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Meeting the Forensic Challenges of Subadult Skeletons
July 18, 2022
Accurate identification is important because more than 460,000 children are reported missing in the United States each year. read more
Wyoming Mother Arrested in Cold Case Death of Michigan Baby
July 18, 2022
A Wyoming woman has been arrested and is awaiting extradition to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to face arraignment in the death 25 years ago of a baby found discarded in the waste pit of an outhouse. read more
Virginia-based Van, Training Targets Opioid Overdoses
July 18, 2022
The Narcan van made its debut last week as Zoe Freedom Center volunteers met in Fredericksburg and canvassed the downtown area, passing out goodie bags and materials about the center’s free services, including counseling and peer support groups. read more
Your Brain is Better at Busting Deepfakes than You
July 18, 2022
Neuroscientists have discovered a new way: they have found that people’s brains can detect AI-generated fake faces, even though people could not report which faces were real and which were fake. read more
Investigators Give 'Princess Doe' Back her Name on 15th Anniversary
July 15, 2022
On the 40th anniversary of the finding of Princess Doe, investigators announced the identity of Princess Doe as 17-year-old Dawn Olanick. They also charged Arthur Kinlaw with 1st degree murder in her homicide. read more
Improving the Mental Health and Well-Being of Forensic Examiners
July 15, 2022
In the world of examiners, evidence of violent crimes, or crimes against children, offer visceral and painful images and messages that can be very hard to shake if we don’t take care of our mental health on an ongoing basis.\ read more
DNA Connects Mother to Death of 6-Year-Old Son in 1999
July 15, 2022
In 2019, a NCMEC Forensic Artist completed a new facial reconstruction rendering that received media coverage and drew public interest back to the case. read more
CEO Charged with 1992 Strangulation Murder
July 15, 2022
A Bay Area tech company CEO was arrested last Saturday at JFK airport in New York after arriving from Amsterdam, and charged with the strangulation murder of his roommate’s girlfriend in Mountain View 30 years ago. read more
As Crime Rates Fall, So Too Do Heart Disease Deaths
July 15, 2022
In addition to keeping city residents safer where they live, work, and play, a new analysis of data from Chicago shows that as violent crime decreases, so does the area’s death rate from heart disease. read more
Minnesota Rolls Out New Sexual Assault Kit Tracking System
July 15, 2022
Track-Kit provides victim survivors with 24/7, online access to information about the status of their sexual assault kit. The goal of the Track-Kit system is to increase accountability and transparency for what can be a lengthy process. read more
M-Vac Helps Solve 1979 Murder of 12-Year-Old Girl
July 13, 2022
M-Vac technology has helped cold case detectives in Montgomery County, Texas solve their oldest homicide case—the 1979 abduction, rape and murder of 12-year-old Lesia Michell Jackson. read more
AG's Forensic Genetic Genealogy Program Solves Multiple Cold Cases
July 13, 2022
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced his office’s DNA forensic genetic genealogy program has now helped solve three cold cases, including one with multiple victims. read more
DNA Testing Results in Arrest in Texas Couple’s 2005 Killing
July 13, 2022
Authorities have arrested a woman in the killing of a Texas couple who was found beaten to death in their home more than 17 years ago. read more
A 100,000-Year-Old Human Lineage Rediscovered
July 13, 2022
The unique DNA markers that define this haplogroup, or shared lineage, were passed down from mother to daughter to granddaughter—never through fathers—for 100,000 years. read more
Appeals Court Delays Texas Execution Set for Today
July 13, 2022
An appeals court stayed this week’s execution of a death row inmate who had raised questions about whether prosecutors had presented false and inaccurate testimony from an expert on whether he would commit more crimes in the future. read more
Study: False Beliefs about Prevalence of Crime Influence Juries
July 11, 2022
Anew study has found a potential causal mechanism underlying gender and cultural biases—major differences in the perceptions of the prevalence of crimes. read more
Genetic Genealogy Leads Police to Suspect in 5-year-old Girl's 1982 Murder
July 11, 2022
Anne Pham disappeared while walking to her kindergarten class at Highland Elementary School on January 21, 1982. She was never seen alive again. read more
University Hosts NJ's First Forensic Science Education Conference
July 11, 2022
Teachers from around the U.S. recently convened to explore new ways to engage their students in STEM learning through the lens of forensic science at the conference. read more
Thousands Gather to Commemorate Srebrenica Massacre as 50 New Victims are ID'ed
July 11, 2022
Fifty newly identified victims were honored and reburied Monday in Bosnia as thousands gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust. read more
Team Captures an Elusive Shadow: State-by-state Gun Ownership
July 11, 2022
Newly published research describes a spatio-temporal model to predict trends in firearm prevalence on a state-by-state level by fusing data from two available proxies–background checks per capita and suicides committed with a firearm in a given state. read more