103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3948

 

Introduced 5/8/2024, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Missing Persons Identification Act. Removes a provision allowing a law enforcement agency to attempt to obtain a DNA sample from the missing person or a DNA reference sample created from family members' DNA samples for submission before 30 days after acceptance of a report. Provides that a law enforcement agency may not establish or maintain a policy that requires the observance of any waiting period before accepting a missing person report. Removes provisions prohibiting refusal of acceptance of missing persons reports based on lack of personal knowledge or for any other reason. Adds provisions about multiple reports for the same missing person. Requires a law enforcement agency to notify a person responsible for the missing person's welfare, or other specified individuals, about specified efforts to locate a missing person. Provides that, if a missing person remains missing for 30 days after the date of report the law enforcement agency shall immediately (rather than may) generate a report of the missing person within the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, and the law enforcement agency shall (rather than may) attempt to obtain specified information and materials that have not been received. Modifies the information and materials are required to attempted to obtain. Modifies the definition of "high-risk missing person". Upon receipt of a missing person report (rather than immediately), requires the responding local law enforcement agency to enter all collected information relating to the missing person case in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System and the National Crime Information Center. Makes other changes to the reporting requirements. Modifies requirements for submission of fingerprints from unidentified remains for analysis as well as other requirements relating identified human remains. Provides that an assisting law enforcement agency, medical examiner, coroner, and the Illinois State Police may not close an unidentified person case until the individual has been identified and must keep the case active. Requires the coroner, medical examiner, or assisting law enforcement agency to obtain a biological (rather than DNA) sample from any individual whose remains are not identifiable, and modifies how the sample may be analyzed and labeled. Makes other changes.


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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Missing Persons Identification Act is
5amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 20, and 25 as follows:
 
6    (50 ILCS 722/5)
7    Sec. 5. Missing person reports.
8    (a) Report acceptance. All law enforcement agencies shall
9accept without delay any report of a missing person. No law
10enforcement agency shall establish or maintain any policy that
11requires the observance of any waiting period before accepting
12a missing person report and may attempt to obtain a DNA sample
13from the missing person or a DNA reference sample created from
14family members' DNA samples for submission under paragraph (1)
15of subsection (c) of Section 10. Acceptance of a missing
16person report filed in person may not be refused on any ground.
17No law enforcement agency may refuse to accept a missing
18person report:
19        (1) on the basis that the missing person is an adult;
20        (2) on the basis that the circumstances do not
21    indicate foul play;
22        (3) on the basis that the person has been missing for a
23    short period of time;

 

 

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1        (4) on the basis that the person has been missing a
2    long period of time;
3        (5) on the basis that there is no indication that the
4    missing person was in the jurisdiction served by the law
5    enforcement agency at the time of the disappearance;
6        (6) on the basis that the circumstances suggest that
7    the disappearance may be voluntary;
8        (7) (blank); on the basis that the reporting
9    individual does not have personal knowledge of the facts;
10        (8) on the basis that the reporting individual cannot
11    provide all of the information requested by the law
12    enforcement agency;
13        (9) on the basis that the reporting individual lacks a
14    familial or other relationship with the missing person; or
15        (9-5) on the basis of the missing person's mental
16    state or medical condition. ; or
17        (10) for any other reason.
18    (a-5) Multiple reports for same missing person. If the law
19enforcement agency learns through investigation that a missing
20person report has been filed by another law enforcement agency
21for the same missing person and is under active investigation
22by that agency and a missing person entry is active in the Law
23Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS), then the law
24enforcement agency may not draft an additional missing person
25report but shall draft an informational report detailing the
26interview of the reporting individual. The informational

 

 

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1report shall be forwarded to the original law enforcement
2agency handling the missing person case without delay.
3    (b) Manner of reporting. All law enforcement agencies
4shall accept missing person reports in person. Law enforcement
5agencies are encouraged to accept reports by phone or by
6electronic or other media to the extent that such reporting is
7consistent with law enforcement policies or practices.
8    (c) Contents of report. In accepting a report of a missing
9person, the law enforcement agency shall attempt to gather
10relevant information relating to the disappearance. The law
11enforcement agency shall attempt to gather at the time of the
12report information that shall include, but shall not be
13limited to, the following:
14        (1) the name of the missing person, including
15    alternative names used;
16        (2) the missing person's date of birth;
17        (3) the missing person's identifying marks, such as
18    birthmarks, moles, tattoos, and scars;
19        (4) the missing person's height and weight;
20        (5) the missing person's gender;
21        (6) the missing person's race;
22        (7) the missing person's current hair color and true
23    or natural hair color;
24        (8) the missing person's eye color;
25        (9) the missing person's prosthetics, surgical
26    implants, or cosmetic implants;

