ABSTRACT
Due to the issues and complexities involved in searching postmortem fingerprint records against various fingerprint repositories as described in Chapters 6 and 7, a uniform fingerprint repository for unidentified and missing persons should be incorporated into the new Next Generation Identification (NGI) system. This repository should be modeled after the Missing Persons and Unidentified Persons Indices of the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), which is used to identify unidentified human remains by matching DNA profiles from unidentified human remains to DNA profiles of missing persons or their biological relatives. The indices are periodically searched against one another, as new DNA profiles are being uploaded daily. For fingerprint identification purposes, two indices should be created within NGI for the forensic identification of unidentified human remains for humanitarian purposes (Figure 11.4).
