Narrator in the spring of 2018, the suspected golden State Killer was finally arrested, accused in a Crime Spree that had terrorized california for almost a generation. What ultimately brought him to justice was a new type of forensic technology. The golden State Killer suspect was arrested thanks to Genetic Genealogy. Narrator Genetic Genealogy is an offshoot of the Consumer Genomics Boom that started in 2013, when people began using dna and the web to explore their family histories. The purpose of traditional Genetic Genealogy is to identify our longdead ancestors. Narrator and it turns out it can also be used to solve crimes. The Dna Databases used by consumers dont operate