"Your attention to detail in each case has led to many successful prosecutions of career offenders who have long criminal histories and have guns. These guilty convictions put repeat offenders in jail where they cannot cause harm to the public. Thanks for the great work, and we shall work many more cases in the future."

“Thank you for your continued assistance with the cold cases that I have been working on in the City of Richmond. I greatly appreciate the hard work, dedication and work ethic of you and all of the staff at DLI. Your work has helped numerous victims/survivors in Richmond be heard and, all be it many years after they suffered a life altering event, find justice and hopefully some closure. Offenders are being held accountable for their actions largely in part to your lab and the efforts you put forth.”

"In 2020, our homicide numbers jumped from 88 in 2019 to 164 (an 86% increase). Our solvability percentage was hovering around 30%. One of the necessary resources we needed to help close cases were DNA results, and without adding more to the public lab’s workload. Since working with a private lab, we have seen a 25% increase in our clearance rate. In 2025, we cleared over 60% of our homicide cases. Having another partner with the ability to directly upload profiles to CODIS would greatly improve our investigations and increase our return on investment in DNA testing options drastically. We owe it to the public to make this change."