Getting DNA that matched one man to 30 sex assaults took 2+ years to even get into a lab

[The Straight Story]

DNA matches enabled investigators of a sexual assault at a Riverside massage parlor to discover the pattern of a serial rapist, but getting those lab results took more than two years, according to Riverside Police.

After submitting a sample to California's Department of Justice in late 2009, Riverside detectives were notified in 2012 of matches to four other assaults in massage businesses in two neighboring counties, said Detective Aurelio Melendrez of the Riverside Police Department.

Riverside investigators already had security camera video of the perpetrator from their case. They acquired additional video from the victimized massage businesses in Corona and from San Bernardino County, and at one point identified a suspect.

But his DNA did not match that recovered at the five crimes. As leads dried, Riverside Police decided to seek the public's help and Wednesday released excerpts from surveillance video at three of the locations.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Crime-Lab-Backlog-Delayed-DNA-Matches-in-Serial-Rape-Case--225282142.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_LABrand

[MADem]

1. They need to speed this process up.

The whole "We can put a man on the moon, why can't we..." construct comes to mind!

[pansypoo53219]

2. cutting taxes + bleeding the govt dry MORE IMPORTANT!

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. and tney have clear video of him. it took them tears to release the video