In October 2025, Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee was finally identified through advanced latent print analysis as Maureen L. Minor Rowan, known by friends and family as “Cookie.”
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Detectives with the CMPD Cold Case Unit have identified a 2016 deceased victim using forensic investigative genetic genealogy.
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Crandell was found murdered in her office at Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly. The suspect is Baari Shabazz. He died in 2019 at the age of 69.
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A report from the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR) suggests Tennessee’s crime labs are at or near capacity and the state must consider expanding current facilities and building new ones if there’s any hope of addressing the current evidence backlog.
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After 57 years, the Wake County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim of a 1968 homicide—a breakthrough made possible through the dedication of partner agencies and advancements in forensic genealogy.
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Reich drowned in a boating accident in January 1978 and his body, which was missing a mandible, was recovered after being found along the rocks of a jetty about a month later.
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On June 7, 1970, kids playing in the desert located human remains buried in a shallow grave. The remains were unidentifiable.
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In a field west of Paris, France, a group of 17, including graduate students, professors and alumni from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, meticulously worked to find those who went missing in World War II.
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Now, DNA has confirmed the identity of one of those victims, likely the first one buried on Baumeister's property at Fox Hollow Farm.
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In June 1990, the skeletal remains of an unidentified individual were found by a fisherman three miles north of Barfield Landing on the west side of the Mississippi River bank.
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