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West Tennessee County Approves Area’s First-ever Locally Funded Crime Lab
On Monday, the Shelby County (Tennessee) Board of Commissioners voted to approve the first-ever locally funded crime lab in county history. This will move key evidence testing much closer to home for those in Shelby County. read more
Ontario Issues 'Guardrails' for Police Using Investigative Genetic Genealogy
This first-in-Canada public resource marks an important step toward proper governance of this new and emerging technology. read more
Students Help ID John Doe as Indiana Man Missing Since 2022
Anthropology students and faculty from Southeast Missouri State University played a key role in identifying human remains discovered in the Mississippi River in 2022, bringing long-awaited closure to a grieving Indiana family. read more
Wildlife Forensic Scientists Develop New Tool to Detect Disguised Elephant Ivory
Stable isotope analysis can tell apart ivory from mammoths dug up from the permafrost and modern elephants, closing a loophole for selling elephant ivory. read more
Magnet Forensics Acquires Dark Circuit Labs
Magnet Forensics, a leader in digital investigations solutions, announced the acquisition of Dark Circuit Labs, a U.S.-based company specializing in advanced vulnerability research and exploit development. read more
Othram IDs the ‘Girl with the Turquoise Jewelry’ After Nearly 50 Years
In June 1979, the remains of an unknown female were located by a stonemason on an embankment between the Juniata River and Route 22/322, near Watts Township in Perry County, Penn. read more
Family History Helps ID Second ‘New’ Victim of Tulsa Race Massacre
The City of Tulsa’s 1921 Graves Investigation has identified James Goings as the second “new” victim of the Tulsa Race Massacre through veterans’ records and family history. read more
Forensic Dental Research Finds Smoking Leaves Lasting Mark on Teeth
The research team had initially set out to see if these rings could be used to predict the age of an individual in a forensic setting, such as identifying disaster victims or for situations when an individual’s DNA is not on a DNA database. read more
Historic Milestone for Forensic Medicine in the Philippines
Monash University will play a critical role in supporting the University of the Philippines to establish the Institute over the next four years, educating a core group of forensic doctors who will be capable of investigating death and violence to international standards. read more
Nonprofit Steps in to Fund Cold Case Investigations as Federal Grant Ends
This work was funded by a $535,000 federal grant. Now, with more than 600 unsolved homicides in the county still, the grant money has been exhausted. read more
Genealogy Identifies 2007 Drowning Victim
The Volusia Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with FDLE, has identified remains discovered in 2007 as belonging to Robert Martin, a man who had previously been reported missing while diving. read more
FBI's 17 Computer Forensics Labs Focus on Terrorism, Violent Crime and Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Every successfully accessed device—whether it's a phone found at the scene of a homicide investigation or a computer linked to crimes against children—is a potentially critical piece of an investigation puzzle. read more
Inspired by Innocent Man Who Spent 3 Years in Solitary Confinement, Kalief’s Law Survives State Budget Cuts
Ten years after Kalief Browder’s death, advocates successfully blocked a push to dismantle the law inspired by his story. read more
U.S. Records Underestimate Native Americans' Deaths, Life Expectancy
A new study in JAMA reveals the “statistical erasure” of Indigenous Americans, finding that the gap between AI/AN life expectancy and the national average was 2.9 times greater than official vital statistics indicate. read more
New Opioid Testing Techniques Could Lead to Better Therapies
Researchers have developed new diagnostic techniques for detecting opioid compounds in adults with opioid use disorder and infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome. read more