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Moore did not work on Edwards’ case, but has partnered with law enforcement agencies across the country and helped them to solve dozens of cases using genetic genealogy. There s no reason for there to be serial killers or serial rapists anymore because we should be able to identify much more quickly and have these cases never go cold in the first place,” Moore says.
Investigators say, initially, they found two distant cousins of the then unknown suspect and they started making a family tree.
More than 30 distant relatives voluntarily submitted DNA to investigators and they were able to zero in on the suspect’s parents according to a probable cause affidavit.