▁had ▁been ▁arrested ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁for ▁ag gra v ated ▁burg l ary ▁and ▁was ▁serving ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁Mexico ▁Cor re ctions ▁System ▁since ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁After ▁being ▁confront ed ▁with ▁his ▁DNA ▁evidence , ▁Av ila ▁subsequently ▁conf essed ▁to ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁Sep ich . ▁ ▁The ▁experience ▁of ▁K atie ' s ▁parents , ▁Jay ann ▁and ▁Dave ▁Sep ich , ▁in ▁bringing ▁K atie ' s ▁k iller ▁to ▁justice ▁motiv ated ▁them ▁to ▁advoc ate ▁for ▁legisl ation ▁that ▁would ▁expand ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁DNA ▁to ▁arrest ▁and ▁conv ict ▁crim inals : ▁ ▁Jay ann ▁and ▁Dave ▁Sep ich , ▁K atie ' s ▁parents , ▁began ▁research ing ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁DNA ▁in ▁solving ▁cr imes . ▁At ▁first ▁they ▁just ▁wanted ▁to ▁find ▁and ▁pun ish ▁the ▁person ▁who ▁had ▁murder ed ▁their ▁daughter ; ▁but ▁as ▁they ▁learned ▁more ▁about ▁how ▁DNA ▁can ▁solve ▁cr imes , ▁they ▁also ▁learned ▁it ▁could ▁do ▁so ▁much ▁more – it ▁can ▁prevent ▁cr imes ▁and ▁save ▁lives . ▁ ▁The ▁proposed ▁legisl ation ▁encourag es ▁states ▁to ▁collect ▁a ▁sample ▁through ▁DNA ▁profil ing ▁from ▁individuals ▁who ▁are : ▁arrested ▁for , ▁charged ▁with ▁or ▁ind icted ▁for ▁cr imes ▁involving ▁murder , ▁m ans la ugh ter , ▁sexual ▁assault s , ▁and ▁kid n apping ▁or ▁ab du ction . ▁ ▁The ▁collected ▁samples ▁are ▁included ▁in ▁CO DIS ▁ ▁which ▁contains