The suspect stabbed the victim over 30 times and nearly decapitated her. When investigators arrived and began processing the crime scene, they located a blood trail that began on the balcony, continued to the sidewalk below, around the apartment complex buildings, ending at the parking lot.
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The City of Upper Arlington’s (Ohio) Police Chief, Steve Farmer, announced that the Police Division has resolved and closed the homicide case of 8-year-old Asenath Dukat with the help of DNA technology.
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The high number of rapes reported in the data is especially concerning as only 11.8% of individuals who have experienced rape or sexual assault in Utah reported the crime to law enforcement.
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Forensic scientists at Alabama State University will be able to continue research into the microbiome of death signatures of postmortem samples obtained at autopsy from COVID-19 infected and noninfected corpses thanks to a new $40,000 grant.
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Evidence preservation, familial DNA, covert collection and incredibly persistent investigators has led to the arrest of Robert Edwards for the rape and murder of a young woman in Ohio 31 years ago.
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On July 20, 1977 the body of a woman was recovered from the Mississippi River. Although it could not be determined how long the deceased had been in the water, investigators estimated she had probably died sometime earlier that year.
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A Hawaii man has been arrested after DNA technology helped investigators identify him as a suspect in the 1992 slaying of a 15-year-old girl who was abducted in Northern California from a bus stop, raped and killed.
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The technology could potentially be used for the brain monitoring of criminal offenders or for cognitive enhancement, creating a divide between enhanced and non-enhanced humans.
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Previous recent conflicts that resulted in war crime allegations and investigations offer context for understanding the challenges in independently investigating them.
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On October 19, 2004, skeletal remains were located in the Tillamook State Forest off of Highway 26. The public’s assistance was sought to help identify the remains and numerous informational tips were received, however, the remains were not identified, and the case became cold.
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