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Indiana's New DNA Law Links 72 Suspects To Unsolved Crimes

Last updated on Thursday, April 19, 2018

(INDIANAPOLIS) - Indiana’s new DNA law has linked 72 suspects to unsolved crimes.

Starting this year, the law requires jails to take DNA samples from anyone arrested for a felony, instead of waiting till they're convicted.

Two weeks after the first sample, they got a match to an unsolved rape from two years ago.

It's not clear what crimes are involved in the other 71 cases.

State Police spokesman Dave Bursten says the matches to a national D-N-A database are spread across 44 of Indiana's 92 counties.

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