Officers discovered the person has been abducted and sexually assaulted. Evidence, including DNA, was collected on scene and by medical personnel at the University of Connecticut Medical Center.
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Julie Ann Hanson was reported missing on July 8, 1972. Her body was discovered later that same day in a field in Naperville near 87th Street and Modaff Road. She had been stabbed multiple times.
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On Tuesday, Oregon became the second state to pass legislation prohibiting law enforcement officers from using deception while interrogating people under the age of 18.
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Legalization of recreational cannabis may be associated with an increase in fatal motor vehicle collisions based on data from the United States, and authors discuss the implications for Canada in an analysis.
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The identification of unknown particles by comparison of scanning electron microscopy - energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) data to reference materials is valuable because it provides fast results describing particle composition and morphology with limited sample preparation.
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A novel synthetic opioid that is ~20x more potent than fentanyl has been linked to 8 overdose deaths across 5 states in the last month, according to the Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE).
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The new facilities are considered vital in boosting the role science plays in the criminal justice system, enabling the transfer of the latest leading academic knowledge to criminal investigators and training the next generation of forensic scientists.
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Mexican authorities said last week they have fully confirmed the match between a bone fragment and a student missing since 2014.
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By studying DNA from the teeth of individuals who died at this time, researchers from the After the Plague project, have identified the presence of Yersinia Pestis, the pathogen that causes plague.
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Together with artist Sean Vegezzi, Laura Poitras puts viewers outside an NYPD outpost in Queens used by the Technical Assistance Response Unit, whose role is to monitor political protests.
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