A New York man is in custody for sexual battery after a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office investigation and additional DNA forensic testing shows the victim had been drugged during an assault in 2015.
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The Lake County Sheriff's Office has used forensic genetic genealogy to identify the remains of two Does¬—one homicide victim found in 1991 and another found in 1988 whose cause of death is undetermined.
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For 33 years, Lydia Jane Wade McWhorter was known only as “Claudia,” an unidentified victim of serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, also known as the “Happy Face Killer.”
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The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner announced?the identification of?a?previously unknown victim of the?September 11, 2001?terror attacks on the World Trade Center?using the breakthrough technique of forensic investigative genetic genealogy.
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All the DNA matches to West Manchester John Doe were distant relatives of his. The closest match shared just 1.7% of their DNA with the unidentified man, and all the other matches shared significantly less than that.
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After 27 years without a suspect or lead, detectives got the break they needed to solve a sexual battery case from an unexpected source: a restaurant fork.
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A study has found that while Cape Town’s forensic identification outcomes are better than previously believed, fragmented record-keeping, poor communication between stakeholders and inconsistent tracking systems continue to delay justice for many families.
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The $29 million facility will include DNA casework, latent print examination, digital forensics, and the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN). ISP Forensic Services (ISPFS) delivers scientific analysis and related services statewide.
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The study is part of Hook’s ongoing PhD research, which could help to establish the first internationally standardized approach to bloodstain pattern analysis.
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Gradwohl was an experienced amateur filmmaker making films for professional and personal reasons and used films to share his revolutionary medical techniques with colleagues, as well as documenting the daily activities at his laboratory.
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