Emma Lee Jordan, born in 1957, has been positively identified, nearly fifty years after her remains were discovered in rural Franklin County, Missouri.
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A major re-examination of a sample of the remains, using modern forensic knowledge, has identified numerous instances of cranial trauma that were likely fatal.
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Amanda Fisher-Hubbard, M.D., and Nicolas Kostelecky, M.D., this month were named medical examiner and deputy medical examiner, respectively, for Kent and Ottawa counties.
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Ancient DNA reveals that plague repeatedly returned to Europe for more than 400 years after the Black Death, evolving into new lineages and spreading through trade, migration, and war.
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After more than 42 years, using modern forensic DNA technology and extensive police work, investigators have finally identified the victim of a brutal murder in Hamilton Co. as 44-year-old Betty Jo Norris.
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The New Jersey State Police has identified human remains recovered on May 22, 1981, in Atlantic City through advances in forensic DNA technology and investigative genetic genealogy.
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Analysis documented decomposition and multiple healed fractures with surgical hardware present. Despite investigative efforts, the man could not be identified.
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The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) is working with 12 hospitals, 64 police departments, forensic nurses, and labs in Erie, Lancaster, and York Counties to pilot the tracking system ahead of statewide launch in December.
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Researchers have discovered a new drug infiltrating the illicit market: the powerful veterinary sedative medetomidine.
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“Photo 51” was a cleaner version of an earlier X-ray image—Photo 49—that Rosalind Franklin had already used to calculate key features of DNA, challenging long-held assumptions about her role in the discovery of the double helix.
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