In the age of satellite imagery, CCTV monitoring and 24-hour surveillance, why are so many people going missing? And where have they gone?
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The coming wave will not discriminate between rural and urban areas, the study findings suggest.
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Another body has surfaced at Lake Mead — this time in a swimming area where water levels have dropped as the Colorado River reservoir behind Hoover Dam recedes because of drought and climate change.
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The U.S. medicolegal death investigation system is currently pushed to the brink due to the limited number of trained forensic professionals, and the inadequate resources to pay staff and produce analytical results.
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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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The cold case murders of two Orange County women have been solved as a result of a joint investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) investigation.
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The government is to draw up maps of where the bodies of an estimated 100,000 people still missing may be located. It will also set up a DNA bank to help with the identification processes.
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Hidden messages in seemingly innocent videos, photos, audio or text. Criminals can use these messages to notify others in which container they have concealed drugs or display child sexual abuse material on a public platform.
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Researchers have developed a new method that is up to six times more efficient at extracting male sperm fraction DNA profiles from sexual assault kits—particularly when analyzing low level sperm samples.
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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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