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Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
And so the whole...
The Megyn Kelly Show
Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
method of crime solving, of investigation, has advanced to such a degree that it's already extremely difficult to get away with a crime like this, even without the addition of investigative genetic genealogy.
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Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
Remember Night Stalker, Richard Ramirez?
The Megyn Kelly Show
Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
He was in my area.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
Well, first of all, what we just talked about, the technological evidence.
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Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
But if even that fails, we always will have investigative genetic genealogy going forward now.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
And so unless someone is killing people from a distance with a gun, and even then,
The Megyn Kelly Show
Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
We might be able to- DC snipers.
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Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
Well, then they better wear gloves when they handle the bullets because you can pull DNA from bullet casing as well.
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Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
And so it's just going to be virtually impossible to be the type of serial killer and certainly a serial rapist that is-
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Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
perpetrating these very intimate, up-close, and personal crimes, because you will leave your DNA behind.
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Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
And if you do, we will identify you, even if it takes months or years.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
I recently worked the Faith Hedgepeth case out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
It took us three years to identify the DNA contributor, her killer, her alleged killer, because he was born in Guatemala.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
And so, you know, even those cases, we will get there.
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Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
It just takes additional time.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
And as the databases grow, it's going to get more efficient and quicker and quicker as time goes on.
The Megyn Kelly Show
Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
And we're getting better at what we're doing every day as well.
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Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
And so, you know, that's why I don't think that we will have serial killers.
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Golden State Killer, Crypto Convict, Genetic Genealogy - Megyn's "True Crime" Mega-Episode
There won't be Ted Bundy's or Golden State killers or Zodiac, who's still unidentified 50 years later, because of investigative genetic genealogy.