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Forensic experts in Spain have removed hair, nails and two long bones from Salvador Dali's embalmed remains to find genetic samples for a paternity test—a move that opens the possibility for a woman who says she is the surrealist artist's daughter to...
7.21.2017
10:54am
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The FBI has released a report that accuses Chicago police of pressuring four suspects in a 1994 murder case as they gave prosecutors their statements. The four men spent 15 years in prison before 2011 tests matched DNA from the victim’s body to another...
7.21.2017
10:41am
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The Texas Department of Public Safety notified local law enforcement agencies across the state Thursday afternoon that it will begin charging for forensic analysis at its crime labs in six weeks, a service that has long been provided for free.
7.21.2017
10:17am
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A recent study found that among adult patients who came to the emergency room after being revived from a heroin overdose, nearly all had fentanyl in their urine. When asked, roughly half of the patients did not know they had taken fentanyl.
7.21.2017
10:03am
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Shark feeding habits are helping scientists identify marks on human bones found in the ocean. Knowing how to identify shark tooth marks can be helpful for forensic anthropologists so they can discern them from other marks that might help with criminal...
7.20.2017
12:27pm
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An explosive found in the Oklahoma apartment of a man accused of setting off a pipe bomb near a military recruiting office had “unusual” features usually seen outside the U.S., according to a preliminary FBI investigation.
7.20.2017
12:24pm
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A Supreme Court decision that limits the types of statements that can be admitted as evidence unless the victim testifies in court discourages prosecutors from trying some child maltreatment cases, according to a recent national survey of more than 200...
7.20.2017
12:17pm
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Ovidiy Stealer is an info-stealing tool that takes credentials from browsers and applications and hands them over to its user on an organized interface where they can keep track of the machines they’ve infected. This simplistic but potentially dangerous...
7.20.2017
12:05pm
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A Baltimore officer’s police powers have been suspended after defense attorneys released a body camera video that they said shows an officer planting drugs. The video released Tuesday by the public defender’s office was taken during a drug arrest in...
7.20.2017
10:19am
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A 16-year-old who disappeared after running away from home in 1976 has been identified as one of the 33 victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Jimmy Haakenson's was only recently identified thanks to DNA technology that wasn't available when the...
7.20.2017
9:35am
