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FBI violated DNA privacy rules to solve Idaho murder case

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 26, 2025
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The FBI broke its own privacy rules to catch a murder suspect by secretly accessing DNA databases that were supposed to be off-limits to law enforcement, according to newly released court documents.

As reported in The New York Times, FBI investigators identified Bryan Kohberger as a suspect in the University of Idaho murder…

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