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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Teams with Othram to Identify Tortoise Reserve Doe
After 20 years, homicide victim Richard Wayne Guarro has been identified and an investigation into his death is in progress. read more
Genetic Genealogy Helps Oklahoma Cold Case Unit ID Dismembered Body Found in 1995
It was difficult to identify Bentivegna at the time because her feet, hands and head were removed from her body. read more
UK Police Force Sees Pay off From Digital Forensic Focus Over Past 2 Years
A recent investigation revealed a backlog of more than 20,000 digital devices waiting to be examined by forces across England and Wales. Nottinghamshire Police, however, have just 31 phones, tablets and computers waiting to be examined. read more
Forensic Psychiatry Expert Consults on Cases in Guantanamo Bay, The Hague
Charles Morgan is a national security professor at the University of New Haven and an expert on the impact that stress and harsh interrogation techniques can have on human memory. read more
Study Evaluates Prevalence of Violence in Missing and Unidentified Persons Cases
Researchers used text mining of NamUs case entries to classify cases as violent or nonviolent based on designated keywords, and then they examined additional case information to compare specific characteristics of violent versus non-violent cases. read more
Prosecutors Seek DNA Testing for Case Made Famous by 'Serial' Podcast
The two sides agreed the Baltimore City Police Lab should retest certain items collected as evidence in the 1999 killing of 17-year-old Hae Min Lee using DNA technology that was not available for Syed’s trials. read more
Genetic Genealogy Unravels ID of Jane Doe Once Thought to be Victim of Robert Lee Yates
For some period of time, Barnes was suspected to be another victim of the "Spokane Serial Murder," later identified as Robert Lee Yates, even though she did not fit the profile of Yates' other victims, due to similarities in the killers' methods. read more
Genetic Genealogy, DNA From Bite Mark Lead to Suspect in 1994 Cold Case Murder
Nearly 28 years ago, Cheri Huss was found stabbed to death inside her Desert Hot Springs apartment. Her case went cold until last month. read more
A Look Inside the 1st Official ‘Safe Injection Sites’ in U.S.
Equipped and staffed to reverse overdoses, New York City’s new, privately run “overdose prevention centers” are a bold and contested response to a storm tide of opioid overdose deaths nationwide. read more
Othram IDs 1980 Homicide Victim After 9 Previous Attempts
A clay reconstruction of the homicide victim's face was developed and released to the public by the end of 1980, but yielded no clues as to who this unknown man was. read more
More Research Needed on How Insects can Reveal Drugs, Poisons at Crime Scenes
Researchers are developing ways to detect a range of drugs and other substances commonly found in the suspicious death of humans and animals. read more
The Key to Convicting Human Traffickers
Tattoos, electric shock devices, and plastic bracelets. These are examples of the kinds of objects and physical abuses deployed by human traffickers to control, torture, and brand their victims, and which are crucial to securing a conviction. read more
New University Crime Scene House Offers an Immersive Forensic Experience
After spending years processing mock murders in the cramped confines of a small storage room, forensic science students at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln are now getting to stretch their crime scene investigation skills. read more
Utah’s Commercial Genetic Genealogy Database Bill Fails
A bill addressing law enforcements use of genetic genealogy DNA databases like GEDmatch and Ancestry failed to pass the Utah House of Representatives late last week amid concerns it was not specific enough to prevent police “fishing expeditions.” read more
DNA Links Slain Illinois Man to 1982 Killing in Iowa
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