Is it just me?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 12:05 pm
Or did they identify Brian Laundrie's remains in a tiny fraction of the time it usually does???
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Re: Is it just me?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 12:11 pm
DNA tests are a lot quicker and cheaper than they used to be, and the law enforcement usage is finally catching up. We had a local case a few years ago where it was taking days to identify remains and the joke at the office was that they could have sent samples to 23 and Me and had identification plus ethnic makeup and full family trees by now!
Re: Is it just me?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 12:19 pm
But they didn't ID him by DNA, they used dental records & that usually takes a week or more just to ID the dentist and go thru the necessary red tape to get as copy of the records.Chocol8 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 22, 2021 12:11 pm DNA tests are a lot quicker and cheaper than they used to be, and the law enforcement usage is finally catching up. We had a local case a few years ago where it was taking days to identify remains and the joke at the office was that they could have sent samples to 23 and Me and had identification plus ethnic makeup and full family trees by now!
Re: Is it just me?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:29 pm
Hmmm. Well I might speculate that they were expecting to find a body and maybe had dental records queued up?
Re: Is it just me?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 4:35 pm
Freely admitting I have no idea who Brian Landrie is, but then again not much of a news watcher.
Re: Is it just me?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:44 pm
The impression I get is that most of the delay in identifying someone through DNA is in laboratory backlog, not in the actual testing procedure, so if they want to put a rush on something I'm sure it can be done. Then again, I get that impression from watching true crime TV shows, so your guess may be as good as mine!
Re: Is it just me?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 6:02 pm
Agreed, but there has been no mention in the media about DNA testing.glasshand wrote: ↑Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:44 pm The impression I get is that most of the delay in identifying someone through DNA is in laboratory backlog, not in the actual testing procedure, so if they want to put a rush on something I'm sure it can be done. Then again, I get that impression from watching true crime TV shows, so your guess may be as good as mine!
Only about verification by dental records.
I can't believe the speed of that.
Re: Is it just me?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 6:08 pm
I agree they probably had everything ready just in case they found a body, and would add that having national daily news updates probably helped speed things up considerably.
Re: Is it just me?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 6:09 pm
I don't know, but I'm kinda expecting some nighttime television plot twist. Something seems amiss there.
I mean, besides the two corpses.
I mean, besides the two corpses.
Re: Is it just me?
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 6:12 pm
Re: Is it just me?
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2021 4:34 am
Re: Is it just me?
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2021 11:10 am
I'd say you are likely correct. It is a bit different identifying a random John Doe vs just confirming an identityChocol8 wrote:Hmmm. Well I might speculate that they were expecting to find a body and maybe had dental records queued up?
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Re: Is it just me?
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2021 12:36 pm
Yeah, hell he might have been easily recognized even by some features, or face quite intact still. It's indeed different when you are trying to find out who ever a body might have been Vs confirming it's someone you're already searching for.
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