ALBANY, GA -

DNA evidence leads to a suspect in a Dougherty County convenience store burglary nearly three years after the crime.

An Albany man, currently in prison for other crimes, is now charged with a 2009 break-in at a Fast Lane convenience store.

His DNA, put in a GBI computer database when he was incarcerated, matched DNA found at the store.

South Georgia law enforcement tells us the GBI crime lab is going through backlogged evidence of crimes looking again for DNA matches.

And investigators say they are finding more and more of them.

September 30, 2009, about 3 a.m. someone breaking into the then Express Lane convenience store and took a Money Gram Money Order machine. Crime scene photos show the blood left behind.

"The front glass window was broken and when the offender reached through the window to steal the money order machine, he was cut on the glass. We were able to recover some of the blood there at the scene," said Dougherty County Police Sergeant, Chad Kirkpatrick.

That blood was given to the GBI crime lab, but there was no match to identify the burglar. Until last week.

"We received information from the GBI that a new convicted offender who had just been sentenced to prison, that his DNA matched the DNA at our crime scene," said Kirkpatrick.

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New DNA evidence uncovers burglary suspect