Thirty-two years have passed since 10-year-old Holly Piirainen left her grandparents’ home in Sturbridge to see a litter of puppies and never came back.
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At autopsy, the unknown human remains (UHR) were identified as those of an adult female, who showed no sign of trauma or natural disease.
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A man whose remains were discovered in a motel room in Reno, Nevada, has been identified using advanced DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy.
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What do swords, big screen TVs, cans, phones, ATM machines, countertops, knives, firearms, pills and other drugs have in common? These are items that have been received over the years in the Evidence Units of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety Forensic Laboratory.
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The semi-automatic pistol can potentially leave additional evidence behind at the scene as the spent case is extracted and ejected from the firearm. These spent cases can be present at a shooting scene and become quite significant to investigators and crime scene personnel.
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A man, whose remains were found in an abandoned home in Brunswick, Georgia in 2021, has been identified as Christopher Lamont Williams.
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Opening new gun stores may raise neighborhood shooting rates for years, highlighting how firearm availability affects community violence, according to researchers.
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Kenneth J. Breslauer’s research has touched different aspects of society from improving the development of medicine to treat disease to making it easier to solve criminal cold cases.
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The state of Ohio is continuing to experience a rise in drug seizures involving carfentanil, while forensic labs have detected a new opioid compound in the state.
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While the police department knows the identity of both parents, their names are not being released at this time. This identification represents a major step forward in the case and has renewed efforts to bring this case to justice.
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