DNA and ancestry data used to solve 50-year-old murder case of Harvard student

New DNA and ancestry technology have helped solve a rape and murder case after nearly 50 years, Massachusetts authorities said Tuesday.
Investigators were able to connect a serial rapist to the 1969 murder of Harvard University student Jane Britton by connecting old DNA evidence to a relative on Ancestry.com, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said at a press conference Tuesday.
DNA and ancestry data used to solve murder of Jane Britton. Courtesy: NBC.
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