San Francisco police linked a woman to a crime using DNA from her rape exam, D.A. Boudin says

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They also nabbed the BTK serial killer after collecting a vaginal swab that his daughter had taken during a routine exam, shit that was like 20 years ago.

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I always heard he left metadata on a floppy disk.

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That led police to his name, but it wasn't enough evidence to arrest him until they got DNA.