dna

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  • First Identification of DNA

    Swiss chemist Friedrich Miescher first identified DNA in 1860's but in 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered that DNA is a 3D double Helix

  • first DNA Case

    In 1986, police in the UK asked Dr. Alec J. Jeffreys of University of Leicester to use fingerprinting DNA to convict Colin Pitchfork

  • Human Genome project

    In1990, researchers took on the task of mapping out human DNA which they acheived after 13 years

  • Conviction of Golden State Killer

    Joseph James Deangelo was charged with 13 counts of murder in 2018 by linking him to cold cases dating back to 1974. DNA was obtained through victims relatives and discarded razors and napkins used by Joseph

  • Murder of Nancy Bennallack

    Nancy was found murdered in her apartment in 1970 and it was a cold case until in August 2022 when police found the killed through DNA evidence obtained similar to the Golden State Killer