UK to collect DNA from criminals not already in the database

Police in the UK could take DNA samples from over 13,000 criminals who are not already in the DNA database.  This would include serious violent offenders who were convicted prior to DNA collection laws or prior to DNA technology.

Read more here.

New York: DNA profile but no match for 1949 murder

11-year-old Joanne Ena Lynn of Hemlock disappeared on Sept. 19, 1949.  New York State police have a DNA profile from the suspected killer, but no match to anyone in the DNA database. They are currently taking DNA profiles of living individuals who may be family members of a possible suspect.

The DNA profile has already been used to exonerate suspects in the case.

Read more here.

NIJ Familial DNA Audio

Audio for NIJ: Familial DNA Searching: Issues and Answers.
Available here: http://nij.ncjrs.gov/multimedia/audio-nijconf2011-familial-searching.htm

Vermont: Alexander Stolte accused of killing 1 year old: DNA tells otherwise

Alexander Stolte is accused of murdering his girlfriend's one-year-old daughter.
DNA evidence found on the victim indicates that she was sexually assualted.  This evidence, however, is not Stolte's DNA.

The case is scheduled to go to trial next summer.

Read more here.

Kansas Serial Rapist

Authorities in Kansas are looking for a serial rapist they believe is responsible for 14 rapes in Lawrence and Manhattan since 2000. They have not released information to the press about whether DNA evidence has been found in the cases. Riley County officials and the Kansas Attorney General’s Office are working together on the cases.

The most recent attack was three years ago.

Read more here.

NYPD: Long Island Murders work of Serial Killer

NYPD now believes they can link the murders of 10 people found in the Long Island Region. Eight of these victims were women, one was a man, and one was a baby.

Detectives are using the aspects of the crime to link the bodies to one killer. DNA status in this case is unknown.

Read more here.

Gacy Victim Identified

William “Bill” George Bundy, 19, of Chicago, was identified through DNA as a victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

The University of North Texas — Center for Human Identification made a positive identification between the DNA of Bill Bundy and his brother, Robert Bundy after Cook County Sheriff's collected DNA from people who thought they might be family of the unidentified victims.

Read more here.

After exoneration: Looking for the rapist in '85 case

DNA that exonerated a Topeka man, Joe Jones, of a 1985 rape in 1992 may be used to find the real rapist in this cold case.

Though the five-year statute of limitations for prosecution of rape cases in Kansas has long passed, Kansas law allows for prosecution of rape and murder cases for up to one year after DNA evidence has identified a suspect.

Read more here.

Wisconsin partial profile from unsolved 92 homicides

Nov 19, 2011 DNA database key in solving state crimes

"Waupaca County, Sheriff Brad Hardel expressed both confidence and frustration regarding the investigation into the 1992 homicides of Tanna Togstad, 23, and her 34-year-old boyfriend, Timothy Mumbrue. They were found stabbed to death in March 1992 in Togstad's Butternut Road farmhouse in the Town of Weyauwega.
Detectives have collected DNA evidence, but are still waiting for a match."

There is a partial profile in the case. Read the article here (pg 4).

North Texas Sorority Rapist

Police have a DNA profile, but no database match, for the serial rapist who has been preying upon older members of a Texas sorority Delta Sigma Theta.  The profile is consistant with 4 assaults.


http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/More-details-released-in-North-Texas-sorority-rapes-134258958.html

Schiff and Familial DNA bill

Monday November 21, 2011

Washington, DC –Thursday night, just hours after the measure passed the House, the Senate approved a budget conference report which includes language drafted by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) to encourage the FBI to expand the availability of familial DNA testing to solve cold cases.

Read more here.

International DNA Database to Identify Trafficking Victims

An international DNA database, dubbed "DNA-Prokids," has been developed to fight human trafficking. The database will include the DNA profiles of homeless children and that of parents or family members who are missing a child.

The database was founded by Dr. Jose Lorente, of the Laboratory of Genetic Identification at the University of Granada, in Spain.
Click here to read more.

Federal bill would allow Feds to Use Familial Searching

A bill proposed by Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) would allow the Feds to use Familial DNA database searching to solve cold cases.

Schiff's bill would instruct the FBI to create a system through which a state could request a familial search of the national DNA database, expanding murder investigations that use DNA technology across state lines.

Read more here: http://ishinews.com/new-bill-would-let-feds-search-for-familial-dna-in-national-database-to-solve-cold-cases?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-bill-would-let-feds-search-for-familial-dna-in-national-database-to-solve-cold-cases

CA: Girl's Head Still Unidentified

Two years ago the severed head of a young woman was found in Barstow; the girl has still not been identified. Authorities hope familial DNA may determine who this victim is.

Read more here.

Policy implications for familial searching

Policy implications for familial searching

Joyce Kim, Danny Mammo, Marni B Siegel and Sara H Katsanis

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Center for Genome Ethics, Law & Policy, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy,

Duke University, Box 90141, Durham, NC 27708, USA.

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Correspondence: sara.katsanis@duke.edu

Email addresses

JK: joyce.kim@duke.edu

DM: dam31@duke.edu

MBS: marni.siegel@duke.edu

SHK: sara.katsanis@duke.edu
http://www.investigativegenetics.com/content/pdf/2041-2223-2-22.pdf