The badly decomposed body of a woman known as the " lady in the fridge" has been identified 27 years after she was murdered. Now, investigators are appealing to the public to fill in the “pieces” of her life.
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Burlington Police DNA evidence collected from the cigarette butt and dogged investigative work led authorities to the man they say killed Rita Curran within a 70-minute window on a July night in 1971.
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A man who accused his identical twin brother of kidnapping and raping a 9-year-old girl on her way home from buying school supplies and a woman jogger in separate attacks was convicted Thursday of carrying out the crimes more than two decades ago.
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The Biden administration moved Friday to require patients see a doctor in person before getting attention deficit disorder medication or addictive painkillers, toughening access to the drugs against the backdrop of a deepening opioid crisis.
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The cooperation of the Shaw family during the investigation was paramount to identifying Charles Shaw as the person responsible for the homicide of Christina Castiglione.
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Attorneys have called for punishing prosecutors who used 911 call analysis knowing it was inadmissible in court. One conviction gets another look.
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The United States has about 750 full-time, board-certified forensic pathologists. But, experts say that number needs to be at least 1,500—if not more—to deal with the rising caseloads across every state.
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In December 2021, a shoe containing a foot was found near the mouth of the Elwha River in Port Angeles, Washington.
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Forensic evidence collected from this examination was sent to the State Police Crime Laboratory, whose chemists were able to develop a detailed DNA profile of the attacker.
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The Cold Case Analysis Center at Saint Rose recently secured $9,700 from Seasons of Justice, a nonprofit that funds efforts to further the investigation of cold cases. The funding will go directly toward DNA evidence testing.
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