DNA is helping solve decades-old cold cases and giving names to those long-dead. But are forensic genealogists – and law enforcement – ready for the implications it could have on those still living?https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jtes/dna-cold-case-crime-doe-project-genealogy?bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc …
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The DNA Doe Project has closed about two of every three cases it takes, but it isn't always a happy ending. As the mother of a murdered woman said, "There is no closure. There’s closure for you because you’ll go on to something else, but I’m never gonna go on to something else."
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For the DNA Doe Project, the service they provide is worth the ethical minefield they must navigate. “You could argue that the greater good is in bringing killers to justice...It’s a much more subtle public good to name the nameless.”https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jtes/dna-cold-case-crime-doe-project-genealogy?bftwnews&utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc …
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