by Marshall Griffin | Dec 11, 2023 | Crime / Courts, News
Various law enforcement agencies across the country are using results from home genealogy test kits to solve criminal cases that have gone cold, and Missouri is no exception. Darren Haslag is a master sergeant with the Missouri State Highway Patrol who’s...
by admin | Jan 22, 2007 | Politics / Govt
House Democrats have unveiled a series of legislative proposals aimed at protecting children and families. Topping the list is one to expand Missouri’s DNA database to include people charged, but not yet convicted, of felonies. A second component of that...
by admin | Jun 2, 2006 | Crime / Courts
There has been a major break in the sadistic sexual torture and murder case in Independence, apparently coming from the couple suspected in two brutal deaths. Documents have been released that indicate Richard Davis and Dena Riley confessed to investigators that they...
by admin | Oct 31, 2005 | Politics / Govt
The use of DNA in Missouri’s criminal justice system is getting a special look by a legislative committee. The committee is fueled by a mix of technology and popular culture. St. Louis Representative Connie Johnson, who heads the special committee, says...
by admin | Jun 8, 2005 | Crime / Courts
The new state law requiring all people in custody of the corrections department to give DNA samples is clearing up some cold cases in Missouri. Corrections Department Spokesman John Fougere says more than ten-thousand samples have been taken since the law went into...
