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French Cold Case: Ex-police Officer Linked to Rapes, Murders
One of France’s biggest unsolved criminal cases appears to have been cracked – and the decades-long hunt for a suspect in multiple rapes and killings during the 1980s and 1990s led to a former police officer. read more
Florida Man Exonerated of 1983 Murder Sues over Imprisonment
A Florida man exonerated of a 1983 rape and murder after serving 37 years in prison is suing over his wrongful conviction in which a disproven bite mark was crucial evidence. read more
Operation 'Ohio Knows' Nets 161 in Anti-human Trafficking Sting
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced that 161 people were arrested and 51 potential human trafficking victims were helped in a statewide operation for which nearly 100 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies partnered with non-governmental and nonprofit organizations. read more
New Approach to Skeletal Age-estimation Can Help Identify Juvenile Remains
New research could help forensic teams in their work to estimate the age of the remains of children discovered during archaeological work or in criminal investigative cases. read more
DNA, Genealogy ID Woman Whose Foot Washed Up on S.C. Beach
In October 2020, a right foot bearing a shoe was found washed up on a beach near Fort Sumter, SC. read more
Missing White Women: Why Racial Bias Dominates Coverage of Missing Person Cases
The high-profile disappearances of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa in England and Gabby Petito have brought renewed attention to media bias in coverage of missing person cases. read more
ACLU Calls On Federal Prosecutors to Investigate the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office
Despite years of complaints against the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, the DOJ has not stepped in to help. read more
When You Think Digital Data is Gone Forever, All is Not Lost
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What do you do when you know a crucial piece of digital evidence should be somewhere in a phone’s file, or in the Cloud, or in the social media account – yet it’s nowhere to be found? What are your options for finding that text message or photo? read more
Studies Assess Impact of Budget Cuts, COVID-19 on Missing Persons Reports
Researchers have recently published two independent studies assessing the impact of police budget cuts on missing person investigations, as well as the impact of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on missing person reports in the UK. read more
Team Seeks to ID Young Woman Found in 1981
In April 1981, the skeletal remains of a young woman were found off I-80 near Route 30 in New Lenox, Illinois. read more
DNA Evidence Clears Man, Co-defenders of 2002 Murder Charges
All four men were convicted of Crawford’s murder in 2008, even though no physical evidence connected any of them to the crime and Dement’s “confessions” did not comport with the facts of the crime scene. read more
$1 M to Small Business for Enhanced Detection of Explosives and Illicit Drugs
The Department of Homeland Security awarded $999,406 to South Dakota-based small business Synthetik Applied Technologies, LLC to develop a targeted surface interrogation technology that quickly detects trace residues of explosives and illicit drugs on carry-on baggage, laptops and other items. read more
Research Reveals 'Huge’ Impact of Pandemic on Sexual Violence Support Services
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual abuse survivors going through the criminal justice system has been "huge" with support services reporting referral increases of up to 366 percent. read more
Museum Exhibit Shines Light on 20 Cold Case Homicide Victims
Facial reconstructions of three bodies exhumed last year by forensic anthropologists in Florida will be featured—along with 17 other John and Jane Does—in a month-long museum exhibit called “The Art of Forensics.” read more
DNA Helps Solve 1977 Slaying of Oregon Teens
Police searched the area and put up roadblocks at the time but the teens’ killer wasn’t found. Fingerprints and latent DNA samples from the crime scene were collected, but there were no matches at the time. read more