In March and April 1981, four sets of human remains were recovered. Two of the victims were immediately identified. The other two remained unidentified until now.
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In a new paper, researchers review the history of aDNA technological development, discuss current technical bottlenecks and solutions, and assess the future of the technology.
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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that his office has charged a 76-year-old man living in Texas with four murders, including the slaying of a teenage girl, dating back to 1980.
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In 2019, a NCMEC Forensic Artist completed a new facial reconstruction rendering that received media coverage and drew public interest back to the case.
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M-Vac technology has helped cold case detectives in Montgomery County, Texas solve their oldest homicide case—the 1979 abduction, rape and murder of 12-year-old Lesia Michell Jackson.
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Authorities have arrested a woman in the killing of a Texas couple who was found beaten to death in their home more than 17 years ago.
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The unique DNA markers that define this haplogroup, or shared lineage, were passed down from mother to daughter to granddaughter—never through fathers—for 100,000 years.
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Teachers from around the U.S. recently convened to explore new ways to engage their students in STEM learning through the lens of forensic science at the conference.
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Eight 1,700-year-old genomes dated to the Three Kingdoms period have shown that ancient Koreans from the Gaya confederacy were more diverse than the present-day Korean population.
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The newly formed OCME DNA Gun Crimes Unit will focus exclusively on the testing and analysis of evidence from gun crimes and accelerate testing turnaround times to 30 days or less.
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