A A importância da identificação dos restos mortais não identificados dentro da Política Nacional de Busca de Pessoas Desaparecidas

Abstract

It is essential to improve the process of identifying dead bodies in order to advance in the investigation process for the search for missing persons. Law no. 13,812 (March 16, 2019), created the National Policy on the Search for Missing Persons and, since then, several solutions and strategies have been proposed to improve the process in public policy. Among them, those involving forensic science and criminal investigation. Brazil has a National DNA Database, structured through the Integrated Network of DNA Databases (RIBPG), which has as one of its purposes the identification of missing persons. In this DNA Database, it is possible to upload genetic profiles of missing persons and their relatives, comparing them with profiles of unidentified human remains (RMNI) and of unidentified living persons.. However, for successful identification by DNA Databases, it is important to increase the number of RMNI profiles, whose biological samples are accumulated without examination in forensic institutions. Forensic genetics laboratories have found it difficult to examine these samples due to the high demand, technical difficulties and the low number of experts in these laboratories.

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