Will IGG Ethics Free Bryan Kohberger?
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🗓️ 5 February 2025
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Summary
What if your DNA held the key to catching a killer—but you never agreed to hand it over? Investigative genetic genealogy has cracked some of the most chilling cases, from the Golden State Killer to the alleged University of Idaho murderer, Bryan Kohberger. But as law enforcement taps into these databases, are we all unknowingly part of the biggest forensic experiment ever? Psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott joins to break down the ethical minefield of DNA sleuthing. Should consent be mandatory? Is this the Wild West of crime-solving, or just the price we pay for justice? And, more importantly, what skeletons might your family tree be hiding?
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| 0:26.1 | You're tuned in to Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. |
| 0:28.9 | Featuring psychotherapist and author Chavon Scott. |
| 0:33.2 | Thanks for joining us. |
| 0:34.5 | Today we are talking about the investigative use of DNA, IGG, investigative |
| 0:43.5 | genetic genealogy. It has revolutionized crime solving, leading to breakthroughs in cold cases |
| 0:50.4 | and the apprehension of suspects such as Brian Coburger, the Golden State Killer and others. |
| 0:56.6 | Coburger, of course, accused in the tragic University of Idaho student murders. |
| 1:01.0 | However, this innovative tool raises some significant and ethical and psychological questions. |
| 1:06.8 | Joining us to discuss psychotherapist and author Chavon Scott, who help us explore the moral ramifications of utilizing personal genetic data in criminal investigations. |
| 1:17.7 | Shavon, considering this is a very deeply personal thing in the nature of genetic information, what sort of psychological impacts might arise for individuals whose DNA or that of their |
| 1:30.9 | relatives is used in such investigations without their explicit consent? And is it truly a real |
| 1:39.4 | serious thing? Or is it something that we just kind of have to live with going forward? |
| 1:43.1 | I think the key word is consent. And whenever we look at ethical issues, consent and |
| 1:49.8 | informed consent, understanding all the ramifications, who's going to access the data, |
| 1:55.5 | could there be a data breach? All that stuff is important and relevant. It does make a lot of people very uneasy. |
| 2:02.8 | I signed up for 23 and me the minute it went out. I wanted to understand about inherited |
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