Idaho Cold Case and Advanced DNA Methods

Idaho State Police Forensic Services founded and supports the Idaho Cold Case and Advanced DNA Methods (ICCADM) working group. The ICCADM provides steering for the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) program at the Idaho State Police (ISP). ISP has three grants from the United States Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the SAKI granting program to support the work of the ICCADM. The purposes of this team area to 1) ensure all DNA samples mandated by Idaho law are collected and processed, 2) solve cold cases related to violent crime, sexual assault, homicide, and unidentified human remains using advancing forensic science analysis.

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SAKI Job Announcements:

ICCADM Team Members

Idaho State PoliceIdaho Sheriff’s AssociationBoise State University Criminal Justice DepartmentIdaho Coroner’s Association
Idaho State Police Forensic ServicesIdaho Chief’s of Police AssociationIdaho Supreme CourtTribal Representatives
Idaho State Police Bureau of Criminal IdentificationIdaho Prosecuting Attorney’s AssociationIdaho Statistical Analysis CenterIdaho SAKI Grant Site Coordinators
Idaho Department of CorrectionsWomen’s and Children’s AllianceRocky Mountain Information Network (RISS Network)Idaho ViCap Administration
SAKI Purpose Area #3–“Lawfully Owed DNA”

Purpose Area 3 addresses the identification, collection, and DNA profiling of samples from convicted offenders who should have samples in CODIS, but from whom samples have never been collected or submitted to a lab for testing.

SAKI Purpose Area #4–“Sexual Assault and Sexually Motivated Homicide Cold Cases”

Purpose Area #4 addresses sexually motivated cold cases (homicides and sexual assaults) and provides funding for DNA/FIGG activities and also for critical and labor intensive investigative activities.

SAKI Purpose Area #6–“Violent Crime Cold Cases”

Purpose Area #6 addresses all other violent crime cold cases which are not sexually motivated and provides funding for DNA/FIGG activities and also for critical and labor intensive investigative activities.

Meet the Idaho SAKI Team Members

Mark Denhardt
SAKI Site Coordinator PA#3
mark.denhardt@isp.idaho.gov
208-846-7582
Detective Jerrie Northrup
(District 1–North Idaho)
jerrie.northrup@isp.idaho.gov
Matthew Gamette
SAKI Grant Manager
matthew.gamette@isp.idaho.gov
208-884-7217
Daren Boyd
SAKI Site Coordinator PA#4 & PA#6
daren.boyd@isp.idaho.gov
208-846-7583
Detective Vickie Gooch
(District 3–Southern Idaho)
vickie.gooch@isp.idaho.gov
Racheal Peterson
SAKI Grant Management Asst.
racheal.peterson@isp.idaho.gov
Katherine Dace
Idaho FIGG Designated Laboratory Official
(DNA Analyst)
katie.dace@isp.idaho.gov
208-884-7189
Detective Karl Noah
(District 5–East Idaho)
karl.noah@isp.idaho.gov
Ashley Tuttle
SAKI Grant Management Asst.
ashley.tuttle@isp.idaho.gov
Cases Solved with ICCADM Assistance

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