i think the quickest case that i ve worked on was solved in just under 18 hours. the longest case took about two and a half months, although a lot of the unsolved cases we ve been working on for years. in recent years, millions of people have registered their dna on ancestry databases, so a large pool of material is available. the technique is not currently used in the uk, mainly because of concerns about privacy and consent. but now the home office has set up a pilot study to see if it could work here, potentially solving the mystery of mary ellen and hundreds like her. what we don t know how solvable a case will be until we get the dna data back. i m optimistic that we would be able to identify mary ellen. jane wilkinson, bbc north west today. bolton. tenants near halifax are facing eviction after being told their landlord wants to sell the land to a supermarket chain. families were given two months
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