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An empirical investigation into the effectiveness of genetic genealogy to identify individuals in the UK.

Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 May 2020

Thomson Jim, Clayton Tim, Cleary John, Gleeson Maurice, Kennett Debbie, Leonard Michelle, Rutherford Donna

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The use of genetic genealogy techniques to identify Joseph James DeAngelo as the prime suspect in the Golden State Killer case in 2018 has opened up a new approach to investigation of cold cases. Since that breakthrough, genetic genealogy methods have been reported to be applied to around 100 cases. To date, all of these reports relate to investigations in the US, where the high uptake of "direct-to-consumer"...

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PMID: 32114291
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2020.102263

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