How Genetic Genealogy Was Used To Locate Bryan Kohberger

How Genetic Genealogy Was Used To Locate Bryan Kohberger

Genetic genealogy is a field that combines traditional genealogy research with modern DNA testing techniques to trace familial relationships and ancestry through genetic information. It involves analyzing an individual's DNA to uncover their genetic heritage, connect with distant relatives, and map out family trees. This approach has gained significant popularity due to advancements in DNA sequencing technology, particularly in the form of direct-to-consumer DNA testing kits.Here's how genetic genealogy works and how it's used by investigators:
  1. DNA Testing: Individuals interested in exploring their genetic heritage and family history can submit their DNA samples through services provided by companies like AncestryDNA, 23andMe, and MyHeritageDNA. These companies analyze specific segments of the submitted DNA to identify genetic markers that are common among different populations and individuals.
  2. Genetic Markers: Certain sections of the DNA, particularly those found in the Y chromosome (passed from father to son) and the mitochondrial DNA (passed from mother to all offspring), contain genetic markers that can be used to identify ancestral lineages. Autosomal DNA, which is inherited from both parents, is also examined to find matches with other individuals in the testing company's database.
  3. Matching and Comparison: Testing companies compare an individual's genetic markers with those of other users in their databases. If two individuals share a significant amount of genetic material, they are considered genetic matches. The more segments of DNA they share, the closer their relationship is likely to be.
  4. Building Family Trees: Genetic genealogy involves constructing family trees using a combination of traditional genealogical research and the information gained from DNA matches. By connecting with other users who share segments of DNA, individuals can extend their family trees and discover new branches of their lineage.
  5. Identifying Common Ancestors: As more people participate in DNA testing, the chances of finding common ancestors increase. Overlapping segments of shared DNA can help identify specific ancestors or ancestral groups that are shared among related individuals.
  6. Forensic and Investigative Applications: Genetic genealogy has also found applications in criminal investigations. Law enforcement agencies have used DNA databases to identify unknown perpetrators of crimes like murder and sexual assault. In cases where traditional investigative methods have been unsuccessful, investigators can upload DNA profiles from crime scenes to genealogy databases and identify potential relatives of the suspect based on shared genetic markers.
  7. Building Family Trees for Identification: Once potential relatives of the suspect are identified, investigators work to build family trees using genealogical records, such as birth certificates, marriage records, and obituaries. By tracing the shared ancestry of these relatives, law enforcement can narrow down the list of potential suspects to a smaller pool.
  8. Narrowing Down Suspects: Investigative genetic genealogy can help law enforcement focus on specific individuals who fit the profile of the unknown suspect based on age, location, and other relevant factors. This process has led to the successful identification and capture of suspects in several high-profile cases.



Bryan Kohberger was tracked down by authorities using genealogy according to sources. While the process is not even admissable in court, it is an important tool for investigators who are trying to solve complex cases.


In this episode, we hear from one of the industry leaders in the field of genealogy who is discussing how the process works and what goes into an operation such as this.



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source:

How Idaho cops used genetic genealogy to trace suspect Bryan Kohberger's distant relatives | Daily Mail Online


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Andrew And The First Year Of Disgrace

Andrew And The First Year Of Disgrace

In the year following his explosive Prince Andrew interview for the BBC’s Newsnight, the prince transformed from a high-profile member of the royal family into a sidelined figure engulfed in scandal. His candid, but tone-deaf attempts at damage control—claiming a rigid alibi, failing to show sympathy to his alleged victims, and denying memory of key meetings—prompted the palace to strip him of official roles, revoke his security detail, remove his Buckingham Palace office and effectively erase him from public royal duties.During this time he also publicly offered to cooperate with investigators into Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged trafficking network, but again fell short—US authorities declared he’d given “zero cooperation” to the FBI. Meanwhile his and his ex-wife’s financial troubles mounted, with income streams drying up and assets such as their Swiss ski-chalet contract falling into dispute. All the while the queen reportedly kept contact, yet in public he became the visible face of the monarchy’s worst PR nightmare.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

11 Nov 12min

Alex Acosta Goes To Congress:   Transcripts From The Alex Acosta Deposition (Part 18) (11/11/25)

Alex Acosta Goes To Congress: Transcripts From The Alex Acosta Deposition (Part 18) (11/11/25)

