carbuff
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Excellent and valuable information, thank you carbuff.
I would think that a hit on someone in CODIS would be most likely, as criminal activity seems plausible as the reason this death was deposited instead of reported, so why do you think that would be a last resort?
Also I disagree with a poster who said that DNA is taken at birth in MA. I raised 2 children here and never had DNA taken. A blood test for type, yes, but not DNA. Blood type is a standard part of anyone's medical record in case they need blood and is not searchable in any data base per privacy laws (HIPAA)
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There's a current scandal alleging that those birth blood samples were DNA tested and saved in a research database by NIH or somebody like that. I haven't been able to determine whether it's a real problem or a conspiracy theory thing. I've only seen it on "that sort" of website.
I agree she was likely the victim of criminal action, but that doesn't mean either she or a relative was ever convicted of a crime serious enough to require collection of DNA. That's why I thought last resort -- a big investment of time and resources for potentially very little return, in an area where LE is already overloaded with drugs, organized crime, and sex trafficking.