Forty-eight hours after release, amid accusations of racism, the image was removed from the media release as well as social media sites, and the officer in charge of the sexual assault section apologized.
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Would Eliza Fletcher, a mother of two and kindergarten teacher, still be alive today if a rape kit containing the DNA of her accused killer—Cleotha Henderson—was processed when it was received in September 2021, rather than a year later?
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Using new breakthroughs in DNA forensics, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has charged a San Jose man, who is already in prison for a brutal murder of a woman, with another murder, 39 years ago.
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A soldier from Massachusetts who went missing during the Korean War and was later reported to have died in a prisoner of war camp has been accounted for using modern scientific techniques.
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A major break came earlier this year when a suspect was identified through DNA analysis. That suspect is currently in prison serving a life sentence for another unrelated murder, and he has been incarcerated since 1993.
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"I would never have dreamed we’d have a 94 percent success rate. We’re just a small laboratory. You don’t have to be a big, expensive operation to give back to your community."
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Thanks to technological advances–and with the assistance of BODE Technology–detectives were able identify the male DNA profile collected from the scene in 1991.
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Maryland State Police Homicide Unit investigators charged a Florida man in connection with the 2006 murder of a young woman.
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Authorities say newly tested DNA evidence helped them make an arrest in the killings more than eight years ago of a family, including two boys, who were shot in their suburban Houston home.
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In 2022, Smith’s clothing was reexamined using new technologies and established a suspect DNA profile.
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