Military DNA Registry Used in Criminal Case

bubblegoose writes "The Reading Eagle has a story about a man sought in a Reading, PA. murder who was arrested Thursday in Puerto Rico. This is the first time anyone has been apprehended in a criminal case based on DNA collected by the military. Apparently the DNA registry has a stringent set of rules that must be met for a blood sample to be released and those were satisfied." The DNA registry catalogs DNA samples from all US armed forces, ostensibly for identifying remains (although if that were the only reason, the samples would be automatically destroyed at the end of the servicemember's contract.)

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picking up the pieces

[punkrider]

In the event your buddy gets blown to bits in front of you, forget the dog tags and grab his toe.

let's role!

DNA used for more than identifying remains

[arcanumas]

Ofcourse it's not the only reason. Didn't you learn anything from X-Files?

Re:DNA used for more than identifying remains

[Anonymous Coward]

Ofcourse it's not the only reason. Didn't you learn anything from X-Files?

I learned that scully was hot, was there something else to that show??

Hmm...

[Obiwan Kenobi]

(although if that were the only reason, the samples would be automatically destroyed at the end of the servicemember's contract)

Of course not! Hundreds of years into the future, after they figure out how to create humans from simple DNA strands, they can resurrect the greatest generals who ever lived to fight the War for the Futur...

...er.

I'm such a dork.

Didn't you see 6th Day?

[greymond]

The blood samples are taken so they can CLONE them - they are secretly replacing our American Soldiers with Clones that will one day rule the world!!!!!

Re:Shocking abuse of rights?

[mxn]

misabused: abused improperly.

Re:Never

[GuyMannDude]

I would never, ever give a sample for a DNA analysis to anyone but a doctor.

You mean willingly and consciously never give a sample. All it would take is for some unscrupulous insurance company to hire a Pamela Anderson lookalike to come over to your house (or mother's basement) and in fifteen minutes (or maybe two minutes, if you're like most of us) they'd have a healthy sized sample for their database.

Face it man: they 0wn you!

GMD

misabused

[delphi125]

Your use of the word 'misabused' is the most misabused abusive misuse I've ever seen here on /.

Re:misabused

[Carbonite]

You haven't been here very long then, have you?

Re:This is the future of law enforcement

[hackstraw]

The wife got confused because the room was dark when it happened, and the two men bore similar appearances under that kind of lighting.

Note to self: When choosing a wife, make sure she is not easily confused in strange lighting conditions so that she could misidentify me as a rapist/murderer and send me to prison for long periods of time.

Re:Shocking abuse of rights?

[RevDobbs]

I am not certain how many actual cases of DNS evidence tampering have been found, but I suspect it happens.

Well, when you're in a BIND, what do you expect an investigator to do?

Re:Shocking abuse of rights?

[hesiod]

> misabused is obviously a joining of misused and abused. It's like saying ``double plus abused'' .

No, no, no. It is a correct term. The information was supposed to be abused, but they ended up abusing it in the wrong way, hence, "misabused." :)

Re:Shocking abuse of rights?

[SphynxSR]

ssshhh don't say anything good about the US on slashdot. you will get modded down.

Khhhaaaannnnnn!!!!

[docbrown42]

The DNA registry catalogs DNA samples from all US armed forces, ostensibly for identifying remains (although if that were the only reason, the samples would be automatically destroyed at the end of the servicemember's contract.)

But, if they destroy the samples, they wont be able to combine the samples and create Khan in the future. (Wasn't he supposed to have DNA combined from earth's greatest leaders?) That's no fun at all!

Then again, maybe I'm thinking of that Cobra-la guy from Gi-Joe, Sepentor.