Doro and his team worked to validate a method based on electrical resistivity, a measure of how strongly a material opposes the flow of electric current, in combination with ground-penetrating radar.
read more
This partnership between advanced technology in the field and the certifying laboratory enables the judicial system to act quickly to deliver charges, a critical measure in decreasing unlawful activity in the community and bringing criminals to justice.
read more
The young woman's case was entered into NamUs as UP3153 and standard analysis of STR markers and dental records was performed. Unfortunately these methods did not yield an identity.
read more
Several United States-based non-governmental organizations working to dismantle and neutralize these explosive remnants of war—as well as university organizations—have partnered with Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences’ School of Forensic Sciences to form the Institute for Global Explosive Mitigation.
read more
Renowned fire science expert John Lentini, a leading expert in the field of arson investigation, provided an affidavit that the chain of custody procedures used by the state police officers in the case rendered the key evidence of arson unreliable.
read more
Sometimes it may be necessary to engage in digital field forensics—that is, the collection and, if possible, viewing of digital evidence at the scene in order to make quick decisions about a person at risk, or about preventing future crimes.
read more
During the investigation, an unknown STR DNA profile was identified from the body of Negersmith. This profile was compared with multiple individuals of interest over the years all with negative results.
read more
A dental analysis suggested that the young woman was between 17-22 years old when she died. Early on, the death was treated as suspicious and the case was submit to FBI ViCAP.
read more
A new study shows pregnant mothers from neighborhoods with high crime rates gave birth to infants whose brains functioned differently during their first weeks of life than babies born to mothers living in safer neighborhoods.
read more
For the past 10 years, the news media has followed suit by reducing the number of times the name of a mass shooter is reported.
read more