A BILL WITH ROOTS IN NEW MEXICO IS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA. KATIE'S LAW ALLOWS FOR THE COLLECTION OF DNA AT CRIME SCENES. IT'S NAMED FOR KATIE SEPICH, A NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT WHO WAS MURDERED IN 2003.

 

HER KILLER WAS ARRESTED LATER THAT YEAR FOR ANOTHER CRIME, BUT WASN'T IMMEDIATELY LINKED TO THE SEPICH MURDER BECAUSE NEW MEXICO AT THE TIME DIDN'T COLLECT DNA FROM THOSE ARRESTED FOR FELONIES. HIS DNA WASN'T TIED TO THE CASE UNTIL THREE YEARS LATER.