California Police Use Genealogy Websites to Arrest Suspect in 1990s Rapes

California Police Use Genealogy Websites to Arrest Suspect in 1990s Rapes
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LOS ANGELES—A California man has been arrested in connection to rapes committed in the 1990s after his DNA was linked to the crime scenes through commercial genealogy websites, which initially turned up the both the suspect and his twin, police said on Jan. 11.

Kevin Konther, 53, was taken into custody on Jan. 10 at his home in Southern California and booked on suspicion of rape, kidnapping, and child sexual abuse, Orange County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Braun said. One of the victims was nine years old at the time of the attack.