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A 3 page consideration of the importance of the expeditious processing of mitochondrial DNA and STR in resolving crimes and cases involving missing persons. This paper critiques 2008 research conducted by Arthur J. Eisenberg and John V. Planz for the Department of Justice. No additional sources are listed.
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The Anthropological, mtDNA and STR Analysis of Unidentified Human Remains and Family Reference Samples for Entry into CODIS and the Field Testing and Implementation of New Technologies to Facilitate Additional
Identifications" researchers Arthur J. Eisenberg and John V. Planz emphasize the importance of expediently processing mitochondrial DNA and STR in the identification of human remains. This 2008 document acknowledges the
growing need for well-established, effective, techniques and methodologies that can be used to process large numbers of human remains so that they can be quickly and accurately identified. The
researchers establish goals to work up a set amount of samples within a specific period of time so that missing person cases and even cases of murder can be expeditiously
solved. An estimated 100,000 missing persons cases are waiting for resolution on any one day (Eisenberg and Planz, 2008). Almost half of
those cases are one year old or older (Eisenberg and Planz, 2008). Observing that a minimum of 13,500 sets of unidentified human remains are already in the possession of
medical examiner and coroner offices and that current policies put these remains at risk of disposal prior to their being identified, Eisenberg and Planz (2008) explore the research question of
whether or not improved processing capabilities in mitochondrial DNA and STR that focused on working up these samples would resolve many of the nations missing person cases prior to the
systematic disposal of these valuable samples. Eisenberg and Planz (2008) contend that in the absence of the "collection and submission of
a sample for DNA testing or anthropological review, there can be no further molecular or physical basis for the investigation of death and the chance of identifying these remains is
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