Report: Suspect Arrested For University of Idaho Quadruple homicide Was Tracked Through Genealogy Data

Police rFour fatal stabbings were reported to have led to the identification of the suspect. Idaho Genealogy is a great way to help students.

The law enforcement source who is familiar with the matter told CNN reported that police found unidentified DNA at the crime scene. The DNA was not compatible with any police database so the police used genealogical methods. The unidentified DNA was compared to a public database which revealed the relatives of suspect.

“Subsequent investigative work” Doing by police Bryan Kohberger, a graduate student, was identified.

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(Monroe County Correctional Facility via AP).

This method has been used in solving many high-profile cases.

This is the most well-known example of genealogical data being used. solve In a case of homicide, the Golden State Killer was identified as Joseph DeAngelo (an ex-police officer), who was not even a suspect in the case. California investigators were capable of taking DNA from a crime scene, and using a public DNA database to trace it back to him through his relatives.

This technique is now a standard. “boon” It has been used by crime investigators to identify hundreds of people of interest. Gadsden Times reported.

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Kohberger is being represented by a lawyer who claims he is innocent.

“Mr. Kohberger is eager to be exonerated of these charges and looks forward to resolving these matters as promptly as possible,” CNN interviewed Jason LaBar.