Forensic® | On the Scene and in the Lab

University Team Uses Digital Forensics to Prove Man's Innocence
August 20, 2025
Momentum in the case shifted in December 2024 when Wooden’s defense team called on NJIT undergraduate Mia LoRé and alumni Carmen Cheung and Gillian Kongnyuy, all working as digital forensic technicians with eForensix. Read More

Othram IDs Elderly Man Missing Since 2013, Cause of Death Listed as Suspicious
August 20, 2025
Almost 10 years after his remains were found, an elderly Florida man who disappeared from his home has been identified. Read More
Grant Funds AI Software for Forensic Anthropologists to Help ID Remains
August 20, 2025
With support from a $2 million collaborative grant, researchers from UNT Health Fort Worth are using artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop new software to help forensic anthropologists accurately identify human remains. Read More
Online Course Gives Public the Chance to Solve Crimes Using Insects
August 20, 2025
The interactive class uses game-based learning methods to unravel immersive fictional murder mysteries through insect-based evidence. Read More
DNA Reveals Ancestry, Possible Relative but No Name Yet
August 20, 2025
Thanks to advancements in forensic technology, her DNA was submitted to Othram for genetic genealogy and Parabon Labs for phenotyping—revealing ancestral roots in Michoacán, Mexico and a possible relative in the San Diego area. Read More
Stalking, Obtaining Restraining Order Linked with Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Women
August 20, 2025
In a 20-year study, women with experience being stalked had a 41% higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than women without this experience. Read More
DNA Doe Project IDs Skull Found by Boy Scouts in 2002
August 18, 2025
Twenty three years after the skull of a woman was found in a plastic bag in Houlton, Wisconsin, the DNA Doe Project has identified her as 92-year-old Alyce Catharina Peterson. Peterson had died in hospital of natural causes. Read More