Over the years, investigators have been able to identify 27 of these victims—all except one. For the last five decades, the sixteenth body found in the boat shed has only been known as John Doe 1973.
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The self-collection kits would allow survivors of sexual assault to collect their own evidence privately in instances when they don’t have access to a local health care provider.
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With 4 cases already solved, each of the 12 remaining cases represents an opportunity to bring answers to families and communities.
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McClure left significant DNA underneath Johnsons’ fingernails, which could only be a result of Johnson fighting vigorously for her life.
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Leicestershire Police will measure the “physical and mental toll of the job” on its forensic teams in a groundbreaking study using data analytics from the world of Formula One.
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The new method allows examiners to qualify and quantify features and characteristics that are commonly observed during physical fit examinations.
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Thought to be the earliest recorded victim from the Long Island Serial Killer case, skeletal remains of a young woman, murdered in 1996, are now known to belong to 34-year-old Karen Vergata from Manhattan.
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Investigators collected DNA from the school bus steering wheel, gear shift and switches on the bus Martinez drove. Agents say the DNA matched the DNA evidence collected from the sexual assaults in 1988, 1989 and 1991.
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A first-of-its-kind analysis of historical DNA ties tens of thousands of living people to enslaved and free African Americans who labored at an iron forge in Maryland known as Catoctin Furnace soon after the founding of the United States.
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Kentucky’s 2007 lawsuit against Purdue Pharma marked a major turn in the opioid crisis. But a new study finds that the case dissuaded only Purdue’s opioid marketing. Promotion of opioids by competing drug companies actually increased.
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