Very interesting!
Something else I’ve thought about, noticing how often genetic DNA testing and Parabon has been mentioned as a solution to also solving this case, much like it did by identifying the Golden State Killer. But his crimes occurred in the 70s and early 80s before DNA technology existed. The first successful prosecution using DNA in the US occurred in the late 80s.
So prior to the late 80s, it didn’t matter one iota to a sexual offender if he left a vast array of bodily fluids at a crime scene as he didn’t have the ability to foresee into the future. Blood type and fingerprints were about it. But surely sexual predators of today know all about DNA as it’s not a well-kept crime solving secret considering it’s a much talked about topic, on the news, TV shows, or published information.
I’d be certain the majority of today’s criminals do everything possible to avoid leaving their full DNA profile at a crime scene considering DNA used in criminal prosecutions has been happening for over 30 years. I could compare that to thieves and robbers figuring out it’s not a bad idea to cover their face because just maybe their actions are being captured by CCTV.....and how criminals change their ways if they think it’ll prevent their capture. JMO
I was thinking of it. And then it got to me, today’s criminals are still leaving something that can help find them 30-40 years later. We just don’t know what it will be.
I think the worst thing is when the body is not found, or not all information is collected.
Because, come to think of it, Parabon is great, and Paul Hole is smart, but we owe most, no, Everything, to the people who, once upon a time, ordered the LE to collect and keep bodily fluids, and we owe even more to these unknown LE officers who managed to keep it all, and not break the chain of custody - for all these, darn, 30, 40, 50 years!
Which is the testimony to these unnamed LEOs of the past.
This is why what was collected at Delphi, and how it is kept, the work of ISP, of the coroners, the pathologists, the photographers, how they worked the crime scene, is important, even if they are sitting empty-handed today. It may be more than enough 20 years from now. As long as they did what they were trained to do in Police Academy.