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In this Thursday, June 1, 2017 photo, bodies being processed through the new State Crime Lab in Taylorsville, Utah, are held in one of two large coolers. Housing the Utah State Medical Examiner's Office and the Department of Agriculture the new building features a ballistics firing range, vehicle processing bays, trace evidence labs, chemistry labs and a robotic DNA testing lab. Robotics will speed up the processing of DNA samples at the new Unified State Laboratory as Utah tries to cut through a backlog of rape kits, officials said at the lab's opening Thursday. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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In the Thursday, June 1, 2017 photo, representatives tour the body receiving room of the new State Crime Lab in Taylorsville, Utah. Housing the Utah State Medical Examiner's Office and the Department of Agriculture the new building features a ballistics firing range, vehicle processing bays, trace evidence labs, chemistry labs and a robotic DNA testing lab. Robotics will speed up the processing of DNA samples at the new Unified State Laboratory as Utah tries to cut through a backlog of rape kits, officials said at the lab's opening Thursday. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)