To better understand how responses to the COVID 19 outbreak affected crime patterns, Borrion and colleagues drew on resilience theory, which considers the ability of systems to adapt and survive in the face of perturbations.
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Coroner Division has released newly updated images in hope to identify a John Doe found in Trabuco Canyon nearly 24 years ago.
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Sixteen-year-old Fawn Cox was killed in the bedroom of her home at 9th and Van Brunt while the rest of the family slept on July 26, 1989. Someone climbed up and broke into her window, sexually assaulted her and killed her.
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An Edmonds man on trial for the 1972 killing of a 20-year-old woman killed himself just before a jury convicted him of murder, police said.
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Researchers examined Philadelphia's urban trauma center, finding evidence that shows penetrating injuries reaching historically high levels during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Claire Glynn had been working with forensic DNA for 15 years but when she spit in a tube in 2016 to get a better idea of her ancestry, even she couldn’t envision the impact genealogy was about to make around the world. More specifically, in her world—in forensics.
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A new Michigan State University program this week will begin offering free and confidential medical care 24 hours a day to individuals who have experienced sexual assault and seek care within a five-day period.
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The Bates County Sheriff’s Office received a call of an article of clothing that was found near a bean field in rural southwest Bates County. The article of clothing potentially had human remains with it.
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“For some people to be reconnected with their families after they die, first you have to find out who they are. I can help create those reunions and bring closure to lives and families.”
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A researcher decided to study the matter after hearing Kansas City's former police chief in 2016 touting a $10 million plan to demolish 800 dilapidated, abandoned homes to help reduce crime.
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