No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program FY 2003

PROJECT SUMMARY 2003-DN-BX-K107

DNA analysis used in conjuntion with the Combined DNA Index Systems (CODIS) is a powerful investigative tool beginning at the crime scene with the collection of evidence and ending with a judicial conclusion. For CODIS to be truly effective and DNA to reach its full potential, aiding the criminal justice system in solving crimes, DNA database must be be populated with both offenders profiles and DNA profiles from crime scene evidence. DNA is especially useful in cases where no supect is known. DNA profiles obtained from from evidence collected in cases where there is no suspect can be compared to local, State , and national DNA data base through CODIS for a match between the evidence and a convicted felon.