Amateur Sleuth Identifies Golden State Killer—and Now He's Behind Bars

The Search Begins

Holes, one of McNamara's former associates and a professional detective for Contra Costa County, happened to have a background in biochemistry. With nothing left to lose, Holes uploaded DNA samples from the Golden State Killer to the public database GEDMatch. What Holes and his colleagues uncovered stunned them beyond words...

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