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EPISODE · Aug 5, 2025 · 13 MIN

Cold Case Revolution: How Genetic Genealogy Changed Everything

from Justice Pursuit: Behind the Yellow Tape · host Neon Nights Studio

Experience the cutting-edge world of genetic genealogy as it revolutionizes cold case investigations. Follow detectives as they partner with genetic genealogists to solve a 30-year-old cold case using DNA databases and family trees. The episode explores the controversial ethical debates surrounding genetic privacy, the limitations of DNA evidence, and interviews family members who discovered their relatives' criminal past through ancestry searches. Learn how this groundbreaking technique has solved over 100 cold cases and why some experts fear it's creating a surveillance state. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Experience the cutting-edge world of genetic genealogy as it revolutionizes cold case investigations. Follow detectives as they partner with genetic genealogists to solve a 30-year-old cold case using DNA databases and family trees. The episode explores the controversial ethical debates surrounding genetic privacy, the limitations of DNA evidence, and interviews family members who discovered their relatives' criminal past through ancestry searches. Learn how this groundbreaking technique has solved over 100 cold cases and why some experts fear it's creating a surveillance state.

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