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With Fake Genealogy Profile and Pristine Sample, Detectives Hunted for a Killer

Joseph James DeAngelo, who is suspected of being the Golden State Killer, is wheeled into the courtroom by a bailiff during his arraignment hearing at the Sacramento County Sheriff's office in Sacramento, Calif., April 27, 2018. To solve the decades-old serial rape and murder case that had gone cold, investigators used DNA gathered at a crime scene and created a fake profile and pseudonym on a genealogy website several months ago, according to law enforcement officials. (Jason Henry/The New York Times)