More than 20 years after the fully skeletonized remains of a man were found in a wooded area of Southwest Portland, the remains have been positively identified as Robert Lee Horton, who would have been 47 years old at the time of his death.
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He is of Central American ancestry, with his parents likely being from El Salvador or Guatemala.
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When Marie Allen began studying molecular biology in Uppsala, forensic DNA analysis was still a young research field. Today, nearly forty years later, she leads the development of methods that make it possible to analyse DNA where others see nothing.
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On Nov. 20, 1989, a 7-year-old victim was approached by an adult male who lured her to his vehicle, abducted her, and, over the course of the next few hours, sexually battered her.
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It’s alright to feel uncomfortable with AI, but the opportunity is huge and forensics teams will need to learn how to get comfortable with it.
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Through persistence, and multiple evidence reassessments, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office has solved a nearly 50-year-old cold case, restoring a man’s name and bringing peace and closure to his family.
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Although a subject was previously convicted of a crime related to her death, that individual was later exonerated when DNA technology became available and proved their innocence.
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DNA evidence and genetic genealogy reveal the identity of Brian Cranfield, 20 years after his remains were discovered in East Haddam.
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The strategy has resulted in all sexual assault examination kits being processed, fully eliminating the inherited backlog, which was 601.
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Small samples of DNA can reveal hotspots and trade routes in the illegal wildlife trade, according to a new study.
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