A blood sample, when analyzed, led investigators to Scott Edward Williams, who was serving a two-year prison sentence for sexual assault. When confronted with the DNA evidence, Williams confessed to the murder. The Florida DNA Database, which runs on NT, is part of an FBI communications network and provides secure voice and encrypted data. In our state, we have had 34 percent of the nation's matches. We have had 168 hits and we aided over 250 investigations.
Local laboratories send their data to state labs and request searches.
Afterward, state labs execute their uploads and process them, then route the messages back to the local lab as e-mail. The process usually takes about 15 minutes to upload and another 45 minutes to run the search. Hardware Support NT just got a boost with announcements by Silicon Graphics and IBM that they will support NT with high-end hardware. Also, Intel is shipping its new Pentium III chip, and AMD, Intel's chief rival in the chip industry, will release the K7, a 500-MHz server and workstation chip. NT is getting widespread support from industry-leading developers.