The difficulties of gaining access to digital evidence mean that law enforcement agencies must equip themselves with sophisticated technology for collecting and analyzing digital data.
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In a world-first breakthrough, researchers in Australia have identified a biomarker that could help detect babies more at risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) while they are alive.
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The data will be used to improve the accuracy of the algorithm's ability to identify a person from low-quality images, like those captured from security cameras or drones.
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Following an investigation by Thames Valley Police’s Major Crime Review Team, a man has been convicted of the murder of a woman and the rape of a girl that happened in the 1980s.
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The Knox County Regional Forensic Center has made a breakthrough in a decades-old homicide case, identifying a female victim whose body was discovered near a creek in November 1998.
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A new assistance dog at Bristol County District Attorney's Office helped a 10-year-old girl testify against her 44-year-old abuser, ultimately leading to his conviction for aggravated rape of a child.
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The Kentucky State Police (KSP) has utilized the ANDE Rapid DNA Identification System, a technology that generates DNA identification from forensic samples in less than two hours, to positively identify a woman who went missing in 2020.
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Yuma County currently does not have a full-scale forensic DNA analysis lab requiring cases to be sent to the state crime lab.
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A judge has chastised prosecutors for failing to turn over information to the defense in a criminal corruption case against Delaware’s state auditor, issuing a ruling that also exposed weaknesses in the state’s cyber forensics capabilities.
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A partial skull that was discovered last summer by two kayakers in Minnesota will be returned to Native American officials after investigations determined it was about 8,000 years old.
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