For law enforcement investigators, the cloud is both an investigative opportunity and a challenge: there is a wealth of data about crimes and suspects within the cloud, but also many challenges in terms of gaining access to critical information.
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DNA from an unknown male was found at the crime scene and a STR profile was produced, however it returned no matches in a CODIS search.
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Researchers are now working to leverage the power of geocomputation, geographic information science and spatial optimization modeling to improve upon existing forensic palynology approaches.
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E Sisco, a NIST research chemist, is a finalist for a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal in the Emerging Leaders category, which is awarded to federal employees under the age of 35 who have made important contributions early in their professional careers.
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“My plan is to go back home to Guyana and have an impact on the forensic science industry there and across the Caribbean by building on the forensic science systems they currently have in place,” Keiann Simon says.
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Nearly 200 years later, the great-great-great grandson of the HMC Erebus’s engineer provided a DNA sample that confirmed the identity of skeletal remains first discovered in 1859 as Warrant Officer John Gregory—the first member of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition to be positively identified.
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In November 1980, an archaeologist discovered a shallow grave in an isolated San Bernardino desert area which contained the bodies of two unidentified homicide victims, a male, and a female.
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A collaboration between health care providers and a death investigation agency supports evidence-based outcomes to reduce stranded motorist loss of life on Texas highways.
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It wasn’t until Karl Berendt began a forensic analysis of those charred bones that details of the fire and the lives it claimed began to emerge.
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has established a new Bureau tasked with assisting the homeless population and those with mental health disorders through a robust program that includes proactive engagement, case management and resource distribution.
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