The NFI has now developed new software that makes comparisons with the DNA database even faster and more detailed.
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A novel enzyme developed by research scientists at Promega Corporation will virtually eliminate confounding stutter artifacts in forensic DNA analysis.
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A man who fled the UK after being charged with rape over 25 years ago has been jailed for the offenses, as well as a further count of rape that came to light after a forensics breakthrough.
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Discovering the identity of the as yet unidentified remains of Charles McAllister—dubbed CIL 2004-101-I-02—was deemed impossible at the time.
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AB 3042 extends the sunset on Proposition 69, the “DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act,” which directs funding from criminal fines to bolster essential crime-solving DNA services.
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A DNA sample from saliva collected off the ground outside a suspect’s home has matched the profile found underneath the fingernails of a young mother brutally murdered 36 years ago.
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Although police recognized similarities in the two cases, evidence conclusively connecting them proved elusive.
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“Asian Doe” suffered a violent death: homicide by blunt force trauma. The investigation revealed the victim’s death occurred during or prior to 2006.
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After nearly 45 years of persistent investigative efforts, an unidentified body discovered off Red Wing Road, now County Road 371 Castroville, TX in 1979 has now been positively identified as Gary Alan Robbins.
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After 23 years, a man whose remains were discovered wrapped in carpet and a blanket on the side of the road in Jackson County, Mississippi, has been identified as John “Johnnie” Allen Gallegos.
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