Familial DNA Testing Nabs Alleged Serial Killer

cremeglace writes "A quarter-century of conventional detective work failed to track down the killer responsible for the deaths of at least 10 young women in south Los Angeles dating back to the mid-1980s. But a discarded piece of pizza and a relatively new method of DNA testing has finally cracked the case, police announced last week. On July 7, L.A. police arrested Lonnie Franklin Jr., 57, a former garage attendant and sanitation worker they suspect is the serial killer nicknamed the 'Grim Sleeper.' The key evidence? A match between crime-scene DNA and the suspect's son, obtained by a search through the state's data bank of DNA collected from 1.3 million convicted felons."

Comments

Re:Why don't they find the serial killer gene inst

[tisepti]

Nope - cant do it.

If we start removing the genes for sociopathy we will not have anyone left to be the CEO of the fortune 500 companies.

There are starving kids in china

[coolsnowmen]

The moral of the story is: finish your damn pizza.

Re:Familial Testing Was ONLY Part 1

[Anonymous Coward]

Moral of the story: Eat the crust.

Re:reminds me of a csi episode

[PCM2]

the murderer must be the guy's brother

so they let him loose and track down brother after brother, sample his dna, and it turns out to be yet another brother.

Typical. Always try to pin it on a brother.