The New Jersey State Police have identified Larry Burney as the suspect in the 1982 murder of William Jenkins of East Orange. Burney died in 2005 while incarcerated at South Woods State Prison.
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In 2023, human remains were discovered in a wooded area near South Military Trail in unincorporated Boynton Beach. For years, we didn’t know who she was.
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In June 2011, when human remains were discovered in Wilmington, Delaware, those involved with the case considered the worst—and most common—scenario: a woman was murdered and her body was dumped in the woods.
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The Calaveras Cold Case Task Force is announcing that, through continued efforts and in partnership with forensic investigative specialists, the identity of the woman previously known as “Parrotts Ferry Jane Doe” has been confirmed.
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The Lake County Sheriff's Office has used forensic genetic genealogy to identify the remains of two Does¬—one homicide victim found in 1991 and another found in 1988 whose cause of death is undetermined.
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More than a decade after his remains were found in a wooded area in Daytona Beach, Mark Addison Hasbrouck is now identified.
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After decades of unanswered questions, detectives with the Orlando Police Department’s Cold Case Unit have identified two men whose deaths had remained unresolved since 1982 and 1996.
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Despite early investigative efforts, the woman's identity was unknown. Progress stalled until the mid-2000s, when previously stored evidence was located and submitted for STR DNA analysis.
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House Enrolled Act 1248 allows law enforcement agencies to partner with tax-exempt nonprofits to raise private money for testing conducted by outside laboratories.
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On Jan. 19, 1974, the partially buried body of an unidentified deceased adult female was located in the open desert of Desert Hot Springs, Calif.
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