On Dec. 9, 2024, the Fairview Township Police Department responded to a report of human remains discovered in a wooded area.
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The citizen reported coming across a piece of rolled up carpet that, when opened, revealed human skeletal remains along with several articles of clothing and jewelry.
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In the U.S. in 2021, 10,903 people died in crashes where drugs were involved, which corresponds to 26% of all traffic deaths that year. And because new drugs constantly hit the black market, efforts to tackle the issue can be very challenging.
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Researchers demonstrate a pen-like tool that can quickly and non-invasively collect molecules from the skin’s surface to be screened for opioids with mass spectrometry.
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On Monday, the Shelby County (Tennessee) Board of Commissioners voted to approve the first-ever locally funded crime lab in county history. This will move key evidence testing much closer to home for those in Shelby County.
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This first-in-Canada public resource marks an important step toward proper governance of this new and emerging technology.
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Anthropology students and faculty from Southeast Missouri State University played a key role in identifying human remains discovered in the Mississippi River in 2022, bringing long-awaited closure to a grieving Indiana family.
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Stable isotope analysis can tell apart ivory from mammoths dug up from the permafrost and modern elephants, closing a loophole for selling elephant ivory.
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Magnet Forensics, a leader in digital investigations solutions, announced the acquisition of Dark Circuit Labs, a U.S.-based company specializing in advanced vulnerability research and exploit development.
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In June 1979, the remains of an unknown female were located by a stonemason on an embankment between the Juniata River and Route 22/322, near Watts Township in Perry County, Penn.
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