IT
IT CLEARS
IT CLEARS OUT. THE WEEKEND ESPECIALLY
SATURDAY, LOWER HUMIDITY, LOW
TO MID 80s, NEXT WEEK HOT AND
GETTING HUMID.
GETTING HUMID. IT WILL FEEL LIKE SUMMER BY THE
END OF NEXT 4@WEEK. 4@
>>> MANY 80-YEAR-OLDS CHOOSE TO
END OF NEXT 4@WEEK. 4@ >>> MANY 80-YEAR-OLDS CHOOSE TO@
TAKE A PICKLE BALL, CHEF OR
BOWL, OR GOLF INTO THEIR
RETIREMENT YEARS, BUT THAT WAS @
NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ONE FLORIDA
RETIREMENT YEARS, BUT THAT WAS @ NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ONE FLORIDA@
MAN.
MAN.
MAN. >>
MAN. >> MY DAUGHTER, WHO HAS DONE
FANTASTIC THINGS IN HER LIFE,
COSMI ROCKSTAR.
COSMI ROCKSTAR. SHORTLY THERE AFTER, IT'S STILL
AMAZING, YOU KNOW?
>> 4@THAT MAN TOOK UP 4@A DIFFE
HOBBY, ONE THAT HAS LANDED
DOZENS OF VIOLENT CRIMINALS
BEHIND BARS.
BEHIND BARS. HE CREATED A WEBSITE WHERE YOU
UPLOAD YOUR RESULTS FROM A DNA
KIT.
KIT.
KIT. YOUR
KIT. YOUR DNA IS THEN COMPARED TO
OTHERS ON THE SITE, AND ONCE
THE COMPARISON IS COMPLETE, YOU
GET A LIST OF OTHER PROFILES OF
DNA THAT 4@4@MATCHES YOURS.
10 INVESTIGATES JENNIFER TITUS,
BUT THE MAN WHO SOME HAVE
CALLED ONE OF THE MOST
EFFECTIVE CRIMINAL
EFFECTIVE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS IN THE COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: JUST OFF FLORIDA'S
EAST COAST IS A SMALL SUBURBAN
TOWN OF 4@LAKE WORTH.4@
IT'S A 772 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE.
IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH FROM
IT'S A 772 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE. IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH FROM@
THE OUTSIDE, BUT THE MAN IN
SIGHT IS CONNECTED TO THE
ARREST OF ONE OF 4@THE COUNTRY'
MUSLIM SORIA SERIAL KILLERS.
YOU 4@ARE 4@NOT A POLICE OFFICE
YOU ARE NOT A RETIRED POLICE
OFFICER. 4@
OFFICER. 4@ YOU HAVE ANY HISTORY LAW
ENFORCEMENT?
ENFORCEMENT? >> N4@O HISTORY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NONE.
NONE.
NONE. >>
NONE. >> Reporter: HOW ARE YOU
CONNECTED, THEN, TO THE CAPTURE
AND ARREST OF THE GOLDEN STATE @
KILLER?
KILLER?
KILLER? >> REPORTERL THE GOLDEN STATE
KILLER HUNTED AND HAUNTED HIS 4@
VICTIM FROM 1974 TO 1986.
RAPINGS WHILE THEIR HUSBANDS OR
BOYFRIENDS WERE TIED UP.
HE WOULD TAKE SOUVENIRS OF HIS
CRIMES AND MAKE FRIGHTENING
PHONE CALL 4@4@TO SURVIVORS.
>> I'LL KILL YOU.
>> Reporter: HE ELUDED OFFICERS
FOR DECADES, BUT 72-YEAR-OLD 4@
JOSEPH D'ANGELO WAS FINALLY
ARRESTED IN APRIL, 2018.
ALL THINGS 4@TO MODERN-DAY
FORENSICS PATHOLOGY AND DNA
EVIDENCE HE LEFT 4@4@BEHIND.
AN 4@80-YEAR-OLD CURTIS ROGERS -
CALLED HOBBY IS THE KEY THAT
HELPED LAND THE GOLDEN STATE
KILLER BEHIND BARS.
>>4@ MY HOBBY IS GENEALOGY, AND
IN GENEALOGY 4@ESPECIALLY WITH
GENETIC GENEALOGY, HOW YOU DO 4@
DNA?
DNA?
DNA? AND
DNA? AND 4@IN GENEALOGY, WE USE A TY
OF DNA THAT HAS NOT 4@BEEN USED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE PAST.
>> Reporter: ROGERS, HAS ALWAYS
BEEN INTRIGUED BY GENEALOGY,
CREATED THE WEBSITE 4@GEDMATCH.
>> EACH LINE HERE IS A
DIFFERENT CHROMOSOME.
DIFFERENT CHROMOSOME. >> Reporter: AN ONLINE DATABASE
THAT ALLOWS YOU TO UPLOAD YOUR
DNA RESULTS AND FIND POSSIBLE
RELATIVES.
RELATIVES. >> GEDMATCH IS VERY 4@MUCH A
LITTLE SITE.
LITTLE SITE. THERE ARE NO EMPLOYEES.
WE ARE NOT A BIG COMPANY.
WE ARE NOT TRYING TO EARN
MONEY.
MONEY.
MONEY. >>
MONEY. >> Reporter: 4@LITTLE DID HE KN
THAT GENETIC GENEALOGY WAS 4@4@
BEING USED TO SOLVE COLD CASES
UNTIL THAT APRIL MORNING.
