Tracing a crime suspect through a relative.


	Tracing a crime suspect through a relative.

balthazarus

11-29-2008 6:24 AM

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11-29-2008 6:57 AM

Antara

brilliant: hope it yields a result.

11-30-2008 9:51 AM

Fast T friend

idea of scrutinizing families based exclusively on their possible genetic
relationship to an unknown suspect makes privacy advocates and legal experts
nervous

Makes me nervous too.

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