University of North Texas Center for Human Identification

The center operates the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) and Project EDAN ("Everyone Deserves A Name") which helps identify human remains.

[3][4] In 2011, UNTCHI began managing and developing the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) for the U.S. Department of Justice.

[5][6] In addition to providing investigators with important information regarding cases, the anthropological data are used to refine molecular analyses within the CODIS system.

This collaboration has created a unique resource for the identification of missing persons and unidentified remains, and is available to law enforcement agencies and medicolegal entities charged with the investigation of death across the nation.

[7] The center also provides training to scientists worldwide on identifying human remains, from Malaysia, Thailand, India, the Middle East, South Africa, Mexico, and Libya.