30-06-2024 15:12 via independent.co.uk

A water bottle. Pizza crust. Chewing gum. How discarded DNA is used to find murder suspects

It’s an increasingly important tool in solving cold murder cases: DNA. But suspects aren’t offering up a hair to authorities, instead investigators are getting DNA off discarded food, soda cans, water bottles, or even chewing gum. Andrea Cavallier reports
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