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."

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Psychiatric genetics

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We must hunt down and treat the serial killer gene before it kills us all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatric_genetics

This is one of the reasons why transhumanism is a good thing. We have individuals born with psychological illnesses that make them a danger to themselves or others, why not treat and cure these individuals at the fetus stage so that they and we need not suffer from the impact of inaction?