DNA Clues Solve Crimes . . . With a Privacy Cost

October 8, 2019

DNA information that is available on genealogy websites is doing more than satisfying curiosity – it’s solving crimes.

DNA information that is available on genealogy websites is doing more than satisfying curiosity. Data collected from consumer DNA tests is helping the police to close cold case files, including a long-unsolved murder from the 1980s. But their use to solve cold cases is raising new concerns about privacy protection.

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  • Producer: Bret Sigler
  • Producer: Matthew Spolar
  • Editor: Bret Sigler
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