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Study: Firearm Injury Treated Every 30 Minutes in Emergency Departments

A cross-sectional analysis of firearm injury-related emergency department (ED) visits found that between 2018 and 2023, there was approximately one firearm injury ED visit every 30 minutes in the 10 jurisdictions studied. read more
Police Use AI to Generate Image of Suspect Based off Witness Statements

The Goodyear Police Department (Arizona) used artificial intelligence (AI) to create a composite image of a suspect wanted for attempted kidnapping. read more
Cold Case Team Identifies Remains as Known Victim of Serial Killer Duo

The Calaveras Cold Case Task Force team confirmed the remains of Brenda Sue O’Connor from those remaining in the crypt. read more
Genealogy Helps Victims who Appeared on America’s Most Wanted ID Assailant 32 Years Later

On August 15, 1992, two young women from Texas were hiking in the Henning State Conservation Area in Taney County, Missouri, when they were brutally attacked. read more
Tulsa to Hold Second Round of Genealogy Workshops

The City of Tulsa, in collaboration with Intermountain Forensics and the Greenwood Cultural Center, will host the second round of Community Engagement Genealogy next week. read more
Grant Funds Researcher's Quest for More Accurate PMI Estimation

The study aims to refine PMI estimation techniques by systematically analyzing human decomposition through machine learning. read more
The Power of 8 Colors
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Download this infographic now to learn how this system provides improved and more informative analyses for even the most challenging DNA samples. read more
Report Records Nearly 150 Exonerations in 2024

In 2024, 147 people in the United States were exonerated after losing an average of 13.5 years of their lives to wrongful imprisonment. read more
Investigators Identify Teen Found in 1973

KBI agents and the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office have positively identified human remains that were found near Garnett, Kansas in April 1973, providing answers to a family after 52 years. read more
Othram Identifies Skeletal Remains Found in 1997

After 26 years, a homicide victim, whose remains were discovered in a remote wooded area near Wilkeson, Washington has been identified as Laurie Krage. read more
New Forensic Rendering of Unidentified Murder Victim from 1985 Cold Case

Continued investigation by the MNPD Cold Case Unit into the 1985 murders of two women, discovered on Nov. 7, 1987 in shallow graves in the basement of a home, has now led to a new forensic rendering of one of the victims. read more
Charleston Police Department Officially Launches DNA Laboratory

The lab began accepting evidence in March 2025 following an exceptionally rigorous and multi-year preparation and accreditation process. read more
Genetic Genealogy Points to Initial Person of Interest in 1976 Murder

More than forty years later, in 2019, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's investigators revisited the case and submitted several items of evidence to the California Department of Justice Bureau of Forensic Services for traditional forensic DNA testing. read more
Grant Funds the Creation of the Central Alabama Shared DNA Technology Project

“Its goal is to adopt best practices of forensic science to help solve and deter violent crime, which is an issue within so many communities both here and elsewhere,” said Javan. read more
Statistical Method Sheds More Light on Ancestral Roots

When you send your DNA off for a personalized ancestry report, the report you get back is only a very small view of your family tree pinned in a specific point and space in time. read more