[a_bonobo]

>Identification of DeAngelo began in December 2017 when officials, led by detective Paul Holes and FBI lawyer Steve Kramer, uploaded the killer's DNA profile from a Ventura County rape kit to the personal genomics website GEDmatch.[182] The website identified 10 to 20 people who had the same great-great-great-grandparents as the Golden State Killer; a team of five investigators working with genealogist Barbara Rae-Venter used this list to construct a large family tree.[183] From this tree, they established two suspects; one was ruled out by a relative's DNA test, leaving DeAngelo the main suspect.[184]

>On April 18, 2018, a DNA sample was surreptitiously collected from the door handle of DeAngelo's car;[64] another sample was later collected from a tissue found in DeAngelo's curbside garbage can.[185]

DNA as the guilt-by-association, they then will get the evidence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo#Arrest,_...

[hammyhavoc]

You're describing the process working—DNA gave investigators a lead, which they followed up with legally obtained, direct evidence tying DeAngelo to the crime. That’s not guilt by association; that’s good policing. Framing that as something sinister ignores the outcome: a serial rapist and murderer finally faced justice. That’s not dystopia—it’s what society should be doing—or would you rather a rapist, kidnapper and murderer walked freely?