FBI Shares Near-Match DNA with Police
A UPI newswire article, via Topix.net, reports that:
The FBI has allowed investigators in Denver to use DNA information from convicted criminals to track relatives suspected of other crimes.More here.
Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey said the FBI used information from the Combined DNA Index System to perform a near-match search that found an Oregon man who is likely a relative of a man who sexually assaulted a Denver woman in 2003, USA Today reported Wednesday.
Morrissey said the information, which marks the first time the FBI has shared near-match information between states, could lead to police identifying the suspect.
However, some groups have claimed that near-match searches violate the privacy of innocent relatives of criminals and constitute a form of genetic surveillance.
posted by Fergie @ 8/23/2006 08:09:00 PM
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