Alleykins
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Hindsight definitely will do that for sure! With Bobby in particular they initially misidentified him as being of hispanic descent and they had been speculating he was a part of a harvesting group that passed through the area annually. His father also kept him alive longer than his mother by atleast two months and their remains were found in different stages with Bobby being skeletal and his Mom being within hours after death. I always wondered if they would have connected the dots if he was known to be of Asian descent from the beginning. Bobby's was a pet case of mine for the past 10 years or so.
With Danny's identification being through genetic ancestry would that make it any easier to find David? Another question I have about codis is which cases qualify to be added and which doesn't?
I didn't follow Bobby's case, but I recall his DN page stated the remains were biracial, one parent being Asian, but I don't know how recently it was changed or updated.
I think it's different for adding a criminal's DNA to CODIS, but when it comes to unidentified remains, my understanding is it's voluntary. I believe it's up to the agency handling their case whether it ends up there, and that's if there's sufficient DNA for profiling. Unless mandated by that agency's state law. I read there are a couple of states which require reporting to NamUs.