The work demonstrates how combining advanced genetic tools with local databases can assist conservation authorities in solving even the most complex environmental crimes involving multiple species, both wild and domestic.
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We now know that Othram scientists were the ones to develop the high-resolution SNP profile that helped lead investigators to Kohberger.
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Hosted by former clinical psychologist Dr. Elin Lantz Lesser, America's Crime Lab takes listeners behind the scenes of groundbreaking investigations, revealing how scientists, detectives, victim advocates, and families work together to uncover the truth and bring long-awaited answers to those left in the dark.
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The Washington County District Attorney’s Office has applied for and been awarded $14,000 from the Oregon Cold Case Investigators Association to reexamine a 1994 cold case homicide.
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This possibility exceptionally skilled man is the oldest Egyptian to have his genome sequenced to date. He lived around 4,500 to 4,800 years ago—the age of the first pyramids.
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The newborn lovingly named Matea Esperanza by UCPD officers—a name meaning "Gift from God" in Hebrew and "Hope" in Spanish—was discovered by a man searching for recyclables.
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A Manhattan judge vacated the convictions of Brian Boles and Charles Collins for a 1994 murder after DNA testing on fingernail evidence from the victim excluded the men as the source and pointed to another individual as the perpetrator.
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After the escalation of armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, forensic facilities seeking to manage the deceased with dignity were nearly overwhelmed.
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British Forensic Science Service scientists found DNA on the items. Their laboratory generated DNA data files. But they couldn't interpret their DNA mixture data. “Inconclusive,” they said.
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On Monday, the Shelby County (Tennessee) Board of Commissioners voted to approve the first-ever locally funded crime lab in county history. This will move key evidence testing much closer to home for those in Shelby County.
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