By Eva Ruth Moravec

Bexar County Crime Lab director Timothy Fallon speaks about the lab's firearms reference collection at the Bexar County Crime Lab in San Antonio. Courtesy of Darren Abate, Darren Abate/Express-New/SA

With bodies stacking up in coolers and the potential of mixing DNA looming, the two Bexar County agencies that share a red-brick building in the South Texas Medical Center are in need of more space.

But relief should come soon, thanks to a recently approved county budget that includes a $3.5 million renovation at the three-story medical examiner's office and criminal laboratory.

A growing population and local initiatives have increased work for Dr. Randall Frost, the chief medical examiner, and Timothy Fallon, the crime lab director. Frost's 45 employees and Fallon's 23 inhabit a county building at the Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, and the agencies bring the county about $2.9 million in annual income.

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Source: My San Antonio