DNA database aids FBI solve cold cases nationwide
In California a 16 year missing boy is identified while Kansas and Texas cases are closed through CODIS matches. The FBI DNA database now links over 11,000 cases, with 8,000 matches to criminals and 3,000 to unidentified suspects.
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9 1 1 tapes may stay confidential in Whitaker case
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ruled that recordings of 9 1 1 calls made after the Sugar Land murder of Tricia Whitaker and her son Kevin can remain confidential. He said releasing tapes would reveal who called police and what dispatchers heard moments after shots. The decision came after media outlets sought public release under the Texas Public Information Act.
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Professor to be sentenced in missing plague vials case
Dr. Thomas Butler, 62, former Texas Tech professor, faces sentencing after being fired and losing his medical license for reporting missing plague vials that sparked a bioterrorism scare. He may receive probation or house confinement with community service. prosecutors favor a sentence aligned with a presentence report.
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