An arrest and charge has been filed in connection with the homicide of “Baby Mary,” ending a 4-decade-long cold case that started when a 1-day old infant was found dead in a park on Christmas Eve in 1984.
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Mack’s wrongful conviction is the longest to be overturned based on new DNA evidence known to the Innocence Project. The actual assailant identified by this search has since confessed to the crime.
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In a first for the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, which created a clay model of the John Doe, a series of photo-realistic digital images also were generated in hopes of increasing the chances that someone will come forward to assist in identification.
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Scientists gave an experimental insomnia treatment to rats experiencing oxycodone withdrawal. The researchers found that the animals were far less likely to seek out drugs again in the future—even after ending the treatment.
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That is what you call a very effective incentive—a blueprint the forensic industry can learn from and adopt, according to forensic expert and consultant Brian Gestring.
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It has been reported that 72% of jurors anticipate seeing DNA in a sexual assault trial and that juries are 33 times more likely to convict when presented with DNA evidence.
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Kenneth Level Thompson, a teenager whose skeletal remains were found in 1983, has been identified as a result of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Unidentified Human Remains DNA Initiative.
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Alabama State University’s world-renowned expert on forensic-death studies, Gulnaz Javan, has received a $375,000 grant from the National Institute of Health to help fight the scourge of drug-related deaths by studying microbiomes in deaths caused by cocaine overdose.
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On Friday, a new law takes effect in Texas to prioritize murder trials. But, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said that prioritization won’t mean anything with continued delays at local crime labs, specifically the Houston Forensic Science Center.
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Last week, British nurse Lucy Letby was sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven infants in her care, and attempting to murder a further six.
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