Elliott was reported missing after she failed to return home from school in Flint on Nov. 16, 1983. She was last seen waiting for the bus.
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Project 31 began in the summer of 2022. It was named for the 31 open Toronto Police Service cases involving long-term unidentified deceased people for whom DNA material is readily available.
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On Oct. 5, 1992, during the early evening hours, a 14-year-old juvenile victim was walking home from a soccer game when she was grabbed from behind by an unknown male.
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Domestic violence 911 calls often place first responders in the midst of crisis and confusion. The scene may involve conflicting stories, visible injuries, frightened children, and little clarity about what just happened.
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DNA evidence has led detectives to identifying a suspect responsible for the murder of two young women in the 1990s.
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This decades-old cold case was solved through significant advancements in DNA technology,
combined with the relentless investigative efforts of detectives in the New Jersey State Police,
the Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Vernon Township Police Department.
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Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a new statewide partnership aimed at helping law enforcement agencies solve cold cases using advanced forensic DNA testing and genetic genealogy.
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Fewer than 25% of U.S. hospitals have any form of forensic nursing support, and in rural parts of the nation, certified forensic nurses– those trained to care for victims and properly collect evidence– are virtually nonexistent.
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With multiple, donated human skeletons strategically buried in various spots at the site in eastern Lee County, teams of students will work throughout the day with student and professional staff from FGCU’s Human Identity & Trauma Analysis Laboratory to uncover the planted “evidence.”
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After nearly 50 years, genetic genealogy has helped identify the suspect in a cold case homicide that plagued the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin for decades.
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