The future of a national missing persons database uncertain (Reply #22)

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The future of a national missing persons database uncertain

by: Arezow Doost Posted: Jan 7, 2021 / 06:47 PM CST / Updated: Jan 7, 2021 / 11:21 PM CST

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Multiple sources tell KXAN investigators it’s not clear what will happen to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, or NamUs, based in north Texas.

It’s used by police, the medical examiner and families in Central Texas and across the country to help with missing persons cases.

Sources explained about 30 employees were laid off after the holidays, but this morning some got their jobs back.

“I don’t know what is going on,” explained one source, who has been taking calls from families all week finding out about the layoffs. “I’ve gotten calls from law enforcement agencies wanting to know what’s going on — is NamUs going to continue.”

The federal database housed at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth (UNTHSC), which already had a separate forensics lab, uses fingerprints, DNA profiles and dental records to help solve missing and unidentified person cases.

Funding cut concerns

Sources said recent federal funding cuts have impacted services including DNA testing.

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