This unit will aid and support law enforcement agencies across the state in the investigation and prosecution of unsolved cases, including homicides, missing persons, and other matters centered around human identification and forensic genealogy.
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An attorney for Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed has told a judge that new evidence suggests the 19-year-old woman his client was convicted of killing may instead have been strangled by her jealous boyfriend.
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These findings have renewed calls for the need of separation between law enforcement and coroners/forensic medical professionals.
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Henry County (Virginia) Sheriff Lane Perry has assembled a multi-agency task force to review the murders of Michael, Mary and Jennifer Short.
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New York real estate heir Robert Durst was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without chance of parole for the murder of his best friend more than two decades ago.
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The University of Colorado Boulder Police Department’s property and evidence unit is the first university police department in North America to earn the SCS Northwest Evidence Management Professional Accreditation certificate, a process that took about two years to complete.
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A UK forensic science expert and entrepreneur has launched a ground-breaking app that quietly captures legally admissible forensic evidence of abuse to support police investigations.
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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced that 161 people were arrested and 51 potential human trafficking victims were helped in a statewide operation for which nearly 100 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies partnered with non-governmental and nonprofit organizations.
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The high-profile disappearances of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa in England and Gabby Petito have brought renewed attention to media bias in coverage of missing person cases.
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Despite years of complaints against the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, the DOJ has not stepped in to help.
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