When Alex Acosta sat before Congress to explain himself, what unfolded was less an act of accountability and more a masterclass in bureaucratic self-preservation. He painted the 2008 Epstein plea deal as a “strategic compromise,” claiming a federal trial might have been too risky because victims were “unreliable” and evidence was “thin.” In reality, federal prosecutors had a mountain of corroborating witness statements, corroborative travel logs, and sworn victim testimony—yet Acosta gave Epstein the deal of the century. The so-called non-prosecution agreement wasn’t justice; it was a backroom surrender, executed in secrecy, without even notifying the victims. When pressed on this, Acosta spun excuses about legal precedent and “jurisdictional confusion,” never once admitting the obvious: his office protected a rich, politically connected predator at the expense of dozens of trafficked girls.Even more damning was Acosta’s insistence that he acted out of pragmatism, not pressure. He denied that anyone “higher up” told him to back off—even though he once told reporters that he’d been informed Epstein “belonged to intelligence.” Under oath, he downplayed that statement, twisting it into bureaucratic double-speak. He even claimed the deal achieved “some level of justice” because Epstein registered as a sex offender—a hollow justification that only exposed how insulated from reality he remains. Acosta never showed remorse for the irreparable damage caused by his cowardice. His congressional testimony reeked of moral rot, the same rot that let a billionaire pedophile walk free while survivors were left to pick up the pieces.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Acosta Transcript.pdf - Google DriveBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

11 Nov 16min

Jeffrey Epstein  And The Myth Of The "Perfect Victim"  (Part 2) (11/11/25)

Jeffrey Epstein And The Myth Of The "Perfect Victim" (Part 2) (11/11/25)

The myth of the “perfect victim” is the poisonous illusion that a person must be flawless, pure, and morally spotless to deserve justice—and it’s the very lie that allowed Jeffrey Epstein to operate in plain sight. He built his empire on exploiting society’s prejudices, targeting poor and vulnerable girls precisely because he knew people would doubt them. When his crimes surfaced, the world didn’t ask how he got away with it; it asked what his victims had done wrong. That obsession with perfection became his greatest shield—turning every imperfection into a reason for disbelief, every scar into supposed evidence of guilt.This narrative isn’t just cruel—it’s complicit. It teaches the powerful that they can destroy lives as long as their victims don’t fit the fairy-tale mold of innocence. It conditions the public to defend predators and question survivors, ensuring the next Epstein will thrive in the same moral vacuum. The truth is, real victims are messy, human, and imperfect—and that humanity should never disqualify them from justice. The “perfect victim” never existed; she was invented by monsters who needed a way to keep their hands clean. The sooner we kill that myth, the sooner we end the culture that keeps making predators untouchable.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

11 Nov 11min

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Jeffrey Epstein And The Myth Of The "Perfect Victim" (Part 1) (11/11/25)

The myth of the “perfect victim” is the poisonous illusion that a person must be flawless, pure, and morally spotless to deserve justice—and it’s the very lie that allowed Jeffrey Epstein to operate in plain sight. He built his empire on exploiting society’s prejudices, targeting poor and vulnerable girls precisely because he knew people would doubt them. When his crimes surfaced, the world didn’t ask how he got away with it; it asked what his victims had done wrong. That obsession with perfection became his greatest shield—turning every imperfection into a reason for disbelief, every scar into supposed evidence of guilt.This narrative isn’t just cruel—it’s complicit. It teaches the powerful that they can destroy lives as long as their victims don’t fit the fairy-tale mold of innocence. It conditions the public to defend predators and question survivors, ensuring the next Epstein will thrive in the same moral vacuum. The truth is, real victims are messy, human, and imperfect—and that humanity should never disqualify them from justice. The “perfect victim” never existed; she was invented by monsters who needed a way to keep their hands clean. The sooner we kill that myth, the sooner we end the culture that keeps making predators untouchable.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

11 Nov 13min

Queen Elizabeth Knew All About Andrew And His Royal 'Freak Off's' At Buckingham Palace (11/11/25)

Queen Elizabeth Knew All About Andrew And His Royal 'Freak Off's' At Buckingham Palace (11/11/25)

Queen Elizabeth’s legacy is complicated — not one of villainy, but of restraint taken too far. She wasn’t blind to the troubles surrounding her son or the company he kept. Decades on the throne, surrounded by intelligence briefings and advisors, make ignorance impossible. But her instincts, shaped by a lifetime of protecting the monarchy, led her to do what she’d always done: contain the damage, preserve the Crown, and keep the family’s troubles behind palace walls. It wasn’t malice — it was control. Yet that control, in moments like these, came at the cost of transparency and trust.She wasn’t responsible for the crimes of others, but she bore responsibility for how the institution responded. Her silence  was a reflex born of a system that prizes dignity over honesty. And while that may have once seemed noble, the world changed, and silence began to look like complicity. In the end, she’ll be remembered as both the monarch who held her nation together through eras of upheaval and the one who held too tightly when truth demanded release. Queen Elizabeth preserved the monarchy — but she also showed us the limits of what silence can protect.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

