The Ada County Sheriff’s Office announced the identity of the man who died inside a Boise Catholic church in December 1982—and revealed a possible connection to the Tylenol poisonings.
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The database has mapped out DNA from labradors, dachshunds, cocker spaniels, pugs and many more. Dogs may be directly involved in a crime, but are also frequently bystanders to illegality and can lead police to a human suspect.
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Investigators in Montana, working with forensic experts, have solved the 1978 homicide of 16-year-old Corina Contreraz by analyzing DNA from an unlikely source: a fingerprint card collected in 1982 upon the suspect’s arrest on unrelated charges.
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Forty-six years after his skeletal remains were found in Flagstaff, DNA Doe Project and its law enforcement partners have identified the man formerly known as Flagstaff Kowboy John Doe.
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At the heart of Dr. Zapico’s teaching philosophy is a simple but powerful belief: Students learn best when they are actively engaged with science and understand its relevance to real-world forensic investigations.
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The Arkansas State Crime Laboratory (ASCL) has officially launched Rapid DNA technology at participating booking stations, making Arkansas the third state in the nation to deploy this capability.
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The MacArthur Foundation recognized Spradley for her ongoing work as founder and director of Operation ID, which identifies and repatriates human remains found along the Texas-Mexico border.
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The Delaware Division of Forensic Science, in partnership with New Castle County Police, Wilmington Police and the Delaware State Police, will host the state’s first Missing and Unidentified Persons Day on October 24.
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Promega Corporation has launched Paradyme 27GY STR System, the first commercially available short tandem repeat (STR) analysis kit to include the company’s Reduced-Stutter Polymerase (RSP).
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In 1972, Taylor Morris Teaford—also known as the “Crew Cut Killer”—was charged with the murder of an unidentified female after witnesses placed him with her at the hotel where she was later found deceased.
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