Monday, March 5, 2012

Genetic profiling raises questions.(Main)

Byline: RICHARD WILLING USA Today

Police seeking the killer of an unidentified girl who was found decapitated in Kansas City, Mo., four years ago kept a secret from the public.

The child, dubbed "Precious Doe" by local residents, appeared to be black. But new DNA tests that can determine a person's heritage indicated she was of mixed ancestry - about 40 percent white. That meant she almost certainly had a white grandparent.

This year, a tip led police to an Oklahoma woman who, her family said, had not reported her young daughter's disappearance. When the woman was found to have both a black and a white parent, police moved in. Further DNA tests …

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