 

 

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1        (10) the missing person's physical anomalies;
2        (11) the missing person's blood type, if known;
3        (12) the missing person's driver's license number, if
4    known;
5        (13) the missing person's social security number, if
6    known;
7        (14) a photograph of the missing person; recent
8    photographs are preferable and the agency is encouraged to
9    attempt to ascertain the approximate date the photograph
10    was taken;
11        (15) a description of the clothing the missing person
12    was believed to be wearing;
13        (16) a description of items that might be with the
14    missing person, such as jewelry, accessories, and shoes or
15    boots;
16        (17) information on the missing person's electronic
17    communications devices, such as cellular telephone numbers
18    and e-mail addresses;
19        (18) the reasons why the reporting individual believes
20    that the person is missing;
21        (19) the name and location of the missing person's
22    school or employer, if known;
23        (20) the name and location of the missing person's
24    dentist or primary care physician or provider, or both, if
25    known;
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1    disappearance was not voluntary;
2        (22) any circumstances that may indicate that the
3    missing person may be at risk of injury or death;
4        (23) a description of the possible means of
5    transportation of the missing person, including make,
6    model, color, license number, and Vehicle Identification
7    Number of a vehicle;
8        (24) any identifying information about a known or
9    possible abductor or person last seen with the missing
10    person, or both, including:
11            (A) name;
12            (B) a physical description;
13            (C) date of birth;
14            (D) identifying marks;
15            (E) the description of possible means of
16        transportation, including make, model, color, license
17        number, and Vehicle Identification Number of a
18        vehicle;
19            (F) known associates;
20        (25) any other information that may aid in locating
21    the missing person; and
22        (26) the date of last contact.
23    (d) Notification and follow up action.
24        (1) Notification. The law enforcement agency shall
25    notify the person making the report, a family member, a
26    person responsible for the missing person's welfare, or

 

 

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1    other person in a position to assist the law enforcement
2    agency in its efforts to locate the missing person of the
3    following:
4            (A) general information about the handling of the
5        missing person case or about intended efforts in the
6        case to the extent that the law enforcement agency
7        determines that disclosure would not adversely affect
8        its ability to locate or protect the missing person or
9        to apprehend or prosecute any person criminally
10        involved in the disappearance;
11            (B) that the person should promptly contact the
12        law enforcement agency if the missing person remains
13        missing in order to provide additional information and
14        materials that will aid in locating the missing person
15        such as the missing person's credit cards, debit
16        cards, banking information, and cellular telephone
17        records; and
18            (C) that any DNA samples provided for the missing
19        person case are provided on a voluntary basis and will
20        be used solely to help locate or identify the missing
21        person and will not be used for any other purpose.
22        The law enforcement agency, upon acceptance of a
23    missing person report, shall inform the reporting citizen
24    of one of 2 resources, based upon the age of the missing
25    person. If the missing person is under 18 years of age,
26    contact information for the National Center for Missing

 

 

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1    and Exploited Children shall be given. If the missing
2    person is age 18 or older, contact information for the
3    National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
4    organization shall be given.
5        The law enforcement agency is encouraged to make
6    available informational materials, through publications or
7    electronic or other media, that advise the public about
8    how the information or materials identified in this
9    subsection are used to help locate or identify missing
10    persons.
11        (2) Follow up action. If the person identified in the
12    missing person report remains missing for after 30 days
13    after the date of the report, but not more than 60 days,
14    the law enforcement agency shall immediately may generate
15    a report of the missing person within the National Missing
16    and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), and the law
17    enforcement agency shall may attempt to obtain the
18    additional information and materials that have not been
19    received, specified below:
20            (A) additional photographs of the missing person
21        that may aid the investigation or identification of an
22        unidentified person, including photographs of the
23        missing person's scars, marks, and tattoos. All
24        photographs collected by law enforcement of the
25        missing person shall be added the National Missing and
26        Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) record. The law

 

 

