By Robert MattesonCalifornia law is set to expand the use of the California Department of Justice’s Missing Person’s DNA Program to aid in the search for all unidentified persons, both living and deceased. Existing law requires the DOJ to develop a DNA database for all cases involving the report of an unidentified deceased person or a high-risk missing person, according to Assembly Bill 2018. Amendments to existing law will eliminate provisions for reporting “high-risk” missing persons and expand the use of the database for all cases of unidentified persons. “Any missing person case — adult, child, Murdered or Missing Indigenous Person, or otherwise — is one too many,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a press release. “AB 2018 is the right tool at the right time that will advance California’s ability to resolve missing persons cases and rekindle hope,” Bonta added.