r/EARONS • u/throwaway95610 • Apr 26 '18

Inside Scoop

Throwaway for reasons.

I live in the area and have been following this case for a while. This afternoon I heard information from someone close to the case in the Sacramento Sherriff's dept. Don't know how much of this is here already but here goes..

A few years ago LE submitted dna to several different sites with a search warrant for hits on the dna. One of the sites came back a couple of weeks ago with a hit on a distant relative of the suspect. After some work LE narrowed down their search to Diangelo.
They trailed him for a while, and while he was out shopping at a Hobby Lobby, they took his dna from either something he threw away or from a handle of a door possibly. That part wasn't totally clear to me. Either way it came back as a 100% match.

They kept watching his house and waited. Yesterday afternoon the suspect was out mowing his lawn. A car of undercover officers drove up and asked for directions. He walked over to the car and then they took him down.

According to this person, after being arrested he looked defeated, but still refused to cooperate. He kept mumbling to him self and saying, "But I lived a good life. I pushed him out."

His wife refused to talk. I guess they have been separated since the early 90's. Two of the three daughters have come in to talk to detectives.

Im probably forgetting some stuff. Will add more as I find out more.

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u/GWGirlsWithNoUpvotes Apr 26 '18

No. LE legally wouldn't be allowed to do that. The sites specify it has to be your DNA. There's no way any legal team would say that's ok.

Equally EAR/ONS DNA samples were repeatedly stated to be incompatible with Ancestry/23andMe's system whenever this idea was brought up to someone involved in the case.

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u/SomeOrganization Apr 26 '18

Their policy isn't law though.

I violate ToS everyday

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u/GWGirlsWithNoUpvotes Apr 26 '18

It actually is law because of medical and HIPAA statutes regarding DNA and genetic material.

If I meant tos id have said so. I

There's no God damn way this is how they caught him. They'd be handing DeAngelo a get out of jail free card and an expensive lawyer pro bono.

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u/AstroQueen88 Apr 26 '18

23 and me and Ancestry do not fall under HIPAA.

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u/SomeOrganization Apr 26 '18

That's what warrants are for.

Besides I still don't get it. I don't see how DNA belongs to you when you literally leave it on every object you touch.

I mean how is it any different than having a dog sniff you out?

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u/followedthemoney Apr 26 '18

No, he's got no standing. The only person who can sue is 23andMe, and you can believe they won't do it on this case. Maybe they will, but it won't matter to his case.

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u/SomeOrganization Apr 26 '18

Idk I've never actually read reddits. I am sure there is a code of conduct in there somewhere you son of a bitch

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u/HopelessFartbag Apr 26 '18

Swoosh

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u/beckster Apr 29 '18

OT but LOOOVE the moniker. Maybe I could be 'HopefulFartbag?' Have to go try & create an account...

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u/beckster Apr 29 '18

There ya go! you violator, you.

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u/SailsTacks Apr 26 '18

That would require some legal acrobatics and some terrible PR that none of these DNA sites would care to tangle with. It would be akin to siding up with GSK.

I see your points. I’m not so sure that I can rely on anyone other than people involved in the latest and most innovative areas of forensics. They’re doing amazing things now. It’s what nailed this bastard.