Familial DNA helps solve decades-old Phoenix sexual assaults

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 8 Oct, 02:19 · Archive

A man has been arrested after familial DNA linked him to sexual assaults from 1997 and 2002 in Phoenix.

Detectives in Phoenix used familial DNA to identify and arrest a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women. One assault allegedly occurred in 1997 and the other in 2002, making the cases decades old at the time of the arrest.

Familial DNA analysis, which identifies suspects by matching genetic material to close relatives in a database, has increasingly been used to solve cold cases across the United States. The technique allowed investigators to connect the suspect to both attacks.

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• Familial DNA helps crack decades-old Phoenix sexual assault casesFamilial DNA led detectives to a man who allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted two women, one in 1997 and one in 2002, and he has been arrested.Azfamily · 8 Oct, 00:57
• Familial DNA helps crack decades-old Phoenix sexual assault casesFamilial DNA led detectives to a man who allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted two women, one in 1997 and one in 2002, and he has been arrested.KOLD · 8 Oct, 00:57

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