Ep. 271 — The Chinese “Jack the Ripper”

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Over 14 years, a depraved madman preyed on the women of Baiyin, China. After 11 murders, the killer suddenly stopped, and investigators feared that they’d never find him. But science is always advancing, and genetic genealogy would break the case wide open.

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