Mexican authorities have arrested a retired general and three other members of the army for alleged connection to the disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico in 2014.
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The funding comes from State General Funds and will go toward nonprofits offering counseling, shelters, the statewide language-accessible crisis line, safety planning, advocacy for sexual and domestic violence survivors, and training for community-based direct service providers.
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Many universities, organizations, police departments and others are celebrating and acknowledging the hard work forensic professionals put into their jobs, especially given the mental toll working with crime investigations can have on an individual.
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After more than four decades, and attempts by several DNA testing labs, Ralph Tufano has successfully been identified.
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Researchers reporting a small-scale study have discovered molecular markers for changes to oils over a 7-day time period—information that could be used to estimate fingerprints’ ages more accurately.
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Thanks to technological advances–and with the assistance of BODE Technology–detectives were able identify the male DNA profile collected from the scene in 1991.
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These programs may help to address the devastating drug poisoning overdose crisis in Canada.
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Highly educated autistic people have long found work in tech—but now two Dutch entrepreneurs are training socially isolated autistic dropouts and finding productive jobs for them. The approach could be a model for America.
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A major break came earlier this year when a suspect was identified through DNA analysis. That suspect is currently in prison serving a life sentence for another unrelated murder, and he has been incarcerated since 1993.
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"I would never have dreamed we’d have a 94 percent success rate. We’re just a small laboratory. You don’t have to be a big, expensive operation to give back to your community."
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