A national DNA database is helping to solve new and old crimes in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations manages the CODIS system for law enforcement across our state, allowing police new leads when there were none.
Anytime someone is convicted of a felony or booked into jail for a felony crime their DNA is collected and stored in the CODIS database.
The OBSI lab in Edmond stores a powerful forensic tool. The agency’s lead criminalist Lesley Perry manages it…