MMIWP task force reports cold‑case progress and gaps in law enforcement data and coordination
The state's MMIWP Task Force reported to the House committee that it has identified dozens of unsolved Indigenous homicides, advanced forensic genetic genealogy testing on unidentified remains, and documented gaps in law‑enforcement data collection and coordination.
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Lucy Smartlett, senior tribal policy analyst at the Washington Attorney General's Office and an appointed member of the state's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Task Force, gave the committee a status report on the task force's investigations, data work and recommendations.
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