09-21-2018, 06:42 PM
(09-21-2018, 11:44 AM)Dave Wrote: I tried to see if I could find out how the profile was developed for the Golden State Killer, but the few articles I read did not disclose how that was done. My guess is the same as yours: Such cases probably need more material to create new profiles. PCR can help with that as long as everyone is careful. With the profiling that they've done already on the JonBenet Ramsey case, it's possible that they could identify some groups of relatives. These groups may be really large, though.
What they did with genetic material to identify the Golden State Killer sounds really complicated. I wish I understood all this better. It also sounds more expensive and time consuming than most cases would allow.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/gold...-genealogy