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Illinois State Police On Huge DNA Backlog: 'We Have A Lot To Do'
The Illinois State Police was under fire Monday for the state’s huge backlog in testing crime-scene DNA.
Grieving family members say they’ve waited and waited to hear from police about the crime lab analysis of their relatives’ murders.
At a state Senate hearing, they focused their frustration on detectives who did not keep them informed about the progress of their case, and the long delays in getting DNA evidence tested.
Latonya Moore’s daughter, 26-year-old Shantieya Smith, went missing last May in Chicago. She was was found dead in June.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/illinois-state-police-huge-dna-backlog-we-have-lot-do
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