Claire Aird
Investigative journalist and reporter who investigates the use of consumer DNA in criminal investigations and narrates the Secrets We Keep: Should I Spit? series.
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Feb 14, 2026 • 39min
BONUS: Big Brother surveillance used for first time in serial rape cold case
Claire Aird, investigative reporter who explores consumer DNA and policing, unpacks how forensic investigative genetic genealogy identified a suspect in a decades‑old case. She walks through how genealogy databases are used, pressure tactics in interrogations, landmark US cases that shaped the method, and the complex privacy and consent concerns this technology raises.
