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Top cop urges locals with missing loved ones to have DNA tests

Jun 30 2022 Updated June 30, 2022

John Ryan

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Orana Mid-Western police commander Danny Sullivan is urging any families who are missing a loved one to have their DNA put into a state-wide database in a bid to help locate them. Photo: Dubbo Photo News.

Specialist forensic police will be in Dubbo tomorrow (Friday, July 1) as part of the familial DNA collection program to help with investigations into missing persons.

The program aims to assist detectives with ongoing investigations into historic missing persons by collecting familial DNA samples from the families of long-term missing persons. Orana Mid-Western commander Danny Sullivan said it’...