After falling short the first time, the East Haven Police Department has successfully located the burial site of the unidentified 1975 homicide victim at the State Street Cemetery in Hamden, Conn.
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A recent update to a publicly downloadable database will make it easier to sift through computers, cellphones and other electronic equipment seized in police raids, potentially helping law enforcement catch sexual predators and other criminals.
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Researchers developed a new tool: an olfactory sensor for biometric authentication using human breath.
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The chemicals used to preserve the snakes sheared their DNA into shorter pieces of code, which made them hard to compare with longer, more complete genes from other specimens.
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Florida International University (FIU) has launched a first-of-its-kind resource for forensic science practitioners, students, researchers, and the general public.
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In a very fitting end to a 45-year law enforcement career, Detective Jim Scharf of the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office and oft-partnered Parabon Nanolabs solved the 1990 sexual assault and murder of 17-year-old Michelle Koski with an extremely challenging DNA sample and a full year of genetic genealogy research.
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While pioneering computer science, Turing also laid the foundation for modern forensic science.
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Human remains found in Midland County in 2013 have now been positively identified as Sylvia Nicole Smith following an extensive investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety. A homicide investigation is now underway.
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The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has successfully cleared a 30-year countywide backlog of untested sexual assault kits, resulting in hundreds of new DNA profiles being uploaded to law enforcement databases and criminal charges being filed in six cold cases.
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A new study says Google searches are an effective tool to track and predict domestic violence, especially in times of crisis, such as the period that followed the COVID-19 outbreak.
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