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FBI violated DNA privacy rules to solve Idaho murder case
Wednesday February 26, 2025. 12:27 PM , from BoingBoing
The FBI broke its own privacy rules to catch a murder suspect by secretly accessing DNA databases that were supposed to be off-limits to law enforcement, according to newly released court documents.
As reported in The New York Times, FBI investigators identified Bryan Kohberger as a suspect in the University of Idaho murders after tapping restricted consumer DNA databases — GEDmatch and MyHeritage — despite Department of Justice policies forbidding such access. — Read the rest The post FBI violated DNA privacy rules to solve Idaho murder case appeared first on Boing Boing.
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