Schools in Texas are providing parents with free DNA and fingerprint identification kits, as part of a program to help identify missing children. While the law that created the program does not say ...

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Students attending Texas public schools are going to be sent home with more than just homework in the coming weeks. All students in kindergarten through to Grade 8 will be given state-funded DNA and ...

Five years ago, Ed Smart didn’t know should have his daughter’s fingerprints ready. He didn’t know his daughter would disappear from his home and he’d be scrambling for photos to give to the media.

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The fingerprinting kits were produced by the National Child Identification Program, a Waco, Texas-based company that has persuaded lawmakers and attorneys general in at least 11 states to provide the ...