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48 Hours

Season 30 · Episode 26

The DNA of a Killer

0.043mApril 15, 2017

Police have DNA evidence in a brutal murder but can't match a killer -- so how did a public DNA database lead police to suspect a filmmaker of murder? Anne-Marie Green investigates.

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Episodes

Episode 1Killer App
Episode 2The Mortician, the Murder, the Movie
Episode 3Killer Performance
Episode 4Driven to Extremes
Episode 5Death After Midnight
Episode 6Bad Boy
Episode 7Buried Truth
Episode 8Live to Tell: Sophia's Secret
Episode 9Hunted
Episode 10Live to Tell: The Long Road Home
Episode 11The Psychiatrist and the Selfie
Episode 12The Fight for Melissa
Episode 13Crime and Punishment
Episode 14Innocence Lost
Episode 15Solve This Case: Who Killed Kay Wenal?
Episode 16Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Episode 17Murder in Beverly Hills
Episode 18The Strange Life of Dr. Schwartz
Episode 19Eleven Hundred Miles to Murder
Episode 20Stalked (Part 1)
Episode 21Stalked (Part 2)
Episode 22Live to Tell: Afraid of the Dark
Episode 23Death on Valentine's Day
Episode 24The Alternate Suspects
Episode 25Death and the Dentist
Episode 26The DNA of a Killer
Episode 27The Golden State Killer
Episode 28The Family: A Cult Revealed
Episode 29Resident Evil
Episode 30Murder in the Mansion
Episode 31Murder by Design
Episode 32Death by Text
Episode 33Serial Confessions