NamUs Law in New York Makes State 4th to Require Entries
Forensic News Daily
Seth Augestein
12/12/2017 - 9:55am
New York became the fourth state to require law enforcement to enter the most stubborn cases into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, or NamUs.
The law, signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Nov. 29, will ask law enforcement to enter all their missing persons and unidentified bodies into the system within 180 days.
New York previously passed a law last year requiring coroners and medical examiners to update NamUs with unidentified remains and forensic evidence, which made it the first state to do so.
Previous states have passed laws requiring NamUs notifications, including Tennessee, New Jersey and Connecticut. (Bills at the federal level, however, have failed).
Read more at:
https://www.forensicmag.com/news/2017/12/namus-law-new-york-makes-state-4th-require-entries-3
Forensic News Daily
Seth Augestein
12/12/2017 - 9:55am
New York became the fourth state to require law enforcement to enter the most stubborn cases into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, or NamUs.
The law, signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Nov. 29, will ask law enforcement to enter all their missing persons and unidentified bodies into the system within 180 days.
New York previously passed a law last year requiring coroners and medical examiners to update NamUs with unidentified remains and forensic evidence, which made it the first state to do so.
Previous states have passed laws requiring NamUs notifications, including Tennessee, New Jersey and Connecticut. (Bills at the federal level, however, have failed).
Read more at:
https://www.forensicmag.com/news/2017/12/namus-law-new-york-makes-state-4th-require-entries-3
