DNA Cold Hit Leads to Rapid Arrest in Indiana
A DNA cold hit by the Indiana CODIS database helped State Police make an arrest just 23 days after a 14-year-old middle school student was abducted from a school bus stop and raped. The state's DNA database, launched in 1996, contains the profiles of 50,000 offenders and has helped solve 700 crimes.
Vic Ryckaert, "Database credited for arrest in girl's rape; Stored DNA profile matched sample from attack on 14-year-old," The Indianapolis (Ind.) Star, 23 April 2007: 1
Delaware "Fusion Center" Helps Fight Crime
Delaware’s fusion center links to and coordinates with government agencies throughout the state as well as the nation, improving information sharing and communication for crime fighting and disaster response. The Delaware Information & Analysis Center (DIAC), run by Delaware State Police, is one of 43 fusion centers in the U.S. that gather and coordinate intelligence to prevent, disrupt or defeat criminal or terrorist activities.
Kerry Kester, "Delaware moves to forefront with security technology," Cape Gazette (Lewes, Del.), 18 April 2007
DNA Cold Hit in Texas Solves 1982 Murder Case
A convicted burglar who was scheduled to be released from a Florida prison in a few days has been linked by the FBI Laboratory's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) to the rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Fort Worth, Texas on Aug. 19, 1982. The Florida inmate is currently being investigated for connections to several unsolved slayings of women around Fort Worth in the 1980s.
Deanna Boyd, "DNA links convict to 1982 slaying in Fort Worth," Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram, 25 April 2007: A1
California County Hopes to Reduce Gang Crime by GPS Tracking
San Bernardino County's pilot program to monitor paroled gang members with GPS tracking devices had its first success when a gang member was found to be at the scene of a homicide in Victorville, Calif. The program, launched April 3, has already fitted 35 gang members on parole or probation with the satellite tracking devices.
Ryan Orr, "County's gang pilot program pays off: GPS-fitted gang member is suspect or witness at homicide scene," Daily Press (Victorville, Calif.), 18 April 2007