>> WENT OVER TO LOOK OVER AND
MY CELL PHONE TO SEE WHAT
EMAILS THAT COME IN DURING THE
NIGHTTIME, AND SOMEONE SAID TO
ME IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT
GEDMATCH WAS INVOLVED IN4@
CATCHING THE GOLDEN STATE
KI4@LLER.
KI4@LLER.
KI4@LLER. >> Reporter: THE SACRAMENTO
SHARE DEPARTMENT MADE THE 4@
ANNOUNCEMENT . THEIR DETECTIVES
WORKED WITH THE GENEALOGIST WHO
UPLOADED THE GOLDEN STATE
KILLER'S DNA ON TO GEDMATCH.
ROGE4@R 4@SAID THAT DNA MATCHE
WITH 24 THIRD COUSINS.
>> THERE IS 4@NO VIOLENT
CRIMINALS FOUND ON OUR
DATABASE.
DATABASE.
DATABASE. WHAT WE DO IN GENETIC GENEALOGY
IS TWO POINT IN A DIRECTION FOR
FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
FURTHER INVESTIGATION. IF IT 4@IS SUCCESSFUL4@4@ OUR G
GENEALOGY COMES UP WITH A
PERSON OF INTEREST.
THEY AFTER THEN TO THEIR
REGULAR FORENSICS TO VERIFY IS
IS THE RIGHT PERSON?
>> Reporter: THAT PERSON OF
INTEREST, A RETIRED POLICE
OFFICER,4@ JOSEPH 4@D'ANGELO.
THEY ARREST THIS MAN, AND YOU
FIND THAT YOU 4@ARE LINKED 4@TO
DO THEY CALL YOU TO SAY HEY,
THANKS?
THANKS?
THANKS? >> HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM AT
ALL.
ALL.
ALL. >>
ALL. >> Reporter: BUT HE HAS HEARD
FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER 4@THE WORL
.
.
. >>
. >> JUST
. >> JUST HEARD FROM CAROLINA.
WE GET ALL KINDS 4@OF EMAILS,
LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN PROTECTED,
OR SOME PEOPLE SAY I WANT TO
MAKE SURE I'M ON YOUR SITE.
WE EVEN HAD A PERSON WHO SAID
THAT THEY WANTED TO BE ON OUR 4@
SITE BECAUSE THEIR FATHER WAS A
SERIAL KILLER.
SERIAL KILLER. >> Reporter: THAT PERSON?
>> HE HAS IT 4@CRIMINAL HISTORY
I GOT A HOLD OF THE COMPANY AND
I EMAILED THE GENERAL EMAIL,
AND I BRIEFLY SAID HOW CAN I
MAKE SURE THAT 4@MY DNA PROFILE
IS ON 4@AND PUBLISHED.4@
>> Reporter: JORDAN BELLIVEAU
JR.'S LATE FATHER WAS
INVESTIGATED FOR SEVERAL
MURDERS IN THE LATE 70s BEFORE
DNA WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE
MURDERS IN THE LATE 70s BEFORE DNA WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE@
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. HE WAS NEVER CHARGED BECAUSE OF
A LACK OF EVIDENCE4@, AND CASES
ONE COLD.
ONE COLD.
ONE COLD. HER FATHER ONCE CHARGED WITH
THE BEATING 4@DEATH OF HIS
FATHER, BUT THAT CASE RESULTED
IN AN INFINITY VERDICT.
>> I TOLD LAW ENFORCEMENT -- 4@
>> Reporter:4@ CAROLANNE BELIEV
HER DNA WI4@LL BE ON ROGERS SIT
AND MAY LEAD TO ANSWERS THAT
HER FATHER DID HAVE OTHER
VICTIMS.
VICTIMS.
VICTIMS. >> I CAN IMAGINE BEARING 4@A
CHILD OR BEARING A LOVED ONE4@
AND NOT KNOWING WHO DID IT.
>> Reporter: SINCE THE ARREST
OF JOSEPH DEANGELO, ROGERS SAYS
HE KNOWS 43 CASES THAT HAVE
BEEN SOLVED FROM THE HELP OF
DNA UPLOADED ONTO HIS SITE.
>> THIS IS IN ORLANDO.
>> Reporter: THOSE CASES ARE
ALL 4@DOCUMENTED HERE.4@ 4@
YOU STARTED THIS TO CONNECT
PEOPLE TO THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
NOW THAT YOU ARE HELPING SOLVE
SOME COLD CASES, WHAT YOU THINK
ABOUT THAT?
ABOUT THAT? >> THAT IT IS SO HEARTWARMING. @
THE EMAILS THAT WE GET FROM
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED,
TO ME, IT IS HELPING THESE
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. THEY HAVE HURT FOR SO LONG. 4@
>> Reporter:4@ IN THE BAY AREA,
THIS NEW TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY
GIVES THEM HOPE THAT THE DOZENS
OF CASES MARKED UNSOLVED WILL
ONE DAY BE CLOSED.4@ 4@
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT CAN'T JUST RUMMAGE
THROUGH ALL THE INFORMATION ON
THE GEDMATCH SITE.
THEY MUST HAVE THEIR OWN DNA
SAMPLE TO PUT INTO THE SYSTEM .
IF THAT DNA MATCHES SOMEONE
ELSE 4@ON THE SITE, THAT IS WHE
LAW ENFORCEMENT MOVES IN.
CURTIS GAVE US MORE INFORMATION
ON THE PROCESS FOR INPUTTING
YOUR DNA INTO