This national DNA database is called **CODIS**, which stands for the **Combined DNA Index System**. Managed by the FBI, CODIS is a hierarchical system that operates at three levels: local (LDIS), state (SDIS), and national (NDIS). It stores DNA profiles from several sources: the **Convicted Offender Index** (profiles from individuals convicted of certain crimes), the **Forensic Index** (profiles from biological evidence found at crime scenes), the **Arrestee Index** (profiles from individuals arrested but not necessarily convicted, depending on state law), the **Missing Persons Index**, and the **Relatives of Missing Persons Index**. The core of CODIS is the software that performs automated searches to link crimes to each other or to identified offenders by matching STR DNA profiles. A 'hit' from CODIS can provide investigators with a lead to a suspect or connect serial crimes across jurisdictions. All profiles in CODIS are generated using the same set of core STR loci to ensure compatibility.

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