01/30/2026
Big news for ATL Bio today and Whitfield County 🤍
A recent news story highlighted something we’re incredibly proud of — we donated a fingerprint scanner to help identify the deceased locally, without families having to wait for their loved one to be transported to the GBI. This means answers, closure, and the ability to begin the grieving process can happen sooner for families going through the unthinkable.
This right here is why I started ATL Bio. We’re not just a biohazard company — we’re here to truly care for people during some of the worst, most heartbreaking moments of their lives. Being able to support our coroners and last responders with tools that help families faster is an honor we don’t take lightly.
We are so grateful to work alongside professionals who carry such a heavy responsibility with compassion and dedication. Thank you for trusting us to help care for these families and handle the aftermath with dignity and respect.
A special thank you to Kaitlyn Ross for sharing this story, and to Whitfield County Coroner Clyde McDaniel Jr. for your service and commitment to your community.
We’re always here to help. That will never change. 🖤
For one family, answers came in minutes instead of weeks… and it changed everything.
Last summer, the Whitfield County Coroner’s Office handled a heartbreaking case where a loved one could not be identified right away.
The process took nearly two and a half weeks, leaving a family waiting in painful uncertainty during an already devastating time.
That moment stayed with Coroner Clyde McDaniel.
Determined to prevent families from having to endure that kind of wait again, he began looking for a solution.
A simple tool, he realized, could make an enormous difference: a portable fingerprint scanner that could help identify someone quickly, right on scene.
A few months later, that idea reached the right people. ATLBio stepped in and donated a portable fingerprint scanner to the Whitfield County Coroner’s Office, delivering it in December.
Then came a call on the night of January 27.
Another unidentified individual. Another family waiting for answers.
This time, the new scanner was used… and within minutes, there was a positive identification. No weeks of wondering. No drawn-out limbo. Just answers, and the ability to begin the next difficult steps with clarity and dignity.
“This eliminated what could have been weeks of uncertainty for the family,” McDaniel said.
In moments like these, technology becomes more than a device.
It becomes compassion. It becomes respect.
And it becomes a reminder that small changes can make a profound difference when people are hurting the most ❤️
