stores and matches dna profiles under different categories including: missing persons unknown...
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Stores and matches DNA profiles under different categories including:
Missing Persons
Unknown Deceased
Volunteer (Limited Purpose)
Database = 350,000
November 2007
A number of human remains cannot be identified visually, with fingerprint or dental examination.
Often there are no clues to the identity of the remains.
Such unidentified remains may only be resolved using DNA.
Reference DNAReference DNA
Post-Mortem DNA (Unknown Post-Mortem DNA (Unknown Deceased)Deceased)
Database searching and matchinDatabase searching and matching
Direct ReferencesDirect References• Personal Effects• Medical Samples
Kinship ReferencesKinship References• Close relatives
Missing PersonMissing Person11,14 18,19 28,28 16,18 9,11 15,15 17,19 13,13 18,18
Unknown Deceased Unknown Deceased 11,14 18,19 28,28 16,18 9,11 15,15 17,19 13,13 18,18
“On behalf of our family, we need to know what happened to him.”
Project Board
Senior Users
Leonie Jacques (AFP)
Laszlo Szabo (BSAG)
Scott Tilyard (TasPol)
Senior Supplier
Kirsty Wright
Executive
David Lang
(Manager IST)
Investigation by Police
Investigation by Police
Coroner’s Orders
Coroner’s Findings
DNA
Dental Examination
Autopsy
Identification 1Identification 1(Missing 14 years)(Missing 14 years)
Remains found partially buried in a fieldin 1992
A 12 loci DNA profile was obtained fromthe remains in 2004
In 2004 the remains were matched to aman that went missing in 1990, using his daughter’s DNA sample
Queensland Missing PersonsDNA Database
Identification 2Identification 2(Missing 7 years)(Missing 7 years)
Remains found on a rock surface in bushland in 2004
A 9 loci DNA profile was obtained from the remains in 2005
The remains were matched with a teenage boy that went missing in 1998, using his parent’s DNA samples
Identification 3Identification 3(Missing 9 years)(Missing 9 years)
Remains found in bushland in 2003
In 2004 nDNA profiling and mtDNA profiling failed
An eight loci nDNA profile was obtained in 2006
The remains matched to a man that went missing in 1996, using his mother’s and sister’s DNA samples
The ID of the remains has assisted the homicide investigation