Several months of genealogical analysis by nine genealogists would determine various connections to the unidentified man, including a couple from the mid-18th century that was living in Bristol, England.
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Using genealogy, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Cold Case Unit has identified a woman whose dismembered torso and religious pendants were found in a San Jose field in 1981.
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Schappert was recently identified as a suspect in this case through blood and touch/trace DNA located on both Novak’s clothing and a hammer believed to have been used in the attack that were seized during the initial investigation in 1983.
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The air of Dublin also contains cannabis, poppy, even magic mushrooms—or at least their DNA.
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ASTM International’s forensic sciences committee is developing a proposed standard that will help forensic analysts of seized drug evidence better evaluate which methodology to use when addressing detection/identification limitations within laboratories.
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A new study has revealed that bodies recovered from a "war cemetery," previously attributed to the Roman Conquest of Britain at Maiden Castle Iron Age hillfort in Dorset, did not die in a single dramatic event.
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At the scene, the tablets were found to contain a nitazene, allowing authorities to put out a drug warning within 36 hours of the initial death—possibly saving others from a similar fate.
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A grant awarded to ADFS will now fund the advanced testing required—procedures which typically range in cost from $15,000 to $20,000.
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In August 1983, the skeletal remains of an unidentified person were found on a sand bar along the south bank of the Missouri River in Jackson County, Missouri by a fisherman.
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A forensic science expert from De Montfort University Leicester has partnered with Southport attack survivor Leanne Lucas to campaign for safer knives.
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