Advanced DNA testing—funded by the community—and facial recognition technology have combined to identify a suspect in the 1991 kidnapping and murder of a mother of two.
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The team has discovered a number of families that this man has connections to. Surnames that appear in his family tree include Broll, Burejza, Kucharczyk, Polck/Polk, Sowa, Swiertz/Swiercz, and Ulfik.
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The victim was revealed to be 96% Ashkenazi Jew, a detail that has complicated efforts to trace her ancestry and locate family members.
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Investigators now know that Lawrence’s son, 81-year-old Larry Drotleff dismembered his father after finding him deceased, then dumped his body in two locations.
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Two forensic canines recently led Fort Drum archaeologists on a trail of centuries-old scents during a first-of-its-kind initiative for the Cultural Resources Program.
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Although justice was delayed in this case, Plymouth (Mass.) County District Attorney Tim Cruz stressed the importance of providing answers to victims’ families whenever possible.
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The New Jersey State Police are seeking the public’s assistance with a cold case homicide investigation from 1979.
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A murdered man, whose remains were found by hunters in rural Alabama in 1994, has been identified as James Carol Jackson.
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The County Medical Examiner’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify a woman who drowned in the Tijuana River in 2022.
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Work within the DNA Unit of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety’s Forensic Laboratory in Santa Fe can be highly challenging, and not just in a scientific way. There’s a mental health aspect to the job that many have experienced.
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