Investigators determined that the man, nicknamed Septic Tank Sam due to the circumstances of discovery, had been brutally tortured before his murder.
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The Forensic Services Division of the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff was awarded $376,101 in grant funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction Program.
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A $1.5 million, 3-year grant will allow SAFE-T to identify and partner with six new rural or underserved community hospital sites in Pennsylvania using innovative telehealth technology.
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Maryland and Montana have become the first U.S. states to pass laws that make it tougher for law enforcement to access and search consumer DNA databases for forensic genetic genealogy, or investigative genetic genealogy, purposes.
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The Children’s Law Center finally has a permanent home, complete with mock courtroom and crime-scene apartment for forensic training purposes.
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The money from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act will be used to help pay for community outreach programs, regional law enforcement task forces and specialized police positions and fund real-time access to data from rapid-DNA and ballistics testing.
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A 15-year plan to abate the opioid crisis in a West Virginia community will cost local officials $2.5 billion, a forensic economist has testified.
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QIAGEN and Verogen Inc. have announced a partnership to provide laboratories with superior tools and comprehensive support for implementing next-generation sequencing (NGS) human identification workflows.
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The remains of a Black male with a bullet lodged in his left shoulder have been recovered by the team searching for, excavating and analyzing skeletal remains found in a mass grave of possible Tulsa Race Massacre victims.
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Initially, aerial, water, and ground searches were conducted to try and locate any sort of additional information regarding the man’s identity, yet these efforts were unsuccessful.
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