Police forces are unable to keep pace with technology when it comes to digital forensics – and there is a backlog of more than 25,000 devices waiting to be examined, a new report has found.
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The remains of a human skeleton that were discovered on a footpath on the north Cornish coast may have belonged to a shipwrecked sailor.
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During initial processing, analysis, and identification—any subsequent attempts in the years to come—commingling of skeletal elements among individuals within the same common grave and between common graves likely occurred.
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The DNA profile—unknown at the time—was indicted as “John Doe #147” to ensure that the statute of limitations did not expire. John Doe #147 was charged with one count of rape.
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When experts talk about the “CSI Effect,” it almost always has a negative connotation. But, television shows and characters mean different things to different people.
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A bespoke digital forensics research facility has mirrored the same technology behind a Faraday Cage on a larger scale to research and develop new techniques to combat digital crime.
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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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