ISP Special Agents continued to investigate the matter in collaboration with the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office and recently submitted a DNA sample from a possible relative for comparison purposes.
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Skeletal remains discovered in a wooded area by Miramar Beach, Florida in October 2022 have now been positively identified as Jacob Lyon, a 19-year-old who was reported missing from a nearby town in 2016.
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The Elmira Police Department and the FBI have identified a suspect in the 1964 murder of 12-year-old Mary Theresa Simpson, bringing answers in one of New York’s oldest cold cases.
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The new 21,000-square-foot facility, located at 3765 Leeds Avenue in North Charleston, features state-of-the-art forensic biology laboratory space, executive offices, and secure evidence storage.
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Researchers applied criminological theory to forensic data analysis to help locate the next potential arson site.
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In 1994, police in Seabrook, New Hampshire seized a human skull from a local business. The business owner claimed he had purchased the skull in New York, but investigators were unable to determine where it originated.
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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement assisted in the identification of human remains recovered in Monroe County in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in 2017.
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Investigators with the Indiana State Police including the Cold Case Unit were contacted in 2024 by San Diego California Cold Case detectives and asked to assist with a 1975 murder case.
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Police made a breakthrough in identifying unidentified remains from June 2021 using advanced forensic genetic genealogy.
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DNA from hair recovered from a crime scene 45 years ago has finally provided answers in the chilling murders of a 23-year-old and her 2-year-old nephew.
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