CANADA New $8.1M DNA program will help police crack missing persons case.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...na-index-for-missing-persons/article21312767/

"The amended act will establish criteria for adding and retaining DNA profiles and, importantly, will specify which DNA profiles in the existing and new indices will be compared against one another. The latter is a sticking point for people like Ms. Peterson, who want their loved ones’ DNA cross-checked against, for example, the crime scene index and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, which said it does not object to a national missing-persons databank so long as it is tightly secured and independent from the existing indices.

On Monday, Mr. Boisvenu specified that the index containing relatives’ DNA would be restricted from comparison to the crime scene index and convicted offenders index, implying that the other two new indexes – related to missing persons and human remains – would, on the other hand, be compared against the criminal indices."
 
"The MPI will be one of five new indices created in the RCMP’s National DNA Data Bank. The new index will help coroners, medical examiners and police investigate cases of missing persons and unidentified remains. The legislation will be known as “Lindsey’s Law”, named after Lindsey Nicholls who disappeared in 1993. Her mother Judy Peterson has worked tirelessly to advocate for the creation of a DNA based missing persons index and petitioned for the passage of legislation."

http://www.kelownanow.com/news/nati...nt_Announces_DNA_Database_for_Missing_Persons
 
tarabull said:
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May 26, 2022​

''Quick Facts​

  • Each year in Canada, there are approximately 62,000 individuals reported missing and 40 unidentified human remains discovered.
  • There are currently just over 8,000 open missing persons and 760 open unidentified remains cases in the Missing Children/Persons Unidentified Remains Database.
  • In 2018, the RCMP created the National Missing Persons' DNA Program – a collaboration between National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains (NCMPUR) and the National DNA Databank.
  • The RCMP manages Canada's Missing, which is a public database of missing persons and unidentified remains. Cases are added to Canada's Missing at the discretion of the lead investigator.
  • In early 2020, the RCMP partnered with the New York Academy of Art to re-construct the skulls of 15 unidentified Canadian remains located in Canada. Three of those were subsequently identified. In 2021, advanced imaging techniques were used to provide interactive 3D models for the remaining cases, in another collaborative pilot.

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