ski mask and left no fingerprints. how police used genealogy. websites to try to identify. cbs contacted other genealogy websites to try to. in 2018, the suspect for a notorious serial killer in california, the golden state killer, was arrested. after a murderous rampage in the late 70s and 80s, the hunt for the killer had gone cold. that was until an unusual technique was used to find him, involving genetic ancestry. ancestry websites are designed for people to find their genetic relatives through dna links, but the police realised