In March and April 1981, four sets of human remains were recovered. Two of the victims were immediately identified. The other two remained unidentified until now.
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Twenty years after her partial skeletal remains were located by construction workers, the Gregg County Sheriff’s Office and the DNA Doe Project have determined that her name was Pamela Darlene Young.
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Mississippi’s top legal official has no plan to prosecute the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, an aide said following revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman.
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In a new paper, researchers review the history of aDNA technological development, discuss current technical bottlenecks and solutions, and assess the future of the technology.
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States that legalized recreational marijuana saw a subsequent increase in traffic crashes and fatalities, according to a new study.
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Police said testing methods not available in 2003 delivered results that implicated Gandy.
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In September 2019, human remains were found on the roof of a building in downtown Biloxi, Mississippi. The building was abandoned and had been unoccupied for at least 15 years.
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The funds will purchase $1.2M in equipment for rapid DNA equipment, NIBIN ballistic firearms examination capability, GrayKey and Cellebrite programs for accessing cell phone and computer data, as well as crime-mapping software.
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The money will be used for testing equipment to increase the ability of police to find fentanyl. It will also be used for a media campaign to alert Idaho residents to the dangers of fentanyl.
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The Somerton Man is Australia's most well-known forensic case that has defied analysis since the man was found dead on Somerton Beach, South Australia, on Dec. 1, 1948.
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