Detective who first used DNA to catch killer dies

The detective who led the hunt for rapist and murderer Colin Pitchfork - the first killer to be trapped by DNA - has died.
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How DNA Helped Catch a Killer, 31 Years Later

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. To prove that Dennis Rader is BTK - and not the "normal guy" he seems to be - the police have to get creative ...
Battle Creek Enquirer

Inside Paul Holes’ journey from DNA science to catching killers

Willard Library is hosting a discussion with author and former cold case investigator Paul Holes at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, at the Kool Family Center, 200 W. Michigan Ave., Battle Creek. Holes, a ...
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DNA from cigarette helps identify teenager’s killer nearly 44 years after her death

More than four decades after a teenager was murdered in California, DNA found on a discarded cigarette has helped authorities catch her killer. Sarah Geer, 13, was last seen leaving her friend’s ...