DNA and a 20-year-old genealogy expert helped state police identify the man who abducted, raped and murdered a young girl in a case that rattled a Pennsylvania coal town nearly six decades ago.
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The cause of death is not confirmed. However, during the autopsy the unidentified man was found to have several injuries that were consistent with being hit by a motor vehicle.
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The nation’s top public health agency proposed changing — and in some instances, softening — guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers.
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Hogan presented a Governor’s citation to recognize the late Rose Lanzetta, who in 1972, became the first female forensic chemist hired at the department’s newly opened crime laboratory.
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A tip from a Georgia sheriff’s office has helped the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office bring closure to a 50 year-old triple homicide case that occurred in Boone, N.C. on Feb. 3, 1972, known locally as the Durham Case.
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GCMEO and DNA Doe Project (DDP) partnered to use DNA and genealogy to identify the remains in the 19-year-old cold case that became known as Gwinnett Co John Doe 2003.
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At the helm is AFP Chief Forensic Scientist Sarah Benson, who was at the forefront of developing a new explosives analysis capability in 2000, which positioned the AFP to work alongside Australian and international counterparts in the aftermath of the tragic Bali bombings 20 years ago.
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Above-ground nuclear testing was considered a pretty bad idea, which is why it was banned so quickly. Johnstone-Belford says the accidental by-product for scientists is one good thing that's come out of it.
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The UW’s Center for Environmental Forensic Science will work globally to help stop poaching of endangered wildlife species, including elephants.
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The latest effort to address a shortage of forensic pathologists in Washington has stalled, even though the national shortage is getting worse, forcing some states to appeal to the federal government for help.
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