BBM portion? You have nailed the problem! Two collegues and I are working on a report to address these issues and more, such asemail communication with conflicting information and procedures. There are many problems with the system in missing persons and even more in the unidentified, (imo)
Thank you! I thought I was alone in my frustration and understanding of how this "mega data base" is being run.
You bring up an excellent point regarding DNA. No one will tell you that almost every LE agency gets an alloted number of DNA kits yearly...FREE...!
So when you let them know that you know this, and have very good reason your case should NOT be put on a wait list at the Namus data base, then what you do is request one of the kits be used for your case.
LE will take the swab at their agency. If they do not feel qualified to do it correctly, they will refer you to another, more highly staffed agency and send them the kit. It will cost the the victim's family ZERO! Also, let them know you want a private lab or some place reputable that is not overwhelmed with work. As of now UT is backlogged about 18 months to 3 or more years. They do high profile and pending criminal cases first.
I love your energy and dedication!!I hang out here in my research when needing an extra boost of inspiration.
Yes, LE has free kits that are available to the family of any MP without charge. I do wish to add here, LE agencies do vary on how they collect DNA samples. In most new MP cases they make every effort to obtain a sample of the MPs DNA (toothbrush, etc) whenever they possibly can. There are also many safe kids programs offered free of charge these days, Parents/grandparents need to take the time to participate. Everybody thinks this can't happen in their family, but the sad truth is more and more families are experiencing this tragedy.
NAMUS does have some good qualities. Searching for MP or UP on their site is very easy and offers a wide range of choices to help you make your selection. The downfall is often there is nothing there to help ID the person. Last night I went there and did a search for UP females found after 2/29/1972.
I was shocked, dismayed, discouraged and very livid when I saw the results. Even today there are way to many profiles there that have no sketch, no dental, no DNA. Seriously, how is that going to help anybody get identified? There is no excuse for that....NONE, especially not given the technology available today. They look like cases that were just tossed in there to get them off someones desk. If NAMUS wants to be what it was intended to be, then they need to take some of the responsibility for following up on these cases and making sure DNA samples are submitted for everyone, no exceptions. Not doing so (IMO) makes them nothing more than a bunch of pencil pushers trying to pretend to be more than what they are.
Roselvr is very correct on Billy's Law. I implore all to back it, support it and let's get it passed. There are to many people out there in graves marked unknown that have families waiting for answers. Everyone of those families deserves to know what happened to their loved ones. Roselvr knows well the uphill battle we have been raging with Florida in an attempt to find out if they have my sister in a unmarked grave. They always have the same story, there are no remains buried as unknown that appear to belong to a 13 year old girl. My response to that is XXXXXXXXX.
In moving this thread back to Racine Doe, which is where it belongs I feel a huge need to add this....while reading this thread I saw several girls who looked very similar to this Jane Doe. Most of them seemed to be ruled out by default, or one of the many panels or hoops they make people jump through. Consider this, they could have been ruled out by something ignorant such as a height difference.....
seriously, that is the most ignorant thing I ever heard of in my life. Distraught families reporting someone missing can easily be off on the height or weight, or someone entering it into any of the MP sites could have accidently entered it wrong.
Or someone on one of the panels may have looked at the information and felt certain they would not match. Every time I hear that I just want to punch someone. I mean seriously, who died and made them God for the day? Lets take a poll of families with MP and see how many of them want someone to be able to rule out a possible match without doing a comparison. If NAMUS does not want to do the DNA comparisons then they need to stop holding the DNA profiles that are done by them hostage. Actually, they need to get rid of that practice rather they want to do the comparisons or not.Reminds me of bullies on the playground saying if we do not like your idea then we just aren't going to let you play with our toys. They need to turn the profiles back over to families, or advocates to correct when needed. Oh, lets not even get me started on this.......
Luckily, my family did not allow NAMUS to do our DNA profiling.Myself, I'd strongly suggest staying with the FBI lab.( I am sure they are going to love me for that) Example being, early 2000 LE came across a file of a young girl found in Davie Florida not long after my sister vanished. At that time we did not have our profiles in Codis yet. Sis and I went to LE in Ohio, they did the cheek swabs and we had an answer back in about 2 weeks.
The DNA was not a match, my point being it did not take them months to know that.....it took them only a couple weeks. Twice since the FBI did our DNA panels we have had comparisons done, and neither time took more than the two weeks......so as I said before......get rid of the bureaucrats who think they have the right to play God, use that money to pay for more techs to do the comparisons, and lets get these people home.
Oh and on a side note, if anybody tells you they are sure that the DNA profile won't match.....ask them who appointed them God for the day, and contact someone to get a comparison done....please.