Limits for Use of Genealogy Databases in Criminal Investigations Must be Legislated, Experts Say | GenomeWeb

Limits for Use of Genealogy Databases in Criminal Investigations Must be Legislated, Experts Say

Jun 07, 2018

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – The April arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo as the Golden State Killer in California surprised serial killer experts who assumed that the cold case from the 1970s and 80s would never be solved. But the method by which the police found DeAngelo surprised people for a different reason and raised questions about personal privacy related to DNA that people donated to genealogy databases.

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