GTH DNA has announced that a case involving the identification of a WWII U.S. service member who perished as a Japanese prisoner of war has been selected as the DNA Hit of the Year for 2024.
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Qiagen has announced a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to develop a novel test for its QIAcuity digital PCR devices that will boost forensics by improving the quantification of DNA in human samples.
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Hunters in the Colorado Desert near Indio, California, found a body in a shallow grave in March of 1994. Using forensic genetic genealogy, investigators were able to determine the identity of the woman.
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Using standard forensic STR testing, the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory compared a profile from a DNA sample to a profile developed from a DNA sample that was collected from the victim’s sex assault examination. This comparison confirmed that Derrick Washington was the person who sexually assaulted the victim
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The case remained under investigation, with APD cold case investigators submitting evidence through the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to CODIS.
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On May 24, 1993, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle along Cedar Bluff Road in Knoxville. The adult male, who had no identification on him, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
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The breakthrough came through the use of the M-Vac System on clothing items related to the case, enabling the collection of sufficient DNA evidence for a profile to be uploaded to the Virginia database.
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The case is likely the first time Danish police have used familial searching in the DNA database to find possible perpetrators.
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Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that more than 2,600 serious criminal offenders provided their DNA to law enforcement after previously failing to do so as required by law.
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It is suspected de Vargas was in the process of being smuggled from San Salvador to Houston when she died.
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