GlobalOptions Group's Bode Technology Applies Touch DNA Techniques to JonBenet Ramsey Evidence
NEW YORK, Jul 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that its Bode Technology unit confirms that they were able to generate a DNA profile from the long johns worn by JonBenet Ramsey using advanced touch evidence DNA collection and isolation techniques.Howard Safir, CEO of Bode Technology, a unit of GlobalOptions Group, noted "Bode has a long history of developing improvements in DNA techniques to help solve major crimes by applying these improvements and working closely with crime labs and police departments. We appreciate the opportunity to support the Boulder District Attorney's Office, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the Denver Police Department Forensic Laboratory and the Boulder Police Department." Bode has performed DNA analysis for crime laboratories, state, federal and local law enforcement agencies as well as prosecuting and defense attorneys in almost every state. Bode has worked with these customers to provide independent analysis on forensic evidence and provide a rapid turnaround time on challenging evidence. "Our experience of working on over 45,000 forensic cases has helped Bode become a leading commercial DNA laboratory," said Barry Watson, President of Bode Technology.
Among Bode's specialties are cold cases and forensic cases where DNA evidence may be highly compromised. Bode is able to apply techniques it has developed in analyzing samples from the World Trade Center disaster, Katrina hurricane victim samples and highly compromised samples from missing persons in foreign countries. Bode continues to develop innovative technologies through research and development efforts. These efforts allow Bode to provide DNA analysis on samples when other laboratories are unable to produce a result. "Touch DNA analysis is one of the many recent advances in DNA analysis that is allowing us to develop profiles from challenging evidence that would not have yielded a DNA profile a few years ago," acknowledged Dr. Angela Williamson, Assistant Vice President and Director of Forensic Casework at Bode Technology.
About Bode Technologies Group, Inc.
Bode Technology Group, Inc serves the law enforcement and identification markets and is unique in providing both state-of-the-art human DNA analysis and innovative DNA collection products. The range of Bode's services include diverse offerings such as high throughput DNA testing services, case work analysis, missing person identification, private and CODIS databanking of convicted offenders or arrestees, as well as paternity and non-forensic identification. Our patented DNA collection systems are in use worldwide for collections of DNA from convicted offenders and arrestees, from crime scenes, as well as from parents and children for genealogy and identification services. Our analysts and our research and development teams are constantly looking for better ways to bring previously unused approaches and technologies into the labs for routine use for analysis of challenging samples - be it bones or aged, decayed tissue. On the strength and experience of our research and development teams and casework analysts, Bode is able to offer worldwide DNA analysis services, consulting, training, and validation services on a customized basis.
About GlobalOptions Group, Inc.
GlobalOptions Group, with headquarters in New York City and offices in 16 cities, is a provider of high-end risk assessment and mitigation services to Fortune 1000 corporations, governmental organizations and high-profile individuals throughout the world. GlobalOptions Group's services currently include risk management and security, investigations and litigation support, and crisis management. These engagements take GlobalOptions Group staff around the world and are typically highly-sensitive engagements where GlobalOptions Group is interacting with senior leaders in corporations and governments. Its overall mission is to identify, evaluate, assess, prevent and correct issues that may threaten people, organizations or strategic initiatives for corporations or governments. www.globaloptionsgroup.com.
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