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DNA Dragnet

By Jeralyn, Section Civil Liberties
Posted on Sun Jan 09, 2005 at 11:03:43 PM EST
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There are 790 men in Truro, MA and police want to take the DNA of all of them to try and solve a murder. They want to know who last had sex with the victim.

"The person we're looking for is the one who deposited the DNA" by having sex with Ms. Worthington before she died, Sergeant Perry said. "We're not saying that this is the killer. What we're saying is we need to talk to this person, who may be just the last person to see her alive."

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    DNA Dragnet | 2 comments (2 topical)
    Re: DNA Dragnet (none / 0) (#1)
    by cp on Mon Jan 10, 2005 at 08:24:20 AM EST
    the potential 4th amendment aspects aside, who is paying for all the dna tests? those things aren't cheap, or so i've been led to believe, something like 3 or 4 hundred a pop. that has to take a fair chunk out of the town's budget.

    Re: DNA Dragnet (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Jan 10, 2005 at 08:58:01 AM EST
    And, of course, it's totally impossible that she had sex with a man from Chatham, or Orleans (just for sake of argument, I am willing to rule out Provincetown ;-) ).

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