It is believed Patricia Ann Ritchie was last seen in 1977 in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It is unknown at this time exactly when and with whom Ritchie traveled to Florida before her death.
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These efforts ultimately led to the positive identification of the remains found in 2024 as belonging to Luke Micheal Butler, whose partial remains were previously identified in 2022.
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New research confirms the potential for police forensic investigators to carefully consider the presence of pets at crime scenes as a credible new avenue for finding and investigating DNA leads to solve the case.
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A new synthetic opioid that is 10x stronger than fentanyl has been identified in the fatal overdoes of 25 people in just the last few months.
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Jeanette Marcotte was last seen in Saskatchewan in 1981 or 1982, three years before her remains were found in Florida.
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Last week, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) identified the suspect involved in a 1998 murder, as well as the remains of a woman found on the side of the road in 2018.
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The Columbus Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown male whose remains were recovered in 2018, as the case remains an active and ongoing investigation.
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Idaho State Police Forensic Services (ISPFS) has renewed its forensic testing accreditation through the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation.
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Methadone treatment for opioid use—which cuts the risk of death by overdose in half—among individuals insured by Medicaid-insured increased substantially after 2010.
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Hennepin County (Minnesota) has launched a new project to help identify some of the 150 unidentified persons cases in the Medical Examiner’s Office.
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