DeKalb County officials turn to DNA to solve cold case, missing person investigations

The DeKalb County district attorney and director of the medical examiner's office held a Missing Persons Event and DNA Drive at the library on Covington Highway on May 20. The event was intended to help people file a new missing persons report or update an existing one. (Chamian Cruz/WABE)

Air Force veteran Ken Boyd said he lost contact with his youngest son, who suffers from mental illness, six or seven years ago.

On Saturday, May 20, he went to the DeKalb County Public Library on Covington Highway to report him missing during the county’s first-ever Missing Persons Event and DNA Drive.

“What I’d like to do is to know that he’s okay – more than anything,” Boyd said.