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West Virginia State Police will recieve $582,174 in federal grant funds for DNA testing, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced in a prerecorded video released Wednesday on his YouTube page.
“Now you all know what this means. In some cases, you need to process that DNA evidence faster to solve some of the cold cases,” Morrisey said. “That’s critical. This is going to give our state police more tools to solve crimes, and that’s important.”
The governor said the funding comes at a time when West Virginia is seeing declines in violent and property crime.
“We need to keep up this momentum and make sure West Virginia remains the safest place to live, work, and play,” Morrisey said.
“Giving law enforcement the resources they need to process evidence, solve cases, and hold criminals accountable is an important part of keeping our communities safe,” he added in a press release.
The funding comes through the DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction Formula Grant Program. It will help the West Virginia State Police increase the number of eligible DNA samples analyzed for entry into the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System, known as CODIS.
The funding will also help reduce turnaround times for forensic cases involving DNA evidence and prevent backlogs of forensic and DNA database samples.
According to End the Backlog, a program of the Joyful Heart Foundation, a national nonprofit organization founded by Mariska Hargitay, West Virginia announced in 2024 it had processed over 3,200 backlogged sex crime kits. Of those, 2,665 have been tested, revealing around 1,100 DNA profiles. After submission to the FBI ‘s Combined DNA Index System, the initiative received 438 hits.
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