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Apr 15, 2009 | Volume 3, Issue 15 Subscribe | Advertising Services | Contact Us
DNA Backlog? There’s More Than One Way to Cope
 With reports of increased backlogs for DNA tests at crime labs across the country some labs are finding new ways of solving the problem. The lack of staff and funding combined with an ever growing case load is putting an undeniable strain on crime labs nationwide, but with the increased dependence on DNA evidence the trend is likely to continue. Exploring different solutions to the DNA backlog will help labs do more, with less.
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FORENSIC NEWS
  • Solving Property Crimes With DNA
    A project using DNA analysis to investigate property crimes in South Carolina is providing local law enforcement with a surprising number of suspect matches to crime scenes. Using biological fluids collected from crime scenes of violence has become a common practice, but few agencies have used DNA to solve property crimes.
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  • Recycled Plastics Giving Criminals a Break
    Established fingerprinting methods are proving ineffective on recycled plastics, causing problems for forensic investigators. While recycled products look similar, they contain such a mix of plastics that the physical and chemical properties are completely different. Age old techniques for lifting fingerprints off plastics are often no longer effective.
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  • Free Forensic Services from Target
    One stop shopping just got that much easier with Target providing free forensic services to law enforcement agencies nationwide. Target got into the forensics business to combat shoplifting and employee theft at its nearly 1,700 stores.
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  • Serial Killer Was Just DNA Contamination
    German police believe that a serial killer they sought for 15 years may never have existed. The serial killer known as "the Phantom of Heilbronn" was one of Germany's most-wanted criminals having committed a series of crimes across Germany over a 15-year span. Lab tests showed her DNA at 40 different crime scenes. Now investigators believe it was simply a case of contaminated cotton swabs.
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  • British Conservative Party Want Innocents Off DNA Database
    Members of the British conservative party are calling for the deletion of DNA records of innocent people. Last year the European Court of Human Rights ruled that holding DNA samples taken by police in the course of an investigation is illegal, The Guardian reports.
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  • Sheriff's Office Buys Mobile Crime Scene Unit With Grant
    Hidalgo County sheriff’s office purchased a mobile crime lab with part of a $346,000 grant issued to help the sheriff's office improve its law enforcement efforts. The mobile crime lab will be the first in South Texas, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño said. The vehicle makes detection, gathering, and preservation of evidence easier to deliver in its crime labs.
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