OT Former cop arrested, "Golden State Killer" killed 12 people, raped dozens of women

[SlyPokerDog]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...history/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.309ea9a1c707

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Pure evil.

 

[barfo]

I'm curious how they caught him. The headlines mention DNA matching, but it sounds like that was just used to confirm it was the right guy after they had tracked him down via unspecified other means.

barfo

 

[Further]

I always wonder in situations like this if he was ever discounted as a suspect early on because he was a cop.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I didn't know Denny was a former cop.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I didn't know Denny was a former cop.

That would be insane

 

[barfo]

I'm curious how they caught him. The headlines mention DNA matching, but it sounds like that was just used to confirm it was the right guy after they had tracked him down via unspecified other means.

barfo

Ah ok, finally saw a story that filled in some details. They found him by comparing his DNA from the crime scenes to DNA submitted to genealogy sites, got a match there to a relative, and then used the identity of the relative to figure out who he was.

barfo

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Ah ok, finally saw a story that filled in some details. They found him by comparing his DNA from the crime scenes to DNA submitted to genealogy sites, got a match there to a relative, and then used the identity of the relative to figure out who he was.

barfo

Hadn't read anything but did hear about it on the news. That's crazy. Wonder how many cops are doing this right now? Didn't read article you linked, did it mention if this was a first?

 

[barfo]

Hadn't read anything but did hear about it on the news. That's crazy. Wonder how many cops are doing this right now? Didn't read article you linked, did it mention if this was a first?

It didn't say it was the first, but it didn't reference any similar cases either. I imagine that the genealogy sites have only recently gotten enough data to make this possible without getting very lucky - but I'd guess we'll be hearing of more and more cases now.

barfo