11 Nov 14min

We Don’t Commute Evil: The Absolute Madness of Granting Ghislaine Maxwell Freedom (11/11/25)

We Don’t Commute Evil: The Absolute Madness of Granting Ghislaine Maxwell Freedom (11/11/25)

The idea of commuting Ghislaine Maxwell’s sentence is beyond disgusting—it’s an insult to every survivor who suffered under the Epstein machine. This isn’t some white-collar embezzler or a tax cheat; this is a woman convicted of trafficking children, grooming them, and serving them up to one of the most vile predators in modern history. To even whisper about leniency for her is to spit in the faces of those victims who were silenced, manipulated, and destroyed by a system that already failed them once. It’s not just tone-deaf—it’s moral rot at the highest level, a grotesque display of how the powerful still find ways to protect their own while pretending justice has been served.Entertaining this conversation at all makes a mockery of accountability. It confirms everything people like me have been shouting for years: the Epstein network was never dismantled—it was managed, protected, and slowly buried under “procedures” and “reports.” If this administration, or any administration, has the gall to let Maxwell walk free, it won’t just be a betrayal—it’ll be proof that the cover-up has come full circle. You don’t commute the sentence of a predator’s enabler; you keep her exactly where she belongs: behind bars, staring at the walls she helped build for others.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

11 Nov 10min

Mega Edition:  Jeffrey Epstein's Core 4 And The Compensation Fund (11/11/25)

Mega Edition: Jeffrey Epstein's Core 4 And The Compensation Fund (11/11/25)

In the years following Jeffrey Epstein’s death, one of the more disturbing revelations about his compensation fund emerged when a self-identified recruiter — referred to in court documents only as “Jane Doe” — attempted to claim money from it. This woman openly admitted that she had helped Epstein recruit underage girls but simultaneously described herself as a victim, saying she had been sexually abused and trafficked by Epstein for more than a decade. Instead of continuing her federal lawsuit against his estate, she withdrew it and pursued a payout through the Epstein Victims’ Compensation Program, a fund specifically intended to compensate those exploited by Epstein’s network. The move ignited outrage among other victims and their attorneys, who saw it as a grotesque inversion of justice: a recruiter trying to profit from a fund meant to heal the very wounds she helped inflict.The controversy underscored the moral and legal murk that has long surrounded Epstein’s empire. His trafficking operation relied on a pyramid-like system in which victims were sometimes coerced into recruiting others, blurring the line between participant and prey. But many advocates argued that this woman’s decade-long role as an active recruiter made her claim fundamentally illegitimate. Though her application highlighted the psychological manipulation and coercion Epstein used to control his circle, critics countered that intent doesn’t erase culpability. In the end, the episode became another reminder of how Epstein’s network corrupted everything it touched — even the very mechanisms meant to deliver justice to his victims.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

11 Nov 1h 19min

Mega Edition:   How The Queen Shielded Andrew From The Epstein Storm Until The End (11/11/25)

Mega Edition: How The Queen Shielded Andrew From The Epstein Storm Until The End (11/11/25)

For years, Queen Elizabeth II acted as Prince Andrew’s unwavering shield against the fallout of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Even as allegations mounted, she reportedly resisted internal and external pressure to sideline her son, allowing him to retain royal privileges, honors, and public duties long after the public tide had turned. Her personal loyalty was said to eclipse political and institutional logic—Andrew remained a fixture at Balmoral and Windsor, even as palace staff urged the Queen to distance herself. Royal insiders and biographers have described her as deeply maternal in her defense of him, believing he was being unfairly vilified and refusing to entertain discussions about exile or disownment. This protective stance allowed Andrew to delay accountability for years while the rest of the royal household absorbed the reputational damage.But by early 2022, under overwhelming public and institutional pressure, even the Queen’s protection could no longer hold back the storm. She reluctantly approved the removal of Andrew’s military titles, royal patronages, and the use of his HRH style—a move seen as both a last resort and a symbolic cutting of ties to preserve the monarchy. Still, until her death later that year, she continued to privately support him, hosting him at Balmoral and reportedly helping fund parts of his legal settlement with Virginia Giuffre. It was the ultimate act of maternal loyalty—protecting her son from disgrace even as the monarchy fought to survive the wreckage his scandals had created.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

11 Nov 38min

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