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University of Idaho murders: Police reveal ingenious way they tracked down suspect

The suspect accused of murdering four students in their beds was tracked down using genealogy databases, police have revealed.

Law enforcement sources said Bryan Kohberger was tracked down by linking DNA evidence from the crime scene to genealogy database.

Kohberger, who has since been charged with the murders, was arrested on Friday December 30, six weeks after four students were stabbed to death in their Moscow, Idaho, US, rental student home.

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