DNA sequencing technologies have identified the historical remains of George Washington’s grandnephews, Samuel Walter Washington and George Steptoe Washington Jr., and their mother, Lucy Payne Washington, from unmarked, fragmentary bones left at the Harewood family cemetery in Charles Town, West Virginia, in the mid-1800s. read more

The study is the first to document intimate partner homicide-related fractures from a forensic anthropological perspective. read more

Forty years ago, 3-year-old Ramona Brown vanished after a house fire killed two of her siblings and destroyed her family’s home. read more

The prestigious award will fund research into the causes, complexities, and potential solutions to gun violence in disproportionately impacted Black and Brown communities. read more

Implementing this research, officers attended crime scenes and committed to spending an extra 30 minutes at each scene to gather forensic evidence and intelligence, as well as engaging with the community to provide crime prevention messaging. read more

For the first time in this case, the National for Missing & Exploited Children has created a new image of Lina Sardar Khil, who vanished from a playground in San Antonio, Texas in 2021. read more

After being disbanded two years ago, the Portland Police Bureau has announced the reinstatement of the Cold Case Unit thanks to a grant awarded through the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI). read more

NJIT’s undergraduate forensic science program has been awarded full accreditation from the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission of AAFS—a distinction held by less than 35 undergraduate forensics programs nationwide. read more

The method can simultaneously analyze 96 blood samples that could contain opioids such as fentanyl in under three minutes—twice as quickly as other techniques. read more

Police responded to the scene and located the partially charred torso of a white male victim. The man's legs had been severed and his head and arms were never located. read more