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"We have substantial physical and forensic evidence which we are still cataloging," one police source said last night.
This is the second time the Guatemalan government has exhumed a body for Harbury. In August 1993 a judge there ordered the exhumation of Everado's body but Harbury's forensic specialist found the corpse belonged to an 18-year-old male. Everado was 37 in 1993.
The recent Crime Bill takes heed of many of the NRC recommendations in the "DNA Identification Act of 1994." The Crime Bill authorizes grants (part of a $20 million package through facial year 2000) to public laboratories that apply and meet quality standards for forensic testing.
In fact, for paternity cases, Baird says that LifeCodes, a Stamford, Conn. lab, charges $200 per sample and $535 for forensic DNA analysis including RFLP, PCR, or both.
Next month, many of the questions still surrounding DNA profiling will be addressed when the second NRC committee meets for three days to discuss their new report. "There will be a public meeting, for at least a day, where a large number of people will come and speak," says Crow...