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UNSOLVED SERIAL KILLERS OMAHA NE CRACKED

And a significant number of unsolved mysteries could be cracked with a simple swab in a violent criminal’s cheek, the experts said. Other states started collecting the samples after they were questioned about the status of their inmate population.īut experts agree: most of the long-term inmates who aren’t in CODIS probably have other crimes on their resume. Over more than two months, some states refused to provide information about the status of the DNA collection efforts within their prisons.

For others, there were simply collection delays. But there are other cases where prisoners refused to give samples, or authorities simply didn’t get the testing done for logistical reasons. Most often, these states had no retroactivity conditions in their DNA laws, which were generally enacted in the 1990s and were never extended into the past to include criminals already locked up. Most of these inmates are either awaiting execution in one of the states with the death penalty, or serving out the rest of their lives behind bars for some of the most heinous crimes imaginable.įorensic Magazine found that seven states hold prisoners whose DNA had not been collected, and who were not in CODIS.

The Nebraska serial rapist is one of thousands of American prisoners who have dodged DNA collection efforts by authorities. Weathers had previously served stints in prison in 1995 and burglary in 2000 before the alleged rapes, but his DNA was never collected before by prison authorities in the Cornhusker State. Weathers’ profile was put into the system – and it immediately hit four violent rapes in Omaha between 20, as the Nebraska prosecutors announced last month. That would, in turn, determine whether he had committed other crimes that remained unsolved.Ī year later, after some scrutiny, a judge issued an order allowing authorities to collect the genetic sample – by force. A quick swab of the inside of his cheek would allow his genetic profile to be uploaded to the Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS. serial killerĬonvicted and admonished by the Nebraska criminal judge as “one of the worst I’ve seen,” Weathers was sentenced to 100 to 160 years in prison in 2016.īut upon starting his lengthy stay behind bars, Weathers refused to give a DNA sample to state authorities.

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