• NIST Report Outlines Forensic Challenges, Opportunities

    September 13, 2024
    The report identifies four challenges facing the forensic science community and provides strategies for addressing them through R&D and use of standards. read more

  • Kansas Police Use Genetic Genealogy to Solve 2007 Rape Case

    September 11, 2024
    A Kansas man has been sentenced to 310 months in prison for a rape prosecutors solved using genetic genealogy. read more

  • DNA ID's Victim of 2001 Robbery Turned Murder

    September 11, 2024
    After 23 years, a man whose remains were discovered wrapped in carpet and a blanket on the side of the road in Jackson County, Mississippi, has been identified as John “Johnnie” Allen Gallegos. read more

  • Rhode Island State Crime Lab Suspends Firearms Examinations

    September 11, 2024
    The Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory has suspended some firearms forensics after discovering an issue with gun evidence in an ongoing murder case. read more

  • MSU College of Law Opens Public Defender Clinic

    September 11, 2024
    When Bradley Hall opens the doors to MSU College of Law’s new Public Defender Clinic this academic year, he will begin training the next generation of lawyers in a highly specialized area of law: preconviction appeals. read more

  • Study: Oxytocin Could help Curb Harmful Opioid Use

    September 11, 2024
    In the midst of America’s opioid crisis, a much healthier alternative to long-term pain management is emerging—one affectionately known as “the cuddle hormone,” or oxytocin. read more

  • Former CBP Agent Found Guilty of Sexually Assaulting and Abducting Minor Victim

    September 09, 2024
    After deliberating for two days, a jury found a former U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, Aaron Mitchell, guilty of both a federal civil rights offense and a kidnapping charge for sexually assaulting and kidnapping a victim who was a minor. The jury also found that the defendant’s conduct included aggravated sexual abuse, kidnapping and resulted in bodily injury. read more

  • Arrest made In 1996 Manatee County Cold Case Murder

    September 09, 2024
    Manatee County Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives and the Office of Statewide Prosecution with the assistance of the Delaware State Police have charged, Stephen L. Ford, 72, for the 1996 cold case murder of Doris A. Korell, a 45-year-old St. Petersburg woman found dead in a ditch along U.S. 41 in Manatee County. read more

  • New Research Has Potential to Speed up Forensic Analysis in Sexual Assault Cases

    September 09, 2024
    A team of researchers has developed a radical new technique for analyzing evidence in sexual assault cases. The new approach could streamline the forensics pipeline and reduce delays in the processing of DNA evidence. read more

  • Making Sense of Crime Scene DNA

    September 09, 2024
    Piecing together the evidence to accurately replicate the movements of a culprit at a crime scene is becoming a more exact science, with new investigations by Flinders University and other experts on various DNA transfer scenarios. read more

  • Genetic Genealogy, New DNA Technology Helps Identify California Man Found in 2001

    September 09, 2024
    California investigators have utilized new DNA technology to finally identify the identity of a man found in a waterway in 2001. read more

  • DEA Breaks Ground on New Laboratory in New Hampshire

    September 03, 2024
    he U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was joined today by U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, Jane Young, representatives from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), New England HIDTA, the New Hampshire Department of Safety, the Town of Londonderry, and members of the New Hampshire federal congressional delegation, to break ground on a new, state-of-the-art DEA Laboratory in Londonderry. read more

  • Arrest Made in Connection With 2007 Georgia Cold Case Murder

    September 03, 2024
    On the morning of December 6, 2007, deputies with the Troup County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the corner of Whitfield Road and Stitcher Road regarding a suspicious black bag that appeared to be burning. When they arrived on scene they discovered what appeared to be human remains that had been dumped at the location and a bag was smoldering. read more

  • Fall River Man Arrested For Selling Drugs And Machine Guns On Telegram App

    September 03, 2024
    A Fall River man was arrested yesterday and charged with selling drugs and machineguns that he advertised on the Telegram app. Benjamin Hunt, 26, was charged by criminal complaint with three counts of distribution of controlled substances and one count of transferring machineguns. Hunt was arrested yesterday morning and following an initial appearance in federal court in Boston, was detained pending a hearing scheduled for Sept. 5, 2024. read more

  • Human Remains Identified After nearly 35 Years

    September 03, 2024
    Human remains found in 1993 near I-65 (what is now Otte Golf Course) in Greenwood have been positively identified following months of DNA and genealogy work. This case had remained cold with no leads until our Coroner's Office revisited it using updated DNA and genealogy procedures. Significant progress was made with the help of Greenwood PD, The University of Indianapolis, and the Othram Forensic DNA Testing Laboratory. read more

  • [ICYMI] 7,000 Miles Away: The Lachlan Jones Case

    September 02, 2024
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  • Sweeping DEA Operation Targets Pharmacy Burglaries

    August 30, 2024
    The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has seen an increase in burglaries at independent pharmacies across the country. Nearly 900 burglaries involving the theft of controlled substances were reported to DEA in 2023. Stolen prescription medications adversely impact these small businesses while also putting patients and the community at risk. read more

  • U.S. Marshals Arrest Memphis Murder Suspect After Fall Through Ceiling

    August 30, 2024
    U.S. Marshals captured Memphis murder suspect, Deario Wilkerson, 20, after he fell through the ceiling from the attic space where he was hiding. read more

  • 7,000 Miles Away: The Lachlan Jones Case

    August 29, 2024
    This webinar will discuss how a retired U.S. detective became involved in the death of a 3-year-old boy from New Zealand that was immediately ruled a drowning with no pathological evidence of support. read more

  • 1995 Hillsborough Cold Case Solved

    August 28, 2024
    The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Cold Case Unit has identified human remains from a case dating back to 1995. On April 29, 1995, deputies with HCSO responded to the northwest corner of Bearss Avenue and I-275, where a deceased male was located inside a tent with advanced stages of decomposition. The investigation revealed the male had died of natural causes. read more
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