DNA links hundreds of felons to unsolved crimes
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — DNA submissions from convicted felons in Wisconsin have led to nearly 2,000 matches in other crimes over the past eight years.
A match indicates the same person was involved in both crimes and can help investigators make an arrest.
Wisconsin started requiring convicted felons to give up DNA samples in 2000. State Department of Justice figures show those submissions have yielded 1,796 hits in the national DNA database known as the Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS.
Fond Du Lac detectives spent more than three decades investigating the 1976 death of 19-year-old go-go dancer Kathleen Leichtman before a DNA sample from her body matched a sample from Thomas Niesen of Ashwabenon.
Niesen had to give a DNA sample last year after he was convicted of felony child abuse.
Feb 15, 2009 at 12:11 p.m.
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dub190---How does DNA taken from convicted felons eliminate second amendment rights?
Feb 14, 2009 at 7:29 p.m.
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I'm glad that there is still hope for the families of the victims. Felons lost their rights when they acted on their stupidity!
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