Killer Realizes He_s Been Caught 30 Years Later

There is a unique moment in a cold case investigation when the killer realizes the past has finally caught up. Often, this realization comes not through a dramatic arrest, but through the quiet, relentless advance of forensic science. The Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, was linked to a decades-long string of crimes through investigative genetic genealogy, a technique that uses DNA from crime scenes to find relatives on public databases. In another case, the 1991 yogurt shop murders in Austin, Texas, were solved when DNA under a victim's fingernail was matched to Robert Eugene Brashers, who had died by suicide in 1999. He never had to face capture, but his identity was finally unmasked. The moment of realization can be a seismic shift in an investigation, proving that time does not erase evidence.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/red-tree-crime--6847553/support.