At ISHI 35, Meradeth Houston Snow—who runs the Forensic Anthropology program at the University of Montana—gave an update on her team’s efforts to restore the names of the individuals who died at that labor camp between 1875 and 1911.
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David Brown died after being doused in kerosene and set on fire just a few blocks from his home in Atlanta in 1996, but without identification or clues to his identity, his disappearance wasn’t connected to his remains until now.
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While standing on the west side of the highway, one of them observed what appeared to be a bone. The two men then canvassed the area and located additional bones, concluding that they were human.
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University of Amsterdam PhD candidate Aya Fukami has identified hardware vulnerabilities in phones to bypass the security of modern devices, allowing her to extract data from phones in a way that was previously not possible.
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Partnership between the national government, the University of the Philippines, and Monash University will improve death investigation procedures locally through specialized training programs.
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The Scalable Rural Digital Forensics Initiative (RDFI) is a four-year, $3 million project supporting law enforcement agencies nationwide and their staff, particularly rural line officers, to enhance their ability to successfully initiate and carry out investigations involving digital evidence.
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During the routine processing of a sexual assault kit, the victim’s standard was discovered to be a two-person mixture.
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A new study describes how researchers used ancient DNA to corroborate the events of the saga and discover details about the “well man,” blending history and archaeology with science and setting a precedent for future research on historical figures.
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The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) has identified the suspect in the murder of Melonie White.
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A woman, whose remains were discovered in Bowling Green, KY in 1984, is now known to be Patricia Armentrout, born on April 20, 1964 in Bethesda, Maryland.
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