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1        enforcement agency is not required to obtain written
2        authorization before it releases publicly a photograph
3        that would aid in the investigation or location of the
4        missing person DNA samples from family members or from
5        the missing person along with any needed
6        documentation, or both, including any consent forms,
7        required for the use of State or federal DNA
8        databases, including, but not limited to, the Local
9        DNA Index System (LDIS), State DNA Index System
10        (SDIS), National DNA Index System (NDIS), and National
11        Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
12        partner laboratories;
13            (B) fingerprint records of the missing person from
14        a competent authority or from a criminal history
15        database, if available. The missing person's
16        fingerprint record shall be added to the missing
17        person entry in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data
18        System (LEADS) and the National Missing and
19        Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) on the 30th day
20        after the date of the report. The fingerprint records
21        may be used for direct comparison to the fingerprint
22        records of unidentified persons only an authorization
23        to release dental or skeletal x-rays of the missing
24        person;
25            (C) an authorization to release dental or skeletal
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1        photographs of the missing person that may aid the
2        investigation or an identification; the law
3        enforcement agency is not required to obtain written
4        authorization before it releases publicly any
5        photograph that would aid in the investigation or
6        identification of the missing person;
7            (D) dental charts and radiographs of the missing
8        person, if available. The missing person's dental
9        record shall be added to the missing person entry in
10        the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) and
11        the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
12        (NamUs) on the 30th day after the date of report. The
13        dental records may only be used for direct comparison
14        to the dental records of unidentified persons dental
15        information and x-rays; and
16            (E) biological samples from closely related family
17        members of the missing person or a biological sample
18        from the personal item of the missing person, along
19        with any consent forms, required for the entry of a DNA
20        profile in the Combined DNA Index System, including,
21        but not limited to, the Local DNA Index System (LDIS),
22        State DNA Index System (SDIS), and National DNA Index
23        System (NDIS) fingerprints.
24        (3) Biological samples Samples collected for DNA
25    analysis shall may be submitted to a National Missing and
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1    other accredited laboratory resource where DNA profiles
2    are entered into local, State, and national DNA Index
3    Systems within 90 60 days from the date of the report. The
4    Illinois State Police laboratories shall establish
5    procedures for determining how to prioritize analysis of
6    the samples relating to missing person cases. All
7    biological DNA samples and subsequent DNA profiles
8    obtained in missing person cases from family members of
9    the missing person or personal items of the missing person
10    may not be retained after the location or identification
11    of the remains of the missing person unless there is a
12    search warrant signed by a court of competent
13    jurisdiction.
14        (4) This subsection shall not be interpreted to
15    preclude a law enforcement agency from attempting to
16    obtain the materials identified in this subsection before
17    the expiration of the specified periods. 30-day period.
18    The responsible law enforcement agency may make a National
19    Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) report on
20    the missing person within 60 days after the report of the
21    disappearance of the missing person.
22        (5) Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to
23    establish written protocols for the handling of missing
24    person cases to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Law
25    enforcement agencies may not close a missing person case
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1    either alive or deceased. Law enforcement agencies shall
2    keep cases under active investigation until the person is
3    located or returned. Reasons for closing a missing person
4    case may not include exhaustion of leads and the life
5    expectancy of the missing person.
6(Source: P.A. 101-266, eff. 1-1-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
7    (50 ILCS 722/10)
8    Sec. 10. Law enforcement analysis and reporting of missing
9person information.
10    (a) Prompt determination and definition of a high-risk
11missing person.
12        (1) Definition. "High-risk missing person" means a
13    person whose whereabouts are not currently known and whose
14    circumstances indicate that the person may be at risk of
15    injury or death. The circumstances that indicate that a
16    person is a high-risk missing person include, but are not
17    limited to, any of the following:
18            (A) the person is missing as a result of a stranger
19        abduction;
20            (B) the person is missing under suspicious
21        circumstances;
22            (C) the person is missing under unknown
23        circumstances;
24            (D) the person is missing under known dangerous
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1            (E) the person is missing more than 30 days;
2            (F) the person has already been designated as a
3        high-risk missing person by another law enforcement
4        agency;
5            (G) there is evidence that the person is at risk
6        because:
7                (i) the person is in need of medical
8            attention, including but not limited to persons
9            with dementia-like symptoms, or prescription
10            medication;
11                (ii) the person does not have a pattern of
12            running away or disappearing;
13                (iii) the person may have been abducted by a
14            non-custodial parent;
15                (iv) the person is mentally impaired,
