Genealogy websites identify rape suspect who eluded police for 40 years

Enlarge / Mug shot of Joseph James DeAngelo. (credit: Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department) For over four decades, a suspect in more than 50 extremely sadistic rapes and 12 murders eluded police in Northern California. On Tuesday, he was arrested after investigators tracked him down using online genealogical databases that contained genetic information from a relative, […]

Genealogy website Ancestry.com confidentially files for IPO

(Reuters) — Genealogy website Ancestry.com on Monday said it had confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on a proposed initial public offering (IPO) to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Lehi, Utah-based company did not disclose the number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering. The website helps […]