Virginia is conducting a test-run of software that would let the state become the third in the country to perform familial DNA searches, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.
The crime-fighting technique identifies suspects by linking crime scene DNA to the DNA of relatives whose profiles are in criminal justice databases. Use of familial searches are being sought in two high-profile Virginia cases — the East Coast rapist and the slaying of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington.
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