Evil Has a Name
2018, Audible New York Times Bestseller

In 2018, cold case investigator Paul Holes solved the decades-old Golden State Killer case by combining DNA science with genealogy. It was the first time in history that the forensic technique of genetic genealogy was used to solve a homicide. Paul had been chasing the GSK for more than 20 years when the idea dawned on him. He cracked the case a week before retiring.

Paul’s career-long investigation began when he discovered a file cabinet of cold cases in the back of the lab at the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s office where he worked as an entry-level criminalist back in the early 90s.

Today, Paul’s memory of the case is fresh and vivid, aided by a photographic memory of crime scene photos, maps of neighborhoods from forty years ago, and pieces of evidence. His pursuit of the killer is the main narrative in Evil Has a Name. The six-hour audio series also includes the stories of talented investigators who obsessively worked the case before Paul did, courageous survivors of GSK’s attacks, a brilliant genealogist, retired FBI Profiler Jim Clemente who profiled the GSK for the Bureau, and others who helped solve the case.

Creator, Writer (with Mitch Hansen), Executive Producer