NC Crime Lab Cannot Track Number of DNA Tests Requested :: WRAL.com

THE ARREST IN THE MATTER 9 YEARS AFTER SHE WAS KILLED THIS EVENING, THE TEAM COVERAGE TAKES YOU INSIDE THE LAB WHERE THE DNA MATCH HAPPENED, LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE MAN ARRESTED, CRIME LAB SAYS IT COULD RESOLVE MORE OF THESE CASES THIS IS A STORY YOU ONLY SEE ON WRAL, CHRIS TAKEN A VISIT TO THIS FACILITY, WHICH SLOWS THEM DOWN, THEY APPROACHED THE LEGISLATIVES OF L ‘STATE BY ASKING THEM TO BUDGE MONEY TO HELP 12 THESE Scientists, THAT THESE ADDITIONAL HANDS WILL GO A LONG WAY. >> WE ALL WANT TO HELP JUSTICE FOR THESE VICTIMS. >> STATE CRIME LAB DIRECTOR SAYS HIS TEAM MEMBERS WORK AS HARD AS THEY CAN BUT THEY HAVE THEIR LIMITS. >> THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY SUBMISSIONS GOING INTO THE DOOR EVERY DAY, MOST CASES TAKE ABOUT A YEAR AT THIS POINT. >> IN FACT, THEY HAVE GOT SOME OF THEIR OLD DNA TEST KITS IN ONE YEAR, THE LAB RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER 800 SUBMISSIONS UP TO 1800. >> THIS IS A GOOD THING, IT MEANS WE TEST MORE CHILDREN AND TO SOLVE MORE CRIMES, LIKE DURING THE PROCESS OF MAKING FOR THE 2012 MURDER, HE SAYS THEY NEED 12 SCIENTISTS. >> IT WILL TAKE MORE AND LONGER TO DO THIS WORK FOR ME IT’S JUSTICE AND HELPING THESE FAMILIES AND SURVIVORS. >> I CONTACTED SEVERAL STATE LEADERS FOR THIS STORY, THE ONLY PERSON TO COME BACK TO ME WAS THE MOORE COUNTY STATE REPRESENTATIVE SAYS HE AND OTHER JUSTICE SUPPORT LABORATORY, DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN BUDGETING MONEY WITH THE HIRING OF THESE ADDITIONAL SCIENTISTS.