For the first time in the U.S., evidence derived from next generation sequencing (NGS) has been accepted in a court of law.
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Creech has been convicted of five murders, including three in Idaho, one in California, and one in Oregon. He is a serial killer who is established to have killed an additional six victims, and has admitted to killing upward of 40 people.
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Gene by Gene announced its decision to select Othram as its exclusive partner for forensic genetic genealogy search and analysis.
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Using post-mortem fingerprints, investigators identified Seven as 75-year-old Reba C. Bailey, an Illinois veteran missing since the 1970s.
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A man put to death using nitrogen gas shook and convulsed for minutes on the gurney as Alabama carried out the first-of-its-kind execution that has ignited debate over the humaneness of the method.
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The Jane Doe discovered in 2003 remained unidentified and investigators labeled her as “Bones 20”.
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On July 19, 1972, the body of an unidentified female was discovered in Hernando County, Florida. At the time of the discovery, detectives believed the victim had recently traveled to the county from either north Florida or Alabama.
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A new report says the use of presumptive field tests in drug arrests is one of the largest, if not the largest, known contributing factor to wrongful arrests and convictions.
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As digital analysis becomes increasingly important in criminal investigations, the study will evaluate how traditional methods of communication, including organizational cultures and even language, may be outdated for conducting digital forensic work.
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Laboratories in the United States already use direct PCR for reference samples where the DNA donor is known, but current federal quality assurance standards keep them from using direct PCR for forensic evidence.
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