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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ed White

Police may turn to 23andMe to solve Nancy Guthrie kidnapping

Investigators looking into Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance say they might turn to genealogy databases, which were previously used to catch a serial killer in California and solve the fatal stabbings of four Idaho students.

If unidentified DNA evidence can be connected to a person — even a distant relative — in a genealogical database, it would give investigators more information and possibly lead to a suspect in Guthrie’s kidnapping.

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