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TBI crime lab to add two scientists specifically for Memphis cases

By , Daily Memphian Updated: June 10, 2025 6:00 PM CT | Published: June 10, 2025 5:24 PM CT

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab in Jackson, Tennessee, will have two scientists dedicated to DNA and ballistics testing exclusively for the Memphis Police Department.

Memphis City Council member Philip Spinosa and state Sen. Brent Taylor announced the agreement Tuesday, June 10.

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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