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Victim of 1954 Homicide Case, "Boulder Jane Doe," Identified
By Cmdr. Rick Brough
Sheriff Joe Pelle announced today that a positive identification has been made of the victim in a decades old homicide investigation in Boulder, Colorado.
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FORENSIC NEWS
  • DNA Testing Firm Goes Bankrupt; Who Gets the Data?
    An Icelandic firm that offers private DNA testing to customers has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S., raising privacy concerns about the fate of customer DNA samples and records.
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  • A Case for Retaining DNA
    A rapist jailed 19 years after his crime might never have been caught if time limits on DNA retention had been in place.
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  • Cocaine and Pepper Spray—A Lethal Mix?
    Deaths in U.S. police custody during the early 1990s may have been the result of an interaction between capsaicin, the key ingredient in pepper sprays, and psychostimulant drugs, an experiment in mice suggests.
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  • New Products from Puritan Medical Products, Forensics Source, Pyramidal Technologies, Cross Match, BrandTech
    A look at the latest batch of forensic products, including DNA-free swabs, aerosol spray fingerprint powder, new ballistics technology, facial recognition SDK, and immunoassay plates.
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    Wildlife Forensics Exposes Smugglers
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