B.C. mom's 18-year battle results in missing-persons DNA data bank

VICTORIA — After 18 years of persistent lobbying by a Vancouver Island mother, the federal government has revamped rules for the National DNA Data Bank, allowing it to include DNA from missing people.
Changes to the DNA Identification Act are being dubbed Lindsey’s Law in recognition of Lindsey Jill Nicholls, a Comox Valley youth who disappeared in August 1993 while on her way to meet friends.
 The changes were announced Monday by Ralph Goodale, federal minister of public safety