The arrested suspect was one of several individuals detectives focused on through the years, and ultimately, the advancement of scientific DNA technology, including genetic genealogy, led to his arrest.
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DNA has identified a suspect in the unsolved 1972 Thanksgiving weekend murder of an Army veteran and rape of the woman he was with at the time.
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In 2007, DNA obtained at the crime scenes linked the cases and investigators determined the same man was responsible for both homicides.
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The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs announced almost $160 million in grant awards to support crime laboratories, fund forensics research, decrease DNA backlogs and help investigators locate missing persons and identify human remains.
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Currently, all autopsies in Idaho are conducted in Boise, and the new center will help to expedite cases throughout the region.
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A new study says AI risk assessments, while not yet being used in Canadian courts, raise multiple red flags that the justice system needs to address.
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The Digital Intelligence equipment and training that can shorten the time to solve crimes is often not in the hands of the people who first show up at crime scenes.
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A fingerprint examiner identified fingerprints found in the victim’s vehicle to new arrest records on file.
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Family members were excluded as suspects in Thompson’s murder; however, test results indicated the suspect was a close family relative.
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A new certificate program at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is a great option for law enforcement professionals, those looking to enter the field or those in the medicolegal professions relating to both medicine and law.
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