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These photos show what it looks like inside the new New Mexico Forensic Laboratory in Santa Fe

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Captain Jerod Houston, Dona Ana Sheriff’s Office, walks through the forensic biology lab in the new New Mexico Forensic Laboratory, in Santa Fe, Tuesday, August 22, 2023. A ribbon cutting and grand opening was held earlier for the $29 million lab for crime evidence.
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Jennifer Otto, DNA section supervisor, gives Rene Fuqua, left, with DPS, a tour of the forensic biology lab in the new New Mexico Forensic Laboratory, in Santa Fe, Tuesday, August 22, 2023. A ribbon cutting and grand opening was held earlier for the $29 million lab for crime evidence.
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Cheryl Lowe, a forensic scientist from Las Cruces, and Eric Young, supervisor of the chemical unit for the lab in Santa Fe, stand in the instrument room for testing controlled substances in New Mexico’s new forensic laboratory in Santa Fe on Tuesday. The tubes at the top vent away particles from any substance being tested.
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A ribbon cutting
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A ribbon cutting and grand opening was held for the new $29 million New Mexico Forensic Laboratory, for investigating crime evidence, in Santa Fe, Tuesday, August 22, 2023.
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Katharina Babcock, the forensic lab director, talks about the indoor firing range in the New Mexico Forensic Laboratory in Santa Fe on Tuesday. The range can be used to test gunpowder residue on fabric.
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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, left, Katharina Babcock, the forensic lab director, and other officials held a ribbon cutting for the new New Mexico Forensic Laboratory in Santa Fe on Tuesday.
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These are the offices for the forensic biologist at the new New Mexico Forensic Laboratory, in Santa Fe, Tuesday, August 22, 2023. A ribbon cutting and grand opening was held earlier for the $29 million lab for crime evidence.
Eddie Moore
Eddie Moore Photographer
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