Police in Florida were able to utilize new technology to identify the owner of a knife with blood and other DNA samples on it to make an arrest in a nearly 25 year old previously cold case homicide.
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On September 28, 2010, at approximately 11:00 a.m., unidentified human remains were discovered by a construction crew in the Manoa area. It was determined that the skull sustained a gunshot wound and that the remains were placed there under suspicious circumstances.
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Almost a decade ago on September 2, 2014, Mesquite Police were dispatched to the 3500 block of Moon Drive, after a resident located a female victim lying on the side of their house. The victim had been savagely beaten, leaving her unconscious with severe injuries to her head and face. During the investigation officers learned the victim, prior to the offense, was a disabled individual and was also sexually assaulted during the offense.
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It is devastating when a loved one is missing. Often, the pain of not knowing what happened can be among the worst parts. That's why our Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) laboratory continues to explore and advance the use of scientific methods to help solve missing and unidentified persons cases.
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New DNA technology has helped Detectives in the United Kingdom solve the rape of a 14-year old in 2006 in Bedford, pinpointing a convicted rapist currently serving jail time for a separate rape as the suspect.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Richmond Field Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia announce a suspect has been identified in the murders of two women in the Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, in May 1996.
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This study has enabled us to develop in vitro touch DNA models, as close to reality as possible, in order to better understand the interactions between a substrate and a biological trace.
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Police in Pennsylvania have solved a nearly three-decade-old murder of a Lehigh Valley woman using new DNA technology and have made an arrest. The District Attorney announced the arrest of Michael Breisch.
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Using Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing and genetic genealogy, potential family members for the unidentified subject were identified. Detectives were able to work with the Othram genealogist and family members to construct a family tree and identify a possible match.
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In a new study, it is shown how the population of bacteria on a person’s skin leaves traces on the clothes they wear – and these traces last for months and can be used to uniquely identify the wearer.
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