SACRAMENTO – (INT) - The California Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Missing Persons DNA Program has reached a milestone.

It has identified over 2,000 missing persons since its establishment in 2001.

Proposed legislation would ensure that the DOJ will be able to continue providing forensic DNA services through the “DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act."

Proposition 69 directs funding from criminal fines to support essential crime-solving DNA programs both at DOJ and local law enforcement agencies.

Story Date: April 7, 2024