The No Suspect Casework DNA Backlog Reduction Program

Audit Report No. 05-02
November 2004
Office of the Inspector General


Figures - Text version


Figure 1: Program Summary - FY 2001

Figure 1 shows the methodologies proposed by the states for the analysis of no-suspect cases. Six grantees chose to use in-house analysis only - Kansas, Missouri, Main, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Delaware. Six grantees chose to use outsourcing only - New Mexico, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Illinois, Maryland, and Vermont. Thirteen grantees chose to use in-house and outsourcing - New York, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Massachusetts, Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Puerto Rico.

Figure 2: Forensic Profiles Uploaded to NDIS

State 2000 2001 2002 2003
Ohio 0 0 1,780 2094
Texas 709 1055 1334 2503
New York 890 1528 3701 4308
Florida 320 338 688 3605

Figure 4: Reasons Profiles Were Not Uploaded to CODIS

Awaiting Data Review - 36%
No DNA 34%
Only Victim Profile - 12%
Insufficient Data - 9%
Various other technical reasons - 4%
Mixture - 4%
Already in CODIS - 1%

Figure 5: Average Days for Data Review

Figure 5 shows the average number of days it took for a profile to be uploaded to CODIS for the following grantees/co-grantees: Ohio BCI&I took 12 days; Fort Worth, TX Police Dept. took 122 days; Jacksonville, FL FDLE Lab took 187 days; Palm Beach, FL Sheriff's Office took 9 days; New York State Police took 70 days; Monroe County, NY Public Safety Lab took 70 days; and Nassau County, NY Medical Examiner took 68 days.