16            including, but not limited to, a person having a
17            developmental disability, as defined in Section
18            1-106 of the Mental Health and Developmental
19            Disabilities Code, or a person having an
20            intellectual disability, as defined in Section
21            1-116 of the Mental Health and Developmental
22            Disabilities Code;
23                (v) the person is under the age of 21;
24                (vi) the person has been the subject of past
25            threats or acts of violence;
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1            a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care
2            Act nursing home;
3            (G-5) the person is a veteran or active duty
4        member of the United States Armed Forces, the National
5        Guard, or any reserve component of the United States
6        Armed Forces who is believed to have a physical or
7        mental health condition that is related to his or her
8        service; or
9            (H) any other factor that may, in the judgment of
10        the law enforcement official, indicate that the
11        missing person may be at risk.
12    (b) Law enforcement risk assessment.
13        (1) Upon initial receipt of a missing person report,
14    the law enforcement agency shall immediately determine
15    whether there is a basis to determine that the missing
16    person is a high-risk missing person.
17        (2) If a law enforcement agency has previously
18    determined that a missing person is not a high-risk
19    missing person, but obtains new information, it shall
20    immediately determine whether the information indicates
21    that the missing person is a high-risk missing person.
22        (3) Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to
23    establish written protocols for the handling of missing
24    person cases to accomplish the purposes of this Act.
25    (c) Law enforcement reporting.
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1    responding local law enforcement agency shall immediately
2    enter all collected information relating to the missing
3    person case in the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System
4    (LEADS) and the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).
5    The database entries shall remain on file indefinitely or
6    until action is taken by the originating agency to clear
7    or cancel the record. In addition, if the missing person
8    remains missing for 30 days from the date of report, the
9    law enforcement agency shall immediately generate a report
10    of the missing person within the National Missing and
11    Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) databases and the
12    National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
13    within 45 days after the receipt of the report, or in the
14    case of a high risk missing person, within 30 days after
15    the receipt of the report. If the DNA sample submission is
16    to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
17    (NamUs) partner laboratory, the DNA profile may be
18    uploaded by the partner laboratory to the National DNA
19    Index System (NDIS). A packet submission of all relevant
20    reports and DNA samples may be sent to the National
21    Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) within 30
22    days for any high-risk missing person cases. The
23    information shall be provided in accordance with
24    applicable guidelines relating to the databases. The
25    information shall be entered as follows:
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1        utilized in lieu of National Missing and Unidentified
2        Persons System (NamUs) partner laboratories, all
3        appropriate DNA profiles, as determined by the
4        Illinois State Police, shall be uploaded into the
5        appropriate index missing person databases of the
6        State DNA Index System (SDIS) and National DNA Index
7        System (NDIS) after completion of the DNA analysis and
8        other procedures required for database entry. The
9        responding local law enforcement agency may submit any
10        DNA samples voluntarily obtained from family members
11        to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
12        (NamUs) partner laboratory for DNA analysis within 90
13        30 days. A notation of DNA submission may be made
14        within the National Missing and Unidentified Persons
15        System (NamUs) record.
16            (B) If the missing person remains missing for 30
17        days from the date of report and if reporting
18        requirements for entry into Information relevant to
19        the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Violent Criminal
20        Apprehension Program are met, the law enforcement
21        agency shall enter the missing person case into the
22        Federal Bureau of Investigation's Violent Criminal
23        Apprehension Program database be entered as soon as
24        possible.
25            (C) The Illinois State Police shall ensure that
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1        records in State or federal databases are specifically
2        trained to understand and correctly enter the
3        information sought by these databases. The Illinois
4        State Police shall either use a person with specific
5        expertise in medical or dental records for this
6        purpose or consult with a chief medical examiner,
7        forensic anthropologist, or odontologist to ensure the
8        accuracy and completeness of information entered into
9        the State and federal databases.
10        (2) The Illinois State Police shall immediately notify
11    all law enforcement agencies within this State and the
12    surrounding region of the information that will aid in the
13    prompt location and safe return of the high-risk missing
14    person.
15        (3) The local law enforcement agencies that receive
16    the notification from the Illinois State Police shall
17    notify officers to be on the lookout for the missing
18    person or a suspected abductor.
19        (4) Pursuant to any applicable State criteria, local
20    law enforcement agencies shall also provide for the prompt
21    use of an Amber Alert in cases involving abducted
22    children; or use of the Endangered Missing Person Advisory
23    in appropriate high-risk missing person high risk cases.
24(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-266, eff. 1-1-21;
25102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 

