Would you rather they weren’t identified?

Stuff reports:

The mother of murdered teenager Jane Furlong was stunned to learn blood samples taken from her daughter at birth were later used by the police to identify her body.

Police are able to seek access to the blood samples of more than two million New Zealanders under “exceptional circumstances”. …

For Judith Furlong, it felt like another betrayal to find out that a sample from her only daughter had been used by police without her consent or knowledge.

“Forty two years ago they certainly didn’t say they were keeping it. I had no idea.

“It’s invasive because they didn’t inform you of anything.

“I’m gobsmacked by it all, 42 years on and suddenly they’re using it.”

How is this a betrayal? They used it to identify your daughter’s body. Would you rather the body had never been identified?