Dutch Cold Case Murder Solved After 8000 People Gave Their DNA

Posted by samzenpus on Monday November 19, 2012 @03:20AM from the check-me dept.

sciencewatcher writes "A 1999 cold case rape and murder in The Netherlands has been solved. Dutch police asked 8000+ men living within 5 kilometers of the crime scene to volunteer their DNA so that the murderer could be traced through (close or distant) family members sharing part of this DNA. As it turned out, the man now in custody turned in his own DNA, resulting in a 100% match. The request of the police was discussed here on Slashdot in September. The percentage of people participating was closing in on 90%; in the midsize town of the victim it was 96%."

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Re:Interesting by cayenne8 · 2012-11-19 07:16 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Why? Not trolling, but it seems to me that if everyone's DNA were on record the crime rates would drop through the floor. Maybe I feel this way because a good friend of mine was raped a few years ago, and if all DNA were recorded the asshole who did that to her would probably be rotting in jail right now.
Was this a legitimate rape?

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