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Phantom killer was a myth: Police track DNA of a cotton bud maker for two years
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Posted on 03/26/2009 11:53:26 AM PDT by LibWhacker

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1 posted on 03/26/2009 11:53:26 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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OJ’s gonna be dissapointed.


2 posted on 03/26/2009 11:54:27 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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ROTFLMAOPMP.

Almost choked on my bier.

3 posted on 03/26/2009 11:55:48 AM PDT by muawiyah
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quality control ain’t what it used to be.

her 15 minutes of ‘fame’ sure stink huh?


4 posted on 03/26/2009 11:56:56 AM PDT by GeronL (http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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Police in Germany hunted a sinister phantom killer for two years after finding the same DNA at 39 different crime scenes - only to discover that the source was a woman who made the cotton buds used to collect the sample!

LMAO!

5 posted on 03/26/2009 11:57:33 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (Want to make a conservative angry? Lie to him. Want to make a liberal angry? Tell him the truth)
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When I used to ID type convicted felons for entry into the federal CODIS database; one of the FIRST things they did was to get my genetic ID on file.

On the one hand, if any sample ever comes up with my ID it is obviously suspect and as such is thrown out and the original blood sample reanalyzed.

On the other hand, I am now in the federal data base with all the convicted felons.

But on the gripping hand, I don’t plan on any interstate crime sprees where my DNA would be left behind on any murder or rape victims; as I am a law abiding citizen.


6 posted on 03/26/2009 11:58:41 AM PDT by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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how could they not realize? they must have caught people for some of those crimes.


7 posted on 03/26/2009 12:00:13 PM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
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Not uncommon of late. Similar.

Look out for Prawo Jazdy on the roads.

The mystery of Ireland's worst driver

8 posted on 03/26/2009 12:00:40 PM PDT by BGHater (Tyranny is always better organised than freedom)
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Those things aren’t machine made? Who knew?


9 posted on 03/26/2009 12:00:40 PM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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"Oh!, I was supposed to wear these?"

10 posted on 03/26/2009 12:01:45 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat lead.)
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That was very clever of her, leaving her DNA on all those cotton swabs and then going out and killing people. She has committed the perfect crime(s).
11 posted on 03/26/2009 12:05:03 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Selah)
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Revenge by framing someone with their DNA is so easy these days.


12 posted on 03/26/2009 12:05:15 PM PDT by Reeses (Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
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as I am a law abiding citizen.

That's what they all say.

Nice Pournelle reference btw....the gripping hand.

13 posted on 03/26/2009 12:11:39 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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This is a bit disappointing in terms of their failure to account for the possibility of contamination. As a quality engineer, I’d say their problem solving methodology was pretty stunted. There is a point at which they should have sat back in their chairs and said, “OK, now what _other_ explanations could there be for this recurrent, omnipresent DNA being found at all these crime scenes?” A little brainstorming should have got them the answer.


14 posted on 03/26/2009 12:12:42 PM PDT by Liberty1970 (Democrats are not in control. God is. And Thank God for that!)
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Scheisskopfs! Dumkopfs!


15 posted on 03/26/2009 12:15:08 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
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Aw, ya beat me to it. Fiendish woman!


16 posted on 03/26/2009 12:18:36 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Well it was certainly part of my consideration when I got my DNA filed into the database....

“How likely am I to leave my DNA at any rape and murder scenes?”

I considered the likelyhood to be somewhere between slim and none.

Not just Pournelle, Also Larry Niven (a.k.a. Nevinyrral of the destroying disk).

17 posted on 03/26/2009 12:18:41 PM PDT by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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It's standard laboratory practice to run a reagent blank.

I bet they'll be running a blank on the cotton buds from now on.

18 posted on 03/26/2009 12:19:09 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Only after disaster can we be resurrected." -- Tyler Durden)
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"But on the gripping hand, I don’t plan on any interstate crime sprees where my DNA would be left behind on any murder or rape victims; as I am a law abiding citizen."

What about your family members or future family members??

Genealogists have used DNA technology for years to identify unknown relatives, and law-enforcement officials have used the technology to identify criminals.

Now those two threads have merged. Today, investigators regularly use partial DNA matches to track down criminal suspects through family members who are already in a DNA databank.

19 posted on 03/26/2009 12:19:44 PM PDT by rednesss (fascism is the union,marriage,merger or fusion of corporate economic power with governmental power)
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If a close relative of mine is committing murders or rapes I would be proud to know that it was my DNA that helped identify them.


20 posted on 03/26/2009 12:22:36 PM PDT by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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