Hennepin County (Minnesota) has launched a new project to help identify some of the 150 unidentified persons cases in the Medical Examiner’s Office.
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The District Attorney’s Office is providing the public with updated information and renderings of the victims in two cold cases – Medford Jane Doe and Bellport Jane Doe – in the hopes that it will assist in uncovering the victims’ identities.
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The Columbus Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown male whose remains were recovered in 2018, as the case remains an active and ongoing investigation.
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New research confirms the potential for police forensic investigators to carefully consider the presence of pets at crime scenes as a credible new avenue for finding and investigating DNA leads to solve the case.
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NIST has released a new forensic DNA reference material, the first to include degraded DNA as well as mixtures of high-quality DNA from different individuals.
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For the first time anywhere in the world, DNA forensics has been used to secure a criminal conviction for the illegal killing and trafficking of an individual lion.
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Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Cold Case Unit have arrested and charged a suspect, Marion Gales, 63, in a 35-year-old homicide cold case.
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Cleaning blood from a violent crime scene can complicate crime scene investigations, particularly when accurate evidence is required for a conviction in court.
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Detectives are now conducting a comprehensive review of the original evidence, prior investigative leads, and any additional case materials to determine whether advancements in forensic technology or new information may help move the case forward.
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On March 20, 1970, the body of a male was located without a head or hands on Davis Hill Road in the town of Andover.
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