How DNA Analysis Led Police to the Golden State Killer

The Golden State Killer was finally caught last week after more than 40 years, but the science behind it wasn’t just your everyday DNA forensics. Hosted by: Stefan Chin Head to https://scishowfinds.com/ for hand selected artifacts of the universe! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Jerry Perez, Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, Kevin Knupp, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali. Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/genealogy-websites-identify-rape-suspect-who-eluded-police-for-40-years/ http://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article209913514.html https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/gedmatch-a-tiny-dna-analysis-firm-was-key-for-golden-state-killer-case/ https://www.ajc.com/news/national/can-police-legally-obtain-your-dna-from-23andme-ancestry/8eZ24WN7VisoQiHAFbcmjP/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/golden-state-killer-east-area-rapist-dna-genealogy/559070/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/health/dna-privacy-golden-state-killer-genealogy.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/04/27/data-on-a-genealogy-site-led-police-to-the-golden-state-killer-suspect-now-others-worry-about-a-treasure-trove-of-data/ https://www.statnews.com/2018/04/26/genealogy-golden-state-killer-privacy/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611038/investigators-searched-a-million-peoples-dna-to-find-golden-state-serial-killer/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/26/ancestry-23andme-deny-assisting-law-enforcement-in-east-area-rapist-case/ https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/forensics-dna-fingerprinting-and-codis-736 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4580997/ https://nij.gov/topics/forensics/evidence/dna/basics/pages/analyzing.aspx http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/0/20205874 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/a-reasonable-doubt/480747/ https://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/fbis-plans-for-the-use-of-rapid-dna-technology-in-codis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234541/ https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/genomicresearch/snp https://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Testing https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/us/golden-state-killer-case-joseph-deangelo.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/28/us/golden-state-killer-joseph-deangelo.html