If the investigator in charge of your loved one's missing-person or murder investigation won't submit an item of potential evidence to a local, state, regional, provincial, or federal crime laboratory for forensic evaluation and analysis, don't give up, much less discard it.

	Physical Evidence Handbook, by the Crime Laboratory Bureau, Wisconsin Department of Justice

There are numerous nationally and internationally-certified crime laboratories that will conduct different types of forensic analysis on potential evidence for you.

Keep in mind these are for-hire private businesses, and it could be expensive, depending on the type and extent of the analysis needed.

To learn more about what types of forensic evaluation and analysis can be performed on different types of evidence, review the information provided in the Chapter entitled "Understanding DNA & Forensic Science Evidence."

Listed below are numerous private laboratories that may be able to evaluate and analyze forensic evidence for you.