− | Investigators from the linked a attorney to a series of violent rapes in Boston after tracking down his relative's DNA on a commercial genealogy database.<br>Matthew Nilo, 35, was arrested last week on suspicion of raping three women and sexually assaulting a fourth in 2007 and 2008.<br>Police took samples from the , in Boston, at the time of the incidents and processed the glove of a fourth victim who poked her assailant in the eye while wearing the garment.<br>All three matched the same profile, leading officers to believe that the same man committed each of the assaults.<br>The FBI confirmed 15 years later that the DNA belonged to Nilo after comparing the samples to one from a glass he drank from at a corporate event, but there were multiple hurdles they had to first overcome.<br> Matthew Nilo, 35, denied attacking four women in Boston in 2008 and 2007 during his appearance in Suffolk Superior Court on Monday<br> Police took samples from the three women who were raped in Terminal Street, in Boston, at the time of the incidents and processed the glove of a fourth victim who poked her assailant in the eye while wearing the garment <br>The investigation initially stalled because the DNA obtained from each of the women failed to flag any potential matches on the federal CODIS system. <br>Officers kept the case open, using the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative - a federal program designed to help process a backlog of rape kits - to reinvestigate the incidents.<br>Boston Police Department doesn't have a backlog of rape kits but has instead used the initiative and a $2.5million federal grant to re-examine 'unsolved cases that present the greatest threat to public safety.'<br>Cops requested the DNA be cross-referenced by the FBI using 'forensic investigative genetic genealogy' in October last year. <br>Officers from the BPD submitted the [https://www.wonderhowto.com/search/DNA%20samples/ DNA samples] obtained from the three women to GEDMatch and Family Tree DNA, two of the only genealogy websites which allow law enforcement access to their databases.<br>Because the databases are so small, the FBI could only search 'about two million people', meaning they had to either 'get lucky or be really skilled.'<br>Consumers using the sites must consent before their information is shared with law enforcement, and they use the sites to trace their ancestry or locate other relatives.<br>GEDMatch and Family Tree DNA then provide a list of relatives and the percentage of DNA they share with the sample submitted by the police - which led them to Nilo in April this year.<br> The FBI confirmed 15 years later that the DNA belonged to Nilo after comparing the samples to one from a glass he drank from at a corporate event<br> His fiance Laura Griffin was seen gripping rosary beads during his court hearing in Suffolk Superior Court on Monday<br> Pictures from Nilo's Facebook page show how he would have looked at the time of the assaults in 2007 and 2008<br>Unlike police DNA databases, those of commercial genealogy companies can search for up to one million DNA markers (using single-nucleotide polymorphisms, not STRs), creating a much wider pool of relatives to sift through.<br>Historically law enforcement had to rely on federal and local DNA databases, which contain the profiles of people previously arrested.<br>If a suspect had not been apprehended before, then their DNA would not be in the CODIS system, and they could not be identified.<br>Once a suspect is identified through the genealogy companies, who provide names and how strong the match is, police then attempt to take a DNA sample to confirm a direct match.<br>However, this often takes place surreptitiously, with officers tracking Nilo in New York for at least a month when he was identified as a suspect in April. <br>Court documents show that the FBI was able to 'obtain various utensils and drinking glasses they watched the defendant use at a corporate event.'<br>They obtained a DNA profile from one of the glasses, which they say matched the profile of the three rapes on Terminal Street.<br> <br> After obtaining a match from the glass, they then tested a sample found on the glove of the fourth woman - and 'determined that this profile was 314 times more likely to belong to Matthew Nilo than to any other male in the population'<br> His fiancée gripped the religious beads throughout the hearing but did not say anything as she exited the court <br> Once a suspect is identified through the genealogy companies, who provide names and how strong the match is, police then attempt to take a DNA sample to confirm a [https://www.huffpost.com/search?keywords=direct%20match direct match] PIctured: Nilo (center) with friends <br>After obtaining a match from the glass, they tested a sample found on the glove of the fourth woman - and 'determined that this profile was 314 times more likely to belong to Nilo than to any other male in the population.'<br>In the past 15 months, Boston Police Department has arrested six people for alleged rapes, using a $2.5 million federal grant to re-examine 'unsolved cases that present the greatest threat to public safety.'<br>Former State Street Bank vice president Ivan Cheung was one of those arrested - with cops obtaining his DNA from a cigarette butt he discarded at South Bay Center.<br>He is charged with raping two children and two women at knifepoint between 2003 and 2006.<br>Irving Pierre was also arrested over the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl and a woman in Roslindale in 2007 and 2013.