Forensic professionals are suffering severe damage to their mental health due to frequent exposure to traumatic scenes, according to UNISON, the largest trade union in the United Kingdom.
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More than 30 years ago, on August 17, 1992, workers clearing brush near the St. Johns Bridge in North Portland discovered the fully skeletonized remains of a man.
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Continued follow up on a missing persons investigation led to a piece of closure for the family of 20-year-old TSU student and mother, Alice Mae Sullivan, 39 years after she went missing.
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After six decades, the suspect in the assault and murder of Catherine Blackburn of Albany, New York has been identified.
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The East Command building was not designed for forensic sciences and years of modification simply couldn’t turn into the kind of space necessary for advanced forensic services.
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On October 14, 2025, Missouri is set to execute Lance Shockley by lethal injection. The circumstantial evidence is compelling, but comprehensive DNA testing wasn’t done—and the courts have decided that it never will be.
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In another victory for forensic genealogy, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Franklin County Coroner Nate Overmire announced that the skeletal remains of a white male found 36 years ago have been identified.
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Williamson’s body was found by a maintenance worker Aug. 1, 1978 at Poole Knobs Recreation Area on Jones Road near La Vergne. An autopsy showed he suffered multiple gunshot wounds and severe burns.
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King County’s medical examiner and a UW Medicine radiologist discuss a program that hints at change in U.S. death investigations.
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A long-awaited vision for a new Human Identification Laboratory (HIL) at California State University, Chico is starting to take shape, with a formal groundbreaking planned for Friday, November 14.
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