The people I know personally (went to school with) who became LE for their career, are not really trained the best, not specializing in CSI or identifying human remains, they are usually local people who go to school and get a degree (usually 2 yr or sometimes right out of high school) and want a good paying local job, usually know someone or family does already working as LE and nepotism happens. The only LE I know of that specialized in forensics are FBI or if a city has a special unit that requires such training. I think more local police are just traffic tickets/accidents/DUIs, domestic disputes, emergeny/ambulance calls, and crime reports, IMO. When a body or remains are found its not a common occurrence, I'm sure they call the coroner, write the report and wait for a loved one to come looking for that person. What I've realized in my older years, its not like on TV, where DNA is uploaded to a missing person database, no one is collecting fibers/evidence off the body, or modeling shoe prints left behind at the crime scene, or using NAMUS for possible matches. Not knocking LE, its just the reality. Makes you wonder how many other missing persons are laying in a morgue, not really missing but found, just not identified or no one is searching. Prayers to all dealing with such a tough situation or a missing loved one and to Kristin's mom who searched so hard for her daughter.
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
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