The decision issued by Suffolk Superior Court Judge Christine Roach notes that there is no indication from the record that the critical evidence in question – biological material on an item of the victim’s clothing – was preserved by investigators in 1973.
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On Nov. 23, just two days ahead of the holiday, Payne was formally removed from death row, where he has been imprisoned for a crime he’s always said he didn’t commit.
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Authorities used DNA to finally identify the body of a 1991 homicide victim in New Jersey known by her tattoo as “Tiger Lady.” However, her death and killer remain unknown.
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Building off five years of research, analysis of 100s of publications and examination of five databases, researchers at the University of Freiburg have recently authored an article in Nature detailing how Europe’s Roma people are vulnerable to poor practice in genetics.
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With the help of modern DNA technology, Bedford Detectives were able to solve the 1986 homicide of Janet Elaine Love.
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On May 16, 1986, an infant male child was found deceased inside a sanitation truck that had just emptied a dumpster at the apartment building located at 27 Havemeyer Place in Greenwich.
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On May7, 2020, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office was contacted by a private forester representative who advised one of his employees had located what was believed to be human remains.
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A man has been charged following the re-investigation of an alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a young woman in Sydney’s south-west in the mid-1990s.
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The school founded by evangelist Jerry Falwell ignored reports of rape and threatened to punish accusers for breaking its moral code, say former students. An official who says he was fired for raising concerns calls it a “conspiracy of silence.”
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A man’s claim to be the great-grandson of legendary Native American leader Sitting Bull has been confirmed using DNA extracted from Sitting Bull’s scalp lock.
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