Welcome to my DNA & Crimes Page
Whether you have a video camera, a private investigator's eyes or the whole line-up in front of you...it still won't matter.
It takes DNA to be sure you have caught the killer!
The newspaper article below tells about "DNA-analysis kits" you can get from Applied Biosystems in Foster City, California to help the Police and FBI forces to catch a killer. Consisting of a cocktail of chemicals, Applied Biosystems' kit helps identify DNA from tissue under fingernail clippings taken from the victims.
Regarding the article: In 1985, in Foster City, California, investigators were trying to discover the murderer of Helena Greenwood. Ms. Greenwood, a Del Mar biotech executive and former Atherton resident, was found strangled on her front lawn on August 22, 1985.
They didn't have enough proof to convict David Frediani of the crime at the time, but there soon was enough evidence after using the analysis kit. The kit helped investigators identify the tissue under her fingernails. Even the old fashion police work couldn't have identified her killer. The kit never lies!
This DNA breakthrough technology was originally targeted to help fight diseases and to treat people with medicine.
FIGHTING CRIME OR IS IT INVASION OF PRIVACY?
This newspaper article is about a crime of murder of a 12 year old girl in Berlin, Germany. The unknown killer had raped and strangled Ulrike Brandt and left her in a wooden area.
Under public pressure to find the killer, the local politicians are proposing to approach solving the crime by collecting gentic DNA samples from 41 million makes in Germany.
Government commissioner, Joachim Jacob, who overseas privacy laws was more diplomatic describing the proposel as " well-meant ." Still, Mr. Jacob noted that German law requires a suspicion of an offence before genetic fingerprinting can be carried out.
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(This page was "booked, fingerprinted and taken into custody" on 03/18/01)