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(O/T, I recall posting in another case about a confirmed link between a DNA ancestry type company and a criminal case...so I know it DOES happen, moo...will see if I can find it, fwiw...it was a female doctor/analyst who worked for the company who also assisted LE, iirc...)
Amazing news btw. Just getting caught up. Between this and Bill Cosby's guilty verdict...fantastic!
(Eta: Talk about one of the most vicious and brazen killers ever!)
(Eta: upon a quick Google search I found this as an example, not the case I'm thinking of specifically though:
Man became suspect in murder and rape case after DNA his father donated to Mormon genetic research was sold to Ancestry.com and then tested by police
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...investigators-seek-private-DNA-databases.html )
(Looking through my posts, so far, I found this (from Abby's and Libby's thread), still looking for the one I'm thinking of specifically :
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/s...Delphi-13-Feb-2017-63&p=13511132#post13511132
"margarita25
07-19-2017,*01:58 PM
"I'm unhappy with how law enforcement is handling my case. Can I send you a DNA sample of someone I suspect committed a crime, and have you analyze it?
At the present time, we are only providing this service to law enforcement and Federal government agencies. We'd be happy to speak with the detectives handling your case, if they express interest in learning more about the service.
Who has used it so far?
For the past four years, the development of Snapshot has been funded by the United States Department of Defense (DOD), specifically the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. As part of the development and validation process, Snapshot has been tested on thousands of out-of-sample genotypes and has been shown to be extremely accurate. In addition to the DOD, Snapshot has been used by State and local police departments throughout the US, and private citizens seeking ancestry information.
Please see our gallery of*Published Police Investigations*for a number of publicly available Snapshot profiles.
How well does Snapshot work with mixed samples?
DNA should be from a single individual or with ≤10% contribution from a second individual. If a two-person mixture has a mixture proportion >10%, please discuss such cases with Parabon, as mixture deconvolution may be possible (e.g., if victim DNA is available)."
https://snapshot.parabon-nanolabs.com/faq"
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"Published Police Investigations
"Although Parabon has produced Snapshot DNA Phenotyping Reports for a large number of different federal, state, local, and international law enforcement agencies, many of these reports are considered confidential, as their release may interfere with ongoing investigations.
The Snapshot predictions displayed below, however, have been released publicly as persons of interest in their respective cases. If you have information pertaining to the identity and/or location of these individuals, you are encouraged to contact the numbers listed in the report."
https://snapshot.parabon-nanolabs.com/posters "
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Eta: I look over referring back to old conversations!
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/s...-Delphi-13-Feb-2017-9&p=13175889#post13175889
"02-24-2017, 08:23 AM#871
TTF14
Are you implying that LE would have access to Ancestry.com's database?" )