![Here's How Amateur Sleuths And Police Investigators Used DNA Websites To Find The Golden State Killer Here's How Amateur Sleuths And Police Investigators Used DNA Websites To Find The Golden State Killer](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2018-04/27/17/campaign_images/buzzfeed-prod-web-05/heres-how-amateur-sleuths-and-police-investigator-2-4825-1524865918-5_dblbig.jpg)
Here's How Amateur Sleuths And Police Investigators Used DNA Websites To Find The Golden State Killer
![Genes | Free Full-Text | Bridging Disciplines to Form a New One: The Emergence of Forensic Genetic Genealogy Genes | Free Full-Text | Bridging Disciplines to Form a New One: The Emergence of Forensic Genetic Genealogy](https://www.mdpi.com/genes/genes-13-01381/article_deploy/html/images/genes-13-01381-g001-550.jpg)
Genes | Free Full-Text | Bridging Disciplines to Form a New One: The Emergence of Forensic Genetic Genealogy
The first step in finding Golden State Killer suspect: Finding his great-great-great-grandparents on genealogy site - Los Angeles Times
![The Golden State Killer Is Tracked Through a Thicket of DNA, and Experts Shudder - The New York Times The Golden State Killer Is Tracked Through a Thicket of DNA, and Experts Shudder - The New York Times](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/04/28/science/28DNA1/28DNA1-videoSixteenByNine3000-v2.jpg?year=2018&h=1686&w=3000&s=0454335a5270cd726f358431e3c6bc07b27d152c760ed7dfd97c6d82091b0f33&k=ZQJBKqZ0VN&tw=1)
The Golden State Killer Is Tracked Through a Thicket of DNA, and Experts Shudder - The New York Times
![GEDmatch Was Used To Crack The Golden State Killer Case And Has Been Bought By A Forensic Genetics Firm GEDmatch Was Used To Crack The Golden State Killer Case And Has Been Bought By A Forensic Genetics Firm](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2019-12/10/2/asset/e92f56cb3df7/sub-buzz-538-1575944743-1.jpg)
GEDmatch Was Used To Crack The Golden State Killer Case And Has Been Bought By A Forensic Genetics Firm
![Graphing the sensitive boundary between personally identifiable information and publicly inferable insights - Wikibon Research Graphing the sensitive boundary between personally identifiable information and publicly inferable insights - Wikibon Research](https://d2axcg2cspgbkk.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/WikibonBlog.png)
Graphing the sensitive boundary between personally identifiable information and publicly inferable insights - Wikibon Research
![In an evolving branch of forensic science, genealogists help solve crimes, sometimes identifying suspects with the DNA of distant relatives they've never met. As cold cases yield, concerns about privacy issues persist. In an evolving branch of forensic science, genealogists help solve crimes, sometimes identifying suspects with the DNA of distant relatives they've never met. As cold cases yield, concerns about privacy issues persist.](https://knowablemagazine.org/do/10.1146/knowable-011819-1/feature/media/P-ged-match.png)