Home » News » Milwaukee County Milwaukee County DNA of 12,000 felons missing from state registry By Gina Barton and John Diedrich of the Journal Sentinel Posted: Sept. 16, 2009 A fellow prisoner posed as Walter E. Ellis in 2001 and gave a DNA sample for him, keeping the accused serial killer out of a statewide database and letting him avoid capture for years, according to a state Department of Justice memo.It wasn't an isolated incident. DNA for about 12,000 felons convicted since 2000 is missing from the database, the department said Wednesday. Even today, the failures in the system...