Malpractice Podcast

#2.12: Genetic Genealogy and the Golden State Killer

June 30, 2021 Jessica Oswald & Sydnee Spruiell Eldridge Season 2 Episode 12
Malpractice Podcast
#2.12: Genetic Genealogy and the Golden State Killer
Show Notes

Another Sydnee classic: True crime meets medical science. Join us to learn all about how this modern technique - genetic genealogy - was used to catch the notorious Golden State Killer, Joseph DeAngelo. We'd like to dedicate this episode to the 74 victims whose lives were taken or forever altered by this monster, and to the scientists and detectives who gave a great deal of themselves to catch him. 

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Sources for this episode:
http://www.goldenstatekiller.com/ 

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/10/we-will-find-you-dna-search-used-nab-golden-state-killer-can-home-about-60-white

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2018/04/27/golden-state-killer-dna-website-gedmatch-was-used-to-identify-joseph-deangelo-as-suspect-police-say/ 

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/golden-state-killer-east-area-rapist-dna-genealogy/559070/

https://www.oxygen.com/martinis-murder/paul-holes-capture-golden-state-killer-true-crime 

https://cen.acs.org/analytical-chemistry/Thirty-years-DNA-forensics-DNA/95/i37

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-08/man-in-the-window 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEDmatch#Usage_by_law_enforcement


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