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Study: AI Could Help Stem Tide of School Violence
Researchers developed an AI system that analyzes linguistic patterns to predict a youth's risk for committing acts of school violence. read more
Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence is Renewed for $20M, 5 Years
Statisticians and forensic scientists across the country will keep working to put statistics behind the pattern evidence found in bloodstains and fingerprints and the digital evidence found in phones and computers. read more
ElcomSoft Says New Extraction Tool Can View 'Secret' Instant Messages
The Elcomsoft Phone Viewer Version 5.0 gains the ability to display conversation histories and secret chats in Telegram, one of the world's most popular instant messaging apps. read more
Calif. Reps: COVID-19 Caused Deaths Much Earlier, Medical Examiners ‘Digging Deeper’
California Governor Gavin Newsom has asked medical examiners and coroners across the state to review autopsies dating back to December to “help guide a deeper understanding of when this pandemic really started to impact Californians.” read more
Othram Uses Forensic Genealogy to Help University Anthropologist Identify 1979 Remains
In February, Jennifer Bengston partnered with the Othram laboratory and lead genealogists to utilize the latest forensic genealogy technologies to help identify human remains held at the university as part of Bengtson’s anthropology program. read more
Genetic Genealogy ID's Suspect in 56-Year-old Homicide Case
In June 2019, a more comprehensive profile was created and submitted for investigative genetic genealogy testing. Investigators followed up on obtained leads and were able to determine the source of the DNA. read more
New Mexico Mayor, Police Head for Showdown Over Lockdown
The mayor of a small New Mexico city is promising a confrontation Monday between his small police force and State Police as he seeks to lift a COVID-19 lockdown order that shuttered nonessential businesses to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. read more
Presidential Commission Takes Up Forensics, Technology
The President’s Commission on Law Enforcement continued to hold hearings on crime reduction, with panelists speaking about domestic violence and sexual assault, technology issues encountered by law enforcement, and leveraging technology to reduce crime. read more
Judge Tosses Most Claims in Suit by Ex-death Row Inmate
A federal judge has dismissed most claims in a lawsuit filed by a former Delaware death row inmate who was acquitted of all charges after being retried for a drug-related killing. read more
Authors, Journal Issue Correction: COVID-19 Was Not Spread to Medical Examiner from Body
The authors and Elsevier issued a correction, saying the authors were merely trying to emphasize the importance of adequate safety protection, rather than report the spread of COVID-19 from a dead body. read more
Protecting Yourself from the Latest Internet Sex Crime
Researchers released a study on "sextortion" that sheds light on the importance of protecting the public from online criminals. read more
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FBI Names Darrin Jones Executive Assistant Director of the Science and Technology Branch
Director Christopher Wray has named Darrin E. Jones as the executive assistant director of the Science and Technology Branch at FBI Headquarters in Washington. read more
Missouri Ships Untested Sexual Assault Kits Amid COVID-19
The sixth batch of untested sexual assault kits identified in the SAFE Kit Initiative inventory were shipped off to the lab. Precautions were taken to ensure that the kits could be safely dropped off while maintaining social distancing requirements. read more
Cynet Issues Incident Response Challenge to IR Professionals
While Capture the Flag challenges that test hacking capabilities are common, there has never been a publicly available test for IR related forensic investigation. read more