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by RcouF1uZ4gsC 2979 days ago
One the other hand, the DNA database was what found out the real murderers.
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It is what first found them out.

Nevertheless, it is likely that a traditional investigation would have found them out too. Especially through the link between the victim and the sister, coroborated by phone records. Finally, their culpability could have been put beyond doubt by using a DNA test.