The Golden State Killer: How DNA Finally Caught Joseph DeAngelo
About this episode
This episode explores how DNA technology led to the capture of the Golden State Killer, Joseph DeAngelo, after decades of evasion.
Send us Fan Mail For more than four decades, Joseph DeAngelo evaded justice while investigators hunted the man known as the Golden State Killer. In this episode of Hidden Threads, we break down the crimes, the preserved forensic evidence, and the groundbreaking use of genetic genealogy that finally exposed him. From GEDmatch and family tree analysis to covert DNA collection and the privacy controversy that followed, this is the inside story of one of the most important criminal investigations...
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Host: Macky Outlaw
Topics covered
- DNA evidence
- genetic genealogy
- criminal investigation
- forensic science
- privacy controversy
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Organizations: GEDmatch
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