Investigators in Iowa used genealogical data to link the 1982 fatal stabbing of a woman to an Illinois trucker who was found shot to death in a shallow grave months later. read more

The primary purpose of the three-year award is to probe the pristine conditions hypothesis, which suggests that high-confidence witness identifications will be "remarkably accurate" when identification procedures are optimal. read more

The Spanish archeologist who helped piece together possibly the earliest case of murder in human history has published another study that demonstrates evidence of nine additional murders in the same location. read more

Initially, the remains were identified as belonging to a female but later analysis revealed the remains belong to an older male. read more

New Mexico is allowing broad access to test strips that can detect the presence of the potent opiate fentanyl and potentially help avoid deadly overdoses, under legislation signed Monday. read more

In a first-of-its-kind arrest, a man in the UK has been convicted and jailed for domestic violence and failure to adhere to a non-molestation order after the victim sprayed him with SmartTag, a unique forensic liquid UK police have been piloting. read more

How many disappeared in this cartel “extermination site” on the outskirts of Nuevo Laredo, miles from the U.S. border? After six months of work, forensic technicians still don’t dare offer an estimate. read more

The analysis includes the earliest DNA extracted from ancient human remains in Africa and the oldest from anywhere in the tropics. read more

Researchers are assessing the level of sexual dimorphism in the zygomatic bone using three-dimensional geometric morphometrics (3D GM), which relies on landmarks to capture shape variables. read more

It was believed the skull was that of a Caucasian male, between the ages of 15-18 years old and had been deceased 1-3 years at the time of discovery. read more