Montgomery County gets first hit under Texas DNA testing program

Houston Chronicle · Catherine Dominguez · 2026-11-05 19:46 UTC

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office made the state's first DNA-based hit in a 2024 case.

Just days after the Texas Department of Public Safety launched the second phase of its Rapid DNA testing program, officials in Montgomery County got the first hit in a 2024 case.

The program’s second phase began Oct. 15, following more than a year of training and preparation. Law enforcement agencies in Montgomery and Williamson counties began entering DNA samples collected from people arrested on felony charges into the national Combined DNA Index System, according to a DPS news release.

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