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Holes worked with Rae-Venter on the forensic genealogy investigation that identified DeAngelo.
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Paul Holes
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Paul Holes is a retired Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office investigator who spent over 20 years working the East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer case. Holes was instrumental in pushing for the use of forensic genealogy, working with the FBI and genealogist Barbara Rae-Venter to upload crime scene DNA to GEDmatch. He identified DeAngelo as a suspect through the resulting family tree analysis. Holes retired the day before DeAngelo's arrest was announced — a case he had pursued for most of his career.
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Barbara Rae-Venter
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Retired patent attorney and genetic genealogist whose family-tree research led investigators to Joseph DeAngelo, arrested as the Golden State Killer in April 2018.
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Holes spent over 20 years investigating the case and was instrumental in identifying DeAngelo through forensic genealogy.
Holes' decades-long investigation and advocacy for forensic genealogy directly led to DeAngelo's identification.
Rae-Venter's forensic genealogy work identified DeAngelo as the Golden State Killer through family tree analysis.
Rae-Venter uploaded crime scene DNA to GEDmatch and built family trees from partial matches.
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