A mobile morgue unit arrived Tuesday to help Hawaii officials working painstakingly to identify the remains of people killed in wildfires that ravaged Maui, as the death rose above 100 and teams intensified the search for more dead in neighborhoods reduced to ash. read more

The initial analysis of the Iceman's genome revealed genetic traces of Steppe Herders. However that is inaccurate as the original sample had been contaminated with modern DNA. read more

In December 2014, a hiker discovered human remains in a wooded area just south of Newport, Washington off Highway 2. read more

As the right to carry expands in several states, researchers note acute safety risks with the expansion of legal firearm ownership. read more

Over the years, investigators have been able to identify 27 of these victims—all except one. For the last five decades, the sixteenth body found in the boat shed has only been known as John Doe 1973. read more

With 4 cases already solved, each of the 12 remaining cases represents an opportunity to bring answers to families and communities. read more

Leicestershire Police will measure the “physical and mental toll of the job” on its forensic teams in a groundbreaking study using data analytics from the world of Formula One. read more

Thought to be the earliest recorded victim from the Long Island Serial Killer case, skeletal remains of a young woman, murdered in 1996, are now known to belong to 34-year-old Karen Vergata from Manhattan. read more

A first-of-its-kind analysis of historical DNA ties tens of thousands of living people to enslaved and free African Americans who labored at an iron forge in Maryland known as Catoctin Furnace soon after the founding of the United States. read more

How does clothing on a decomposing body react to environmental and biological factors? That’s the question forensic experts and entomologists at Murdoch University in Australia set out to answer in their newest study. read more