“48 Hours”: How DNA Uploaded to a Genealogy Database Helped Solve a Double Murder After 31 Years

Date: 19 November 2021

Source: CBS News

Chelsea Rustad never expected to learn of a killer in her family tree when she submitted her DNADNA, or Deoxyribonucleic Acid, is the genetic material found in cells, composed of a double helix structure. It serves as the genetic blueprint for all living organisms. to a genealogy database. For this week’s “48 Hours” report, “A Killer in the Family Tree,” correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates how a genealogist used Rustad’s DNA to help police crack a double homicide 31 years after it happened.

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