Bodies of murder victims are found in suitcases with astonishing regularity. But they present a particular challenge for police investigating the crime.
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Forensic examiners can now determine whether a fingerprint was placed on a piece of paper before or after any text was printed on it.
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Numerous attempts had been made since Mason was found to identify her including releasing images of her distinctive tattoo, adding her case to the OSBI Cold Case Cards, and releasing forensic sketches.
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Researchers in Sweden are developing a portable gas sensor system that can be trained through machine learning to identify human remains—kind of like cadaver dogs.
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A DNA profile was developed for the victim and entered into CODIS as well as the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System in hopes that she would eventually be identified.
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Alabama corrections officials apparently botched an inmate’s execution last month, an anti-death penalty group alleges, citing the length of time that passed before the prisoner received the lethal injection and a private autopsy.
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The San Diego Police Department has launched a new portal for survivors of sexual assault to securely track and receive updates regarding the status of their sexual assault evidence kit.
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Researchers show that incarceration rates in New York City census tracts with public housing developments outstrip the incarceration rates in census tracts without public housing, even though crime rates are equivalent.
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In perhaps one of the more unique datasets in science, a team of researchers from Spain has shown that unrelated people who have look-alikes share not only strong facial similarity but genetic variants as well.
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Authorities are investigating Artmen's link to other murders. He has already been tied through DNA to a 2006 Maryland homicide.
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