The Denver coroner’s office created a first-in-the-state family advocate program to provide support from trained victims’ advocates to the loved ones of the deceased.
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All over the world during the 2020 lockdowns, minor offenses such as burglaries and car thefts declined. But there was no drop in serious crimes, such as homicide and domestic violence.
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Recently, new avenues of identification for "Ina Jane Doe," have been pursued, including anthropological re-analysis.
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Searching for human remains in South America is hugely challenging, which is often a consequence of the remote locations used, inhospitable search terrain, and the time that has elapsed since the person disappeared, which can be over 40 years.
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Many know FCC Butner for holding Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and Tiger King Joe Exoctic, but it doesn’t only house incarcerated individuals. The complex also holds defendants awaiting trial and mental health patients committed by court to its Federal Medical Center.
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Researchers at 23andMe have utilized the expansive database of over 12 million individuals to identify a genetic risk factor associated with the loss of smell after a COVID-19 infection.
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Development of blowflies on a body is a standard forensic measure of time since death, but temperature variations can alter that development and mislead investigators.
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Parabon’s coldest case of 2021 was the identification of 2-year-old Steven “Stevie” Crawford, whose decomposed remains were discovered by a fisherman in the Keen County Reservoir, OR, on July 11, 1963 and identified 58 years later.
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Their goal is to have a resource card clipped to every provider ID badge or in the pockets of providers across Ohio State. That way they are better equipped when a survivor of sexual assault comes to them for care.
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Hospital officials said it appears people are buying heroin that may be laced with fentanyl — a synthetic opioid at least 50 times more potent than morphine.
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