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NL: Two-thirds of men asked for DNA in murder inquiry give sample

Posted on March 19, 2018 by pogowasright.org

I had reported on this story in the past, and now there’s an update from DutchNews.nl:

Police say they are ‘satisfied’ with the response to a call for DNA samples to help them solve the murder of an 11-year-old boy in 1998, even though one in three people declined.

Altogether more than 21,000 men in Limburg were asked to submit their DNA during the last three weeks in and around Heerlen, Brunssum and Heibloem, making it the largest mass sampling exercise ever carried out in the Netherlands.

Read more on DutchNews.nl.

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