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No-Shock t1_j6yoiwa wrote

Reply to comment by Hoosac_Love in Massachusetts Police ask for help ID'ing shirt found in 1993 Holly Piirainen Murder by sceaga_genesis

Not necessarily, they could run the DNA through the public genealogical databases and get closer to who this person is. They can also create a phenotype of the suspect which could be helpful in narrowing down what the suspect might look like.

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Hoosac_Love t1_j70o43o wrote

Very true I forgot about that or that could get a familial hit if a family member was incarcerated

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