April’s 6-week training program wasn’t focused on searching for human remains or explosives; rather, April is now one of three dogs in the UK trained to detect very small amounts of seminal fluid.
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After an autopsy and DNA samples and fingerprints were gathered, the woman, Jane Doe, was buried with a small gathering including members of the coroner’s office, law enforcement personnel, and a few community members.
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Alumni of the first cohort to graduate from the new Forensic Genetic Genealogy certificate program offered by the University of New Haven have launched their own Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy (FIGG) company.
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A large international team recently examined four cold cases of homicides and missing persons as part of the fourth International Cold Case Analysis Project.
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The last man seen with Kristin Smart was convicted Tuesday of killing the college freshman, who vanished from a California campus more than 25 years ago, but his father was acquitted of helping him conceal the crime.
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In November 1974 hunters stumbled upon the discovery of skeletal remains in the creekhead of a partially wooded area in Illinois.
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A forensic review into Bettles' murder – launched in March 2022 on the 20th anniversary of her murder – has identified several DNA profiles on Bettles' clothing, including a complete male DNA profile.
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Lawmakers in New Jersey have introduced a bill that would prevent police from using newborn bloodspots for anything other than detecting disease.
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Black people in the United States are seven times more likely than white people to be falsely convicted of serious crimes, more likely to be the targets of police misconduct, and spend longer in prison before being exonerated, according to a report by the National Registry of Exonerations.
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The AAP offers updated recommendations to reduce the firearm violence risks to children, as homicide and suicide rates rise.
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