More than 245 years after the Maryland teen died on a bloody South Carolina battlefield, a tiny piece of his skull was used to extract his DNA and uncover his identity.
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The Texas Department of Public Safety is proud to announce the expansion of the Texas Rangers’ Unsolved Crimes Investigation Program, a specialized unit dedicated to solving cold case murders and sexual assaults across the state.
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Faced with repair and maintenance costs that exceed $20 million over the next several years, the Michigan State Police has decided to close its Northville Forensic Science Laboratory and transfer the services and staff to the department’s other laboratories.
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Using advanced DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy, David Michael Resnik is now identified, half a century after his remains were discovered in Pima County, Arizona.
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On Aug. 16, 1983, workers conducting trenching along the southwest side of a building in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona unearthed a human cranium, a collection of non-human bones, and a time capsule.
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Remains found in a dumpster in Inglewood, California in 1991 have now been identified as Elmer Holmgren, a lawyer who disappeared after working with suspected serial killer Sante Kimes.
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More than 50 years after she was murdered and her body left in the Mississippi River, the DNA Doe Project and their agency partners have identified Jane Clinton Doe as 15-year-old Cheryl Lynn Edwards.
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The discovery occurred during an extensive manhunt for three fugitives suspected in the murder of a Colorado police officer and the attempted murder of a San Juan County Sheriff’s deputy, along with multiple other law enforcement officers.
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The center will bring faculty from all corners of the university together to assist law enforcement agencies while giving students real-world experience as they work alongside investigators in the lab.
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People in Los Angeles who use illicit fentanyl regularly consume quantities of the drug equivalent to morphine doses hundreds of times higher than fentanyl doses used in hospitals.
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