Police Crime Scene Unit Preserves Evidence Indefinitely
Evidence collection, labeling and preservation are core duties of the Crime Scene Unit as detectives direct work. Technicians analyze fingerprints in house and ship DNA samples to DPS labs. Old cases may be revisited as evidence can be stored for years or decades in the police vault.
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DNA Wins In Cold Case Link To 1990 Stabbing
A long dormant Odessa cold case prison sentence edges closer as detectives linked 1990 Virginia Washelesky stabbing to suspect Johnny Lee Wells after DNA from old evidence tested at DPS lab. The Innocence Project notes Texas leads in DNA exonerations while urging caution and continued testing of stored material.
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Midland Woman Dies After Sunday Wreck at Lamesa and Cuthbert
The Midland case centers on Rosalina Carrasco a 32 year old who died from injuries after a two car crash at the Lamesa Road Cuthbert Avenue intersection. Carrasco’s northbound 1997 green GEO Prism turned left into a northbound grey Honda Civic pushing both cars into a 2005 GMC SUV. Six Civic and GMC passengers were treated at Midland Memorial Hospital Sunday night with non life threatening injuries. No citations were issued.
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Bush to Push Offshore Drilling Rerun Policy Push
President Bush plans a renewed bid to win congressional approval to end the long standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling. He echoes a call by GOP candidate John McCain as Democrats resist lifting restrictions on energy development across federal Outer Continental Shelf waters along both coasts.
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