<br>They have also charged William Mancortes with attacking women while pretending to be a ride-share driver in 2017. <br>Demetrius Wilson has been charged with two rapes, and Ali Abdallah-Muhammad is accused of a 2014 rape.<br> <br> In the past 15 months, Boston Police Department has arrested six people for alleged rapes, using a $2.5 million federal grant to re-examine 'unsolved cases that present the greatest threat to public safety'<br> Prosecutors said that all three women underwent a sexual assault examination, which yielded a DNA profile which matched the male in each attack<br> Nilo, who once lived in the North End, was arrested at his home in Weehawken, New Jersey, on Tuesday, more than 15 years after he allegedly terrorized four victims <br>Experts say that DNA from sexual assault kits are very reliable, even if they are 15 years old. <br>FBI agents used a kit that was 38 years old to identify a former police officer as the Golden State Killer.<br>Barbara Rae-Venter, an investigative genetic genealogy consultant, told the Boston Globe that people who are identified by the websites 'have no record' and are 'not on anybody's radar.'<br>'That is what is so amazing about investigative genetic genealogy.<br><br>You are able to identify people who you otherwise would not be able to identify,' she said.<br>Genetic genealogy has also been used to identify murder victims, with the FBI confirming the identity of 'The Lady of the Dunes' - which had left law enforcement puzzled for nearly 50 years.<br>Nilo on Monday pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, one count of assault with the intent to rape and one count of [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=indecent%20assault indecent assault] and battery<br> Nilo, who was linked to the crimes by DNA, was supported in court by family members and Griffin who was present when FBI officers swooped at their home <br> He was handcuffed and appeared in court wearing a blue shirt and jeans and looked emotional as he pleaded not guilty to the charges<br> Nilo is accused of assaulting the four women in or around Terminal Street in Charleston on 18 August 2007, 22 November 2007, 5 August 2008 and 23 December 2008 <br>His bail was posted at $500,000, and if he able to post that amount, he must submit to GPS monitoring and stay away from his alleged victims and the scene of the crime.<br>At the time of the alleged rapes, [https://www.wired.com/search/?q=Boston%20Police Boston Police] Department issued a warning that a man was attacking women after offering them rides home.<br>According to a police affidavit, a dozen FBI agents and Boston Police officers arrested Nilo at his luxury apartment complex.<br>They lured him down to the lobby under the pretense that 'a large package had been delivered to him that did not fit in the ...<br><br>lockers where the residents pick up packages.'<br>He was with his fiancée, Laura Griffin, at the time of his arrest, and immediately invoked his Miranda rights.<br>Nilo is accused of assaulting the four women in or around Terminal Street in Charleston on 18 August 2007, 22 November 2007, 5 August 2008 and 23 December 2008.<br>A 23-year-old woman claims she was approached by a man in his 20's after leaving a [https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/?s=friend%27s friend's] home in the State Street area in the early hours.<br>She said she thought she knew the man, who offered her a ride to help her look for her [https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=vehicle vehicle] before driving her to Terminal Street.<br> According to a police affidavit, a dozen FBI agents and Boston Police officers arrested Nilo at his luxury apartment complex <br> Nilo is accused of assaulting the four women in or around Terminal Street in Charleston on 18 August 2007, 22 November 2007, 5 August 2008 and 23 December 2008<br>Nilo then allegedly told her to 'shut up' or he would kill her, claiming to have a weapon before raping her on a grassy area near railroad tracks, according to court filings.<br>The second attack allegedly took place in November 2007, when a woman, 23, was leaving a bar on State Street after attending a high school reunion.<br>Documents say that she got into Nilo's car, thinking it was a taxi, before giving him the address of an ATM near her apartment.<br>She claims that the man flashed a knife at her after she told him he missed the address, driving her to Terminal Street where he ordered her out of the car before raping her.<br>The third assault took place in August 2008, [https://pub-b02fd5f7f2c24b2889c8b93aa1a2d860.r2.dev/megaforwin.html?panel=PLANET88 bokep indonesia] after Nilo allegedly approached a 36-year-old woman on Boston Common, promising her money if she went to Charlestown with him.<br>When they exited the car at Terminal Street, he allegedly 'tackled her to the ground, held a gun to her back' and raped her repeatedly.<br>The final assault took place in December 2008, where a 44-year-old woman was attacked as she was jogging in the area of Terminal Street.<br>Court documents claim that he approached her from behind, tackled her to the ground and sexually assaulted her.<br>The man, who was later allegedly identified as Nilo, repeatedly told her 'I have a gun' before she managed to escape by poking at his eyes while wearing a glove.<br>Nilo's lawyer Joseph Cataldo claimed that he has received 'no indication' that a search warrant was obtained before they collected Nilo's DNA samples.<br>Speaking outside court, he said: 'My educated guess is there are no search warrants.<br><br>Obtaining DNA and analyzing it without a warrant based on probable cause, I posit that is unconstitutional.'<br>
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