Question regarding NAMUS's process of matching dna of Does and MP's

[DS2021]

How often does NAMUS automatically match the DNA of a mp with the dna of their remains once its entered into the system?

 

[GatorFL]

How often does NAMUS automatically match the DNA of a mp with the dna of their remains once its entered into the system?

I think CODIS is the system that does this. I am working on an Unknown/Jane Doe case and a missing woman from the area was suggested as a match. The UP has DNA in CODIS and so does the missing woman, because her family submitted a sample. She was excluded as the Jane Doe because they were not a CODIS match. I believe this is automatic, so she had been an exclusion, but not named as one, since nobody suggested her.

 

[DS2021]

@GatorFL how often does codis not recognize a match

 

[GatorFL]

@GatorFL how often does codis not recognize a match

I don't know. I know that sometimes a more detailed analysis needs to happen but I don't know what triggers that. Likewise, I think many UP are missing DNA. Same for MP, many may not have DNA in the system. I just recently learned this when law enforcement did the comparison for me.

 

[DS2021]

@GatorFL is there a way 2 see what identifiers a case has in NAMUS
I have a public profile

 

[GatorFL]

@GatorFL is there a way 2 see what identifiers a case has in NAMUS
I have a public profile

Do you mean exclusions? Register and then you can see them on each UP.

 

[cvaldez1975]

i feel like the system is flawed in that it doesnt consider mitochondrial dna but i could be wrong. i wish they would find a way to fix that.

 

[GatorFL]

i feel like the system is flawed in that it doesnt consider mitochondrial dna but i could be wrong. i wish they would find a way to fix that.

I believe that it indeed does consider this. The exclusion I referred to earlier was a mitochondrial mismatch. The missing's mother gave a sample and I was told my Jane Doe did not match mitochondrial DNA.

 

[carbuff]

How often does NAMUS automatically match the DNA of a mp with the dna of their remains once its entered into the system?

@CCJD , @CarlK90245 could you pitch in on this question?

 

[CarlK90245]

NamUs doesn't do the matching. The matching is done in CODIS. And yes, they do consider mitochondrial DNA in CODIS.

 

[GatorFL]

NamUs doesn't do the matching. The matching is done in CODIS. And yes, they do consider mitochondrial DNA in CODIS.

Thanks, I just talked to PBSO about another case and they said all this but I wanted an expert to weigh in.

 

[CCJD]

@GatorFL is there a way 2 see what identifiers a case has in NAMUS
I have a public profile

Did you mean identifiers as in DNA, Dentals and fingerprints. If so, that information is no longer viewable by the public. It was restricted in 2018 when NamUs 2.0 was launched.

 

[Bit of hope]

@GatorFL is there a way 2 see what identifiers a case has in NAMUS
I have a public profile

Info about identifiers (DNA, dentals, fingerprints) are no longer visible for the public. I see you already answered @CCJD