The genetic samples from all those crime scenes merely identified the Golden State Killer as a big flashing question mark. Police began exploring DNA fingerprinting in 1985 — a year before the Golden State Killer raped and bludgeoned his last known victim. However, the California investigators did not use either of those sites to find the family of the Golden State Killer suspect. More reading:She stalked the Golden State Killer until she died. All we know about Joseph DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer suspect who became a suburban grandfather
Source: Washington Post April 27, 2018 19:29 UTC