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Genealogy DNA is used to identify a murder victim from 1988 — and her killer

In this photo provided by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, investigators hold a photo of Stacey Lyn Chahorski, a Michigan woman who was found dead in Georgia in 1988. (AP)

Federal and state law enforcement officials in Georgia used genealogy DNA to identify both a murder victim and her killer in a 1988 homicide that went unsolved for decades.

They say it's the first time the novel but controversial forensic technique that connects the DNA profiles of different family members was used to learn the identities of both the victim and the perpetrator in the same case.

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