(July 22, 2008): FBI Investigators Finally Take DNA Sample from Anthax Attacks Suspect Ivins

About a week before Bruce Ivins dies (see July 29, 2008), FBI agents take a mouth swab to collect a DNA sample from him. It is unclear why investigators waited so long, since he had been an a suspect since 2006 (see Late 2006). [New York Times, 9/6/2008]