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DNA helps identify killers through police lab and cold case work
Kansas City detectives and the crime lab used forward and backward DNA analysis to crack a 12 victim spree dating back 27 years. Lorenzo J. Gilyard was identified after a 1987 blood sample matched in a freezer, illustrating DNA's role alongside persistence and data-sharing in solving serial killings.
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Gary Ridgway
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Derrick Todd Lee
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