 

 

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1    (50 ILCS 722/20)
2    Sec. 20. Unidentified persons or human remains
3identification responsibilities.
4    (a) In this Section, "assisting law enforcement agency"
5means a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction acting under
6the request and direction of the medical examiner or coroner
7to assist with human remains identification.
8    (a-5) If the official with custody of the human remains is
9not a coroner or medical examiner, the official shall
10immediately notify the coroner or medical examiner of the
11county in which the remains were found. The coroner or medical
12examiner shall go to the scene and take charge of the remains.
13    (b) Notwithstanding any other action deemed appropriate
14for the handling of the human remains, the assisting law
15enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner shall make
16reasonable attempts to promptly identify human remains. This
17does not include historic or prehistoric skeletal remains.
18These actions shall include, but are not limited to, obtaining
19the following when possible:
20        (1) photographs of the human remains (prior to an
21    autopsy);
22        (2) dental and skeletal radiographs X-rays;
23        (3) photographs of items found on or with the human
24    remains;
25        (4) fingerprints from the remains;
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1        (6) (blank); and
2        (7) any other information that may support
3    identification efforts.
4    (c) No medical examiner or coroner or any other person
5shall dispose of, or engage in actions that will materially
6affect the unidentified human remains before the assisting law
7enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner obtains items
8essential for human identification efforts listed in
9subsection (b) of this Section.
10    (d) Cremation of unidentified human remains is prohibited.
11    (e) (Blank).
12    (f) The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
13examiner, or coroner shall seek support from appropriate State
14and federal agencies, including National Missing and
15Unidentified Persons System resources to facilitate prompt
16identification of human remains. This support may include, but
17is not limited to, fingerprint comparison; forensic
18odontology; nuclear or mitochondrial DNA analysis, or both;
19and forensic anthropology.
20    (f-5) In this subsection, "local, State, and federal
21automated fingerprint identification system databases"
22includes:
23        (1) local criminal history repositories;
24        (2) the Illinois State Police Automated Biometric
25    Identification System (ABIS), both criminal and civil, and
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1        (3) the Next Generation Integrated Automated
2    Fingerprint Identification System (NGI) and other federal
3    fingerprint databases, including the Immigration,
4    Military, and Repository for Individuals of Special
5    Concern (RISC), and any successor databases.
6    Fingerprints from the unidentified remains, including
7partial prints, shall be submitted for analysis within 7 days
8of recovery of the remains by the assisting law enforcement
9agency, medical examiner, or coroner to all local, State, and
10federal automated fingerprint identification system databases,
11and the submitting agency shall ensure fingerprints are
12appropriately searched for identification purposes. It is the
13responsibility of the submitting agency to ensure that all
14these steps are accomplished in the above order and in their
15entirety. If there are no matches at any of the aforementioned
16local, State, or federal levels, the unidentified fingerprint
17records shall be uploaded to the National Missing and
18Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) on the 30th day after
19recovery of the remains. If no matches are made on the local,
20State, or federal level, the submitting agency may contact the
21International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) for
22search through the automated fingerprint identification system
23databases of member countries if remains are believed to have
24an international nexus. If the fingerprint analysis does not
25aid in the identification of the remains, then the assisting
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1cause a dental examination to be performed by a forensic
2odontologist within 45 days of recovery of the remains for the
3purpose of dental charting, direct comparison to missing
4person dental records, and uploading to the National Crime
5Information Center (NCIC) and National Missing and
6Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). If the fingerprint and
7dental analysis does not aid in the identification of the
8remains, then blood, tissue, or bone samples from the
9unidentified remains shall be submitted for DNA analysis
10within 90 days of the recovery of the remains to a National
11Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) partner
12laboratory or other accredited laboratory where DNA profiles
13are entered into the National DNA Index System upon completion
14of testing. In the case of markedly decomposed or skeletal
15remains, a forensic anthropological analysis of the remains
16shall also be performed within 30 days from the recovery of the
17remains.
18     Fingerprints from the unidentified remains, including
19partial prints, shall be submitted to the Illinois State
20Police or other resource for the purpose of attempting to
21identify the deceased. The coroner or medical examiner shall
22cause a dental examination to be performed by a forensic
23odontologist for the purpose of dental charting, comparison to
24missing person records, or both. Tissue samples collected for
25DNA analysis shall be submitted within 30 days of the recovery
26of the remains to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons

