A CODIS SUCCESS STORY
On a Friday afternoon in March 1989, Debbie Smith, whose husband, Robert, is a police officer, was abducted from her home by a man she had never seen before. Mrs. Smith's assailant forced her from her kitchen to the woods behind her home. He proceeded to rape her. Before leaving the scene of the crime, the rapist threatened Mrs. Smith, saying he knew where she lived and he would kill her if she ever told anyone what had happened.
The local police department developed a suspect in the case, and sent a sample of his blood, along with the evidence, to their forensic crime laboratory. A conventional serology exam excluded the suspect. However the examiner instructed the investigating officer to preserve the evidence; there was a new examination based on DNA that could possibly solve this crime sometime in the future.
Five years later, in 1994, the county where Debbie and Robert Smith resided experienced an outbreak of sexual assault and rape crimes. The......
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