More than half a dozen convicted sex offenders in our state are under criminal investigation for crimes they may have committed after serving their sentence. FOX13
Offenders are required by law to provide a DNA sample upon release, but thousands never complied. The data is supposed to be entered into CODIS, the Combined DNA Index System, used by law enforcement agencies to track down criminal suspects.
"The problem had become so large, the backlog so massive, no one law enforcement agency has the resources to address this," he said.Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Tuesday that his office completed its project to collect DNA samples from registered sex offenders in Washington state. "I found out there were 40 violent predators on McNeil Island that never had their DNA collected," said retired police detective Lindsey Wade, who encountered the problem about a decade ago.
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