Serial Killer’s Blood May Solve Old Murders
The blood of mass murderer John Wayne Gacy and other executed men will be entered into the DNA national database in hopes it will link them to the coldest of cold cases. Detective Jason Moran said, “You just know some of these guys did other murders’ that were never solved.” By qualifying executed men as homicide victims, officials were able to get Gacy and others in the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System. There are many unsolved murders going back to the 1970’s when Gacy was killing young men. Other states should turn in the DNA of executed inmates in hopes it will link them to unsolved murders. As of today, there have been no hits that link Gacy or others to unsolved crimes. However, it is just a matter of time when further DNA is submitted that will solve these cold cases.
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Date of Article: December 3, 2012
[Abstract by David Miller, ForensIQ Intern, December 6, 2012]
Citation
Babwin, Don. “Serial Killer’s Blood May Solve Old Murders.” Forensic Magazine. N.p., 3 Dec. 2012. Web. 06 Dec. 2012.
