How law enforcement is using genetic genealogy to solve crimes
As time passes, how crimes can be solved or how to identify human remains has changed dramatically. Forensic genetic genealogy has become popular and was most recently used to connect a DNA sample in the quadruple homicide in Idaho in November of 2022. According to familytreemagazine.com, the FBI reports nearly 250,00 unsolved murder cases, with around 6,000 added yearly. One of the most famous cases using this tool involved the “Golden State Killer” in 2017; after reopening the case, investigators…