The Odessa Police Department and the Texas Rangers have made a breakthrough in the 1984 Missing Person Case involving Maria Mendez.
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Despite the success of the technique, a new report says NGS is still in an early adoption phase—and adoption has been slow.
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Researchers modeled the behavior of blood drops during secondary atomization to examine how the phenomenon affects a crime scene.
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In November 2020 an unidentified woman was found outside of an abandoned residence located in Indianapolis, Indiana and taken to Community East Hospital via ambulance where she later died.
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The State Office of Victim Services established the facility to comply with the state law that requires unreported kits to be stored for 20 years from the date of collection.
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The improvement has cut turnaround times for evidence analysis from 180 days to less than 60 days in most cases.
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Researchers used computer fluid dynamics to reconstruct and simulate the spread of the toxic chemicals in tear gas. They found levels 2,000 times higher than the acceptable level, set by OSHA.
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Irfan Ahmed leads computer scientists working to protect nuclear plants and other critical infrastructure—and aiming to apply the methods to other crime.
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Methamphetamine, nicotine, caffeine and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) were detected in downtown Auckland air in the first study of its type in New Zealand and Australia.
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The AFP and forensic leaders from 11 police forces across the Pacific gathered in Canberra last week, to strengthen and support forensic capabilities across the region.
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