Pitsleuth
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I still don’t understand- his cheek swab was a complete match. Not a 98% match. A complete match. On the murder weapon (essentially ). Found under the body. Do you disregard that fact because they found him through genealogy?.
I think differently.
We had several high-profile cases where DNA was the crucial element in helping to apprehend the killers. However, in all these cases the distant cousins didn’t mind being mentioned post factum and the LE was super open about their steps.
So the question, “show me how tree that you made led to BK” is as normal as “did luminol test indicate evidence of blood” for example. It is when there is a refusal to demonstrate genealogy work that I start wondering, and mostly, the simplest thing. I have two questions. First, did they run the sample against “opted in” DNAs or all database? The question, essentially, is about the integrity of Gedmatch. BTW, it is not about LE. As a paying consumer, I have the right to ask questions about all DNA companies I use. In the time when GG boom is over, they are left sitting on the trove of DNAs. I don’t want them to make money on something we, the customers, once paid for without telling us.
My second question is simpler, did they use Gedmatch at all? Imagine that someone merely “tipped him in” and LE compared the DNA on the sheath with the thrash DNA, and there was a 50% match. It is all good, but might raise questions about the integrity of the tipper, what are the tipper’s motives, or even, could that person place the sheath?
It is not tinfoil. Rather, PCA showed a strong, but essentially, single connection between the house and BK. Elantra’s year might have been their mistake, but they now have to accept the consequences, mostly, everyone seeing that their expertise was not great. And - anyone might have a trouble determining the year in the darkness, but then, simply widen the time interval if you don’t know, sorry. Or perhaps, it was a different Elantra. The pings I am especially critical of. The DNA - yes, has to be a strong connection, but there’d better be other evidence of BK being in the house that night.
IMO- taking issue with DNA databases and how LE use them is a separate issue. Take a stance on that, sure. But I’m not sure how it relates to BK’s guilt or innocence. IMO.