#Chameleon serial killer 1980s free#

'It seems crazy to say a police officer investigating a very serious crime can't do something your cousin can do,' said Erin Murphy, a DNA expert and professor at New York University School of Law. 'People who submit DNA for ancestors testing are unwittingly becoming genetic informants on their innocent family,' said Steve Mercer, chief attorney for the forensic division of the Maryland Office of the Public Defender. Major commercial DNA companies say they do not give law enforcement access to their genetic data without a court order.Д«ut critics warned the method could jeopardize privacy rights. Officials did not need a court order to access GEDmatch 's large database of genetic blueprints, lead investigator Paul Holes told the Mercury News in San Jose, California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Д«ut the site's co-founder Curtis Rogers said the search was 'done without our knowledge' and the company does not 'hand out data.' Authorities spent the day going through the home for evidence. DeAngelo, 72, was taken into custody Tuesday on suspicion of committing multiple homicides and rapes in the 1970s and 1980s in California. He did not enter a plea.ДЄuthorities probe the backyard of the home of murder suspect Joseph DeAngelo, Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Citrus Heights, Calif. Handcuffed to a wheelchair in orange jail scrubs, the 72-year-old looked dazed and spoke in a faint voice to acknowledge he was represented by a public defender. On Friday, Joseph James DeAngelo appeared in court to face murder charges. Ultimately investigators turned to a different genealogical site and arrested a man who they say was one of California's most feared and elusive serial killers. 'I think DNA is amazing and if you've done something wrong you don't deserve to be protected.' 'I mean, they go from California to Oregon to get my dad's DNA? They clearly thought he was the bad guy,' she said. The family was angry the FBI had not told them about the sample but felt better after reading an AP story that investigators obtained a warrant, she said. 'They didn't have to look at those people anymore.' 'I don't like that they thought that my dad was the bad guy, but the truth is they were able to rule out people in my dad's (family) tree,' she said. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, who authorities suspect is the so-called Golden State Killer responsible for at least a dozen murders and 50 rapes in the 1970s and 80s, makes his first appearance, Friday, April 27, 2018, in Sacramento County Superior Court in Sacramento, Calif. The woman spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because she did not want the family's name publicly linked to the case. The woman, an amateur genealogist, cooperated, but ultimately investigators determined none of her relatives were viable suspects, she said. His daughter said his family was not aware that authorities took a DNA sample from him while he was lying in bed at the rehabilitation center until she was contacted by the FBI in April 2017 and asked to help expand the family's genetic tree in the search for suspects. The Oregon City man is in extremely poor health in a rehabilitation facility and was unable to answer questions Friday. Investigators cited a rare genetic marker, which the Oregon man shared with the killer, to get the judge to issue the order.

#Chameleon serial killer 1980s free#

In March 2017, an Oregon City police officer, working at the request of investigators in California, convinced a judge to order a 73-year-old man in a nursing home to provide a DNA sample.Д¬ourt documents obtained by The Associated Press said detectives used a genetic profile based off DNA from crime scenes linked to the serial killer and compared it to information on a free online genealogical site.