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Large backlogs for DPS forensic testing

A local story from the Wilson County News highlights how backlogged Texas state crime labs have become in processing evidence from violent crimes ("Clark murder probe stalls in DPS crime-lab backlog," Jan. 5):On Jan. 19, six months will have passed since 50-year-old Sylvia Perez Clark was found dead in her home on Twin Oaks Drive south of here. The murder shocked residents here, prompting Neighborhood Watch meetings and more.Wilson County residents had not seen the likes of such a crime since exactly 11 years earlier when 66-year-old Gloria Flores was shot to death outside her home on F.M. 1303 near the intersection of C.R. 155 northwest of Floresville. Flores? murder remains unsolved.As of Dec. 29, no one has been charged in connection with Clark?s murder, said Wilson County Sheriff Joe D...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 05, 2010 (boomark / email).