On a cold morning in December 2025, six forensic anthropology students from Western Carolina University entered the woods of Ellerbe Creek with five of their professors and a group of Durham Police Department officials.
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In June 2004, the skeletal remains of an unidentified individual were found by an exterminator in a concrete coal bin in the basement of a house in East Lake, a neighborhood in Birmingham, Alabama.
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For the first time anywhere in the world, DNA forensics has been used to secure a criminal conviction for the illegal killing and trafficking of an individual lion.
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The lab has spent years investigating cat deaths, identifying patterns and building a repository not only of data points, but how best to collect them.
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Parga was 22 years old and pregnant when she was killed by Wilson Chouest, who was convicted of her murder in 2018. Her identification was the product of seven years of genealogy research, making this the toughest case ever solved by the DNA Doe Project.
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3D-printed guns are a growing threat to public safety. These guns have been called “untraceable.” Research is now putting this claim to the test.
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During the casework period of their education program, they determined that “Bagdad Betty” was likely Elizabeth McCumber, born in 1962 in Ohio.
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Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Cold Case Unit have arrested and charged a suspect, Marion Gales, 63, in a 35-year-old homicide cold case.
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There, beneath a layer of fallen leaves, officers found skeletal remains buried in a shallow grave. The remains were largely intact, but the head was missing.
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A new Bachelor of Science in Digital Forensics is giving students hands-on training in investigating cyberattacks, analyzing digital evidence and protecting communities.
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