In June 2011, when human remains were discovered in Wilmington, Delaware, those involved with the case considered the worst—and most common—scenario: a woman was murdered and her body was dumped in the woods.
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Investigators obtained warrants against Jamal Toliaferro tied to three previously unsolved cases, after he was detained as a suspect in a July 2026 homicide.
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Six years after he was found deceased on the front porch of a vacant Birmingham home, Willie Warren Tansil Jr. is now identified.
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The University of Rhode Island’s Forensic Science Partnership lecture series is once again back on the crime beat.
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The Calaveras Cold Case Task Force is announcing that, through continued efforts and in partnership with forensic investigative specialists, the identity of the woman previously known as “Parrotts Ferry Jane Doe” has been confirmed.
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Eighteen of those deaths were in Tennessee. Seventeen of those victims were recovered in the aftermath of the storm—everyone except Nancy Tucker.
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The Benton County Sheriff’s Office is taking a new step in a nearly 50-year-old cold case involving an unidentified newborn whose body was discovered in a wooded area of Benton County in 1977.
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Forty-two years ago, on September 14, 1984, a young Black woman was murdered during a domestic violence incident on Eppirt Street in 6, East Orange, New Jersey.
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In 2023, human remains were discovered in a wooded area near South Military Trail in unincorporated Boynton Beach. For years, we didn’t know who she was.
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West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey announced $582,174 in federal grant funding for the West Virginia State Police to expand DNA testing capacity, reduce processing times, and help law enforcement solve crimes.
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