 

 

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1System partner laboratory or other resource where DNA profiles
2are entered into the National DNA Index System upon completion
3of testing. Forensic anthropological analysis of the remains
4shall also be considered.
5    (g) (Blank).
6    (g-2) The medical examiner or coroner shall report the
7unidentified human remains and the location where the remains
8were found to the Illinois State Police within 24 hours of
9discovery and then to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
10within 72 hours of discovery if the remains are not identified
11as mandated by Section 15 of this Act. The assisting law
12enforcement agency, medical examiner, or coroner shall contact
13the Illinois State Police to request the creation of a
14National Crime Information Center Unidentified Person record
15within 5 days of the discovery of the remains. In the case of
16markedly decomposed or skeletal remains, the creation of a
17National Crime Information Center Unidentified Person record
18shall be made upon receipt of the anthropological analysis
19report. The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
20examiner, or coroner shall provide the Illinois State Police
21all information required for National Crime Information Center
22entry. Upon notification, the Illinois State Police shall
23create the Unidentified Person record without unnecessary
24delay.
25    (g-5) The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
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1Center number from the Illinois State Police to verify entry
2and maintain this number within the unidentified human remains
3case file. A National Crime Information Center Unidentified
4Person record shall remain on file indefinitely or until
5action is taken by the originating agency to clear or cancel
6the record. The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
7examiner, or coroner shall notify the Illinois State Police of
8necessary record modifications or cancellation if
9identification is made.
10    (h) (Blank).
11    (h-5) The assisting law enforcement agency, medical
12examiner, or coroner shall create an unidentified person
13record in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System
14prior to the submission of samples and on the 30th day after or
15within 30 days of the discovery of the remains, if no
16identification has been made. The entry shall include all
17available case information, including fingerprint data and
18dental radiographs and charts. Samples shall be submitted to a
19National Missing and Unidentified Persons System partner
20laboratory for DNA analysis within 30 Days. A notation of DNA
21submission shall be made within the National Missing and
22Unidentified Persons System Unidentified Person record.
23    (i) Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to preclude
24any assisting law enforcement agency, medical examiner,
25coroner, or the Illinois State Police from pursuing other
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1publicize information, descriptions, or photographs related to
2the investigation. An assisting law enforcement agency,
3medical examiner, coroner, and the Illinois State Police may
4not close an unidentified person case until the individual has
5been identified. Law enforcement agencies, medical examiners,
6and coroners shall keep such cases under active investigation
7until the person is identified. Reasons for closing an
8unidentified person case may not include exhaustion of leads
9and the life expectancy of the unidentified person's next of
10kin.
11    (j) For historic or prehistoric human skeletal remains
12determined by an anthropologist to be older than 100 years,
13jurisdiction shall be transferred to the Department of Natural
14Resources for further investigation under the Archaeological
15and Paleontological Resources Protection Act.
16(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21;
17102-869, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
18    (50 ILCS 722/25)
19    Sec. 25. Unidentified deceased persons. The coroner, or
20medical examiner, or assisting law enforcement agency shall
21obtain a biological DNA sample from any individual whose
22remains are not identifiable. The biological DNA sample shall
23be forwarded to a National Missing and Unidentified Persons
24System partner laboratory or other accredited laboratory where
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1inclusion in the National DNA Index System.
2    Prior to the burial or interment of any unknown
3individual's remains or any unknown individual's body part,
4the medical examiner or coroner in possession of the remains
5or body part must assign a case DNA log number to the unknown
6individual or body part. The medical examiner or coroner shall
7place a stainless-steel tag that is stamped or inscribed with
8the assigned case DNA log number on the individual or body part
9and on the outside of the burial container. The DNA log number
10shall be stamped on the unidentified individual's toe tag, if
11possible.
12(Source: P.A. 100-901, eff. 1-1-19.)

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    50 ILCS 722/5
4    50 ILCS 722/10
5    50 ILCS 722/20
6    50 ILCS 722/25