The Commission will examine whether the methods, systems and processes used by the Queensland Police Service, and the Forensic and Scientific Services for forensic DNA collection, testing and analysis are, and have been, reliable, conducted in accordance with best international practice.
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After a Y-STR match, detectives are seeking information from the public—especially anyone who may have spoken to 16 specific people they believe have direct or indirect information about the murder.
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A recently retired cross-country truck driver arrested in Texas in May for a 1992 murder has now also been charged in California with the cold case murder of a woman whose body was found off Interstate 10 nearly 30 years ago.
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Through historical evidence and with advancements in mitochondrial DNA analysis, investigators were able to forensically link Mary Hammond to a man believed to be responsible for her abduction and murder.
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To keep pace with the current recreational drug landscape, laboratories in the United States should consider investing in practices that are able to detect new and emerging synthetic drugs.
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Body-worn cameras (BWCs) have become increasingly common in U.S. police departments, but we know little about their use in the field, including the factors related to whether and why police activate them.
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As more advanced, faster and cheaper genetic technologies have reached the consumer realm, concerns about DNA piracy seem not only reasonable, but justified.
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The Linn and Clouse families have been searching for answers concerning the welfare of the Clouses and their daughter, Holly, since they were last heard from in 1980.
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Advanced DNA technology helped detectives link the cases of six women to a man accused of being the “pillowcase rapist” for a string of rapes back in the 1980s.
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The grant will fund digital forensics and industrial control systems hardware and software and allow LSU to expand its hands-on applied cybersecurity courses, as well as support research into industrial control systems security.
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