NEW MEXICO'S "KATIE'S LAW" RESULTS IN IT'S 500TH D-N-A MATCH. THE LAW IS NAMED AFTER KATIE SEPICH, A NEW MEXICO STATE STUDENT WHO WAS RAPED AND MURDERED IN LAS CRUCES IN 2003. HER MOTHER, JAYANN SEPICH, WAS INFORMED OF THE 500TH MATCH LAST WEEK.
KATIE'S LAW REQUIRES THE COLLECTION OF D-N-A FROM ANYONE ARRESTED FOR A FELONY CRIME IN NEW MEXICO. THE D-N-A IS THEN CHECKED TO SEE IF IT MATCHES ANY D-N-A ON RECORD.
