Forty years ago, 3-year-old Ramona Brown vanished after a house fire killed two of her siblings and destroyed her family’s home.
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A team of researchers reconstructed the face of Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains.
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The prestigious award will fund research into the causes, complexities, and potential solutions to gun violence in disproportionately impacted Black and Brown communities.
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A senseless argument that led to the murder of a 34-year-old man in a Pennsylvania diner parking lot has now been solved thanks to facial recognition technology and DNA left on a Styrofoam cup at the crime scene 12 years earlier.
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Implementing this research, officers attended crime scenes and committed to spending an extra 30 minutes at each scene to gather forensic evidence and intelligence, as well as engaging with the community to provide crime prevention messaging.
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The man could not be identified, and his manner of death was listed as undetermined. It was estimated that only weeks had passed between the man’s death and the time that his remains were found.
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For the first time in this case, the National for Missing & Exploited Children has created a new image of Lina Sardar Khil, who vanished from a playground in San Antonio, Texas in 2021.
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A new study of California gun data identifies risk factors for weapons used in crimes.
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After being disbanded two years ago, the Portland Police Bureau has announced the reinstatement of the Cold Case Unit thanks to a grant awarded through the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI).
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After nearly half a century, a man whose remains were found in Granby, Conn., has been identified as 22-year-old Patrick Andrew Nopper.
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