Authorities arrested a 43-year-old Pueblo man in connection with the 2022 death of a man whose remains were found in a shallow grave in eastern Pueblo County.
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What began with just 20 grantees in 2015 has grown into the largest cold case program in the country (arguably, the world), with over 100 grantees spanning 45 states.
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The only physical evidence located at the scene of a quadruple assault and homicide of teenagers has been linked to known serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers who, years later, died by suicide during a police standoff—with the same gun he used to murder 13-year-old Amy Ayers on that night in 1991.
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In the 1950s, critical evidence, including the victim’s remains, went missing from law enforcement custody, with no documentation of their disposition. This halted further progress in the case.
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Age estimation in adult individual remains is challenging, often with errors of plus or minus ten years.
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Forensic work conducted as part of the Ventura County Sexual Assault Kit Initiative has led to the indictment of a suspect in four previously unsolved sexual assault cases in Phoenix, Arizona.
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St. Joseph County Police, the Coroner’s Office, and other agencies will exhume the remains of this man—known only as the “Howard Johnson John Doe”—from Tutt Cemetery in an attempt to give him his name back.
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A recent arrest in La Salle County, Texas, underscores how advances in DNA testing and steadfast investigative work can help bring answers and a chance at justice—no matter how much time has passed.
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Thanks to advances in DNA testing, the case was reopened in October 2020 and evidence was resubmitted for testing. As a result, investigators determined the mother of the child was 58-year-old Cindy Sue Elder.
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For the first time in the U.S., an identical twin has been convicted of a crime based on DNA analysis.
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