Barbara Rae-Venter, a 76-year-old patent attorney, transitioned from genealogy hobbyist to crime solver, using her skills to identify the Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, after 44 years of evasion. She also helped uncover the identity of a kidnapped woman, Lisa Jenson, revealing her true name, Dawn Beaudin, linked to the notorious serial killer Terry Rasmussen.
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Barbara Rae-Venter, a retired patent attorney, used her skills in ancestry research to help capture the Golden State Killer and solve a kidnapping mystery involving a woman who had been searching for her true identity.
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