Initial lab work failed to produce a workable DNA sample but in April 2021 samples were combined and enriched at HudsonAlpha Discovery Labs, and a successful DNA profile was obtained.
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The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs announced grant awards totaling more than $210 million to fund crime laboratories, support research, decrease DNA backlogs and help law enforcement identify missing persons.
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Drug traffickers plant marijuana in remote areas on U.S. federal lands, mainly in the Pacific Southwest, and use toxic and illegal pesticides to accelerate crop growth.
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In what feels like the epitome of a “perfect match,” the City of Tulsa has awarded a grant to Intermountain Forensics to help identify bodies thought to be associated with the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
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A recent statement from the City of Boulder and the Boulder Police Department has people wondering if IGG can solve an even more well-known case that captivated the nation 25 years ago and still today—the murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey.
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The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office’s G.O.L.D. Unit (Genetic Operations Linking DNA) has identified three more “most wanted” suspects from a pilot project that included genealogical searches for 20 DNA profiles connected to cold case sexual assaults.
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Faculty members from UCO conducted DNA tests and fingerprint scans on the purse in hopes of finding indisputable evidence.
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The Coroner’s Office used all available resources at the time to identify the woman, including having her DNA entered into the California Department of Justice Missing and Unidentified Persons System. Unfortunately, no identification was made.
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Forensic researchers are calling for the research community to be more proactive about addressing systemic racism in the sciences—currently and historically—in order to address longstanding issues related to how Black people and their remains are treated by museum collections and society at large.
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On Sept. 18, 1995, the Bensalem Police Department found the skeletal remains of an adult in a wooded area. The victim was unclothed and wrapped in a plastic tarp.
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