In a new study, it is shown how the population of bacteria on a person’s skin leaves traces on the clothes they wear – and these traces last for months and can be used to uniquely identify the wearer.
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Plano, Texas Police Department has released an age-progressed photo in an effort to obtain information on a cold case kidnapping from 2008. This case involves the kidnapping of Eitan Ariel Blasingame, who was only a child when a non-custodial parent took him and there are concerns for Eitan's safety. One of Eitan's photos is shown age-progressed to 16 years.
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Using new archaeological and bioarchaeological technologies, investigators from the University of Vienna have found that a grave discovered 20 years ago in present day Austria is much older than anticipated – nearly 500 years older – and could be the first genetic mother-daughter discovery in human history.
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In 2022, an estimated 13.6 million people drove under the influence of illicit drugs during the prior year. Alcohol is not the only concern; the use of illicit drugs, legalized drugs such as cannabis, and the abuse of prescription medications may also impair a driver’s abilities.
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After 52 years, a murdered man, whose body was found near the south side of Winter Haven, Florida in a marshy area, has been identified as Mack Lavell Proctor, born November 28, 1914.
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Orange County Sheriff’s investigators have released an updated forensic rendering of a 2006 Jane Doe to help identify the woman.
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Alberta RCMP have linked four historical homicides of young women from the 1970's to a now deceased serial sexual offender. The Alberta RCMP Historical Homicide Unit (HHU) believe there may be more unsolved homicides in Western Canada related to this individual.
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Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Framingham Police Chief Lester Baker announced today that Stephen Paul Gale, 71, has been identified and charged with four counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping and one count of armed robbery of two women at the Hit or Miss Store in Framingham in 1989.
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After nearly 50 years, a woman whose remains were found in a wooded area off Highway 175 in the unincorporated area of Lakeport, California, has been identified as Wanda Lee Brewer.
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The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with Intermountain Forensics, the FBI’s Latent Print Unit, and the Coconino County Office of the Medical Examiner has successfully identified remains found 49 years ago as Gerald Francis Long, a Vietnam veteran originally from Minnesota.
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