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  • Remains of 1975 "Munsingwear Doe" Identified

    May 17, 2024
    The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with Intermountain Forensics, the FBI’s Latent Print Unit, and the Coconino County Office of the Medical Examiner has successfully identified remains found 49 years ago as Gerald Francis Long, a Vietnam veteran originally from Minnesota. read more
  • Cocaine Contamination in Waterways a Growing Concern in Brazil

    May 17, 2024
    Stakeholders in Brazil are growing increasingly concerned over pollution and waterway contamination caused by cocaine. Researchers discovered in 2017 cocaine and other substances derived from medicines in surface water in the Bay of Santos may be causing biological effects in environmentally relevant concentrations. read more
  • WWII Prisoner of War Remains Case Selected as DNA Hit of the Year

    May 14, 2024
    GTH DNA has announced that a case involving the identification of a WWII U.S. service member who perished as a Japanese prisoner of war has been selected as the DNA Hit of the Year for 2024. read more
  • Identifying Deepfake Images from a Forensic Lens

    May 14, 2024
    When law enforcement locates an explicit image as part of an investigation, there is no longer a guarantee the image is real. There’s a real and growing possibility it is an AI-generated deepfake image and we are in the very beginning stages as a society for how this will all play out. read more
  • Arrest Made in 24-Year-Old Massachusetts Sexual Assault Case

    May 14, 2024
    Jamie Dodge, 48, of Brownville, Maine, has been arrested and charged with aggravated rape and kidnapping for his alleged involvement in a sexual assault in the Town of Holland in July, 2000. read more
  • Madison’s “Chimney Doe” Identified After Nearly 35 Years

    May 14, 2024
    After more than three decades, investigators finally have a name to tie to a gruesome mystery. The skeletal remains found on Sept. 3, 1989, in the chimney of a Madison business belong to Ronnie Joe Kirk, Madison Police announced Monday. read more
  • After 34 Years, John Doe Identified in Chesterfield County, VA

    May 14, 2024
    After 34 years, a man found near Appomattox River in Chesterfield County, Virginia, has been identified as Robert Lee Harris, born February 22nd, 1935. read more
  • Human Remains Found Behind House Identified

    May 14, 2024
    The Knox County Regional Forensic Center has again helped solve another cold case, this time with the help of advanced genetic testing. The Knoxville Police Department notified the forensic center in early September 2022 that human remains were located in a wooded area behind a house on Knott Ave. read more
  • NNSA Conducts Multi-Lab Nuclear Forensics Exercise

    May 10, 2024
    the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation recently conducted the Epic Shadow exercise to demonstrate its Nuclear Forensics Material Analysis Program (NF-MAP) capabilities. read more
  • Dental Anomalies an Identification Marker in Forensics

    May 10, 2024
    Dental morphological traits, also known as non-metric dental traits, exhibit variation in appearance both within and between groups. The study analyzed the non-metric traits among the South Indian population, as few variants can be grouped within the population. read more