It resulted in a large-scale operation involving subject matter experts from the RAF and the Army, as well as forensic archaeologists who were able to identify the remains as male and more than half-a-century old.
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The identification of a suspect in four murders in Denver over 40 years ago has further cemented the importance of cold case units within police departments, as well as investigative genetic genealogy.
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In May 1991, an unknown female passenger was riding in a tractor-trailer collision, which ultimately ended in a severe fire.
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During a review of this case in 2021 by the Sheriff’s Homicide Unsolved Unit, forensic evidence left at the crime scene was resubmitted for examination, using current technology.
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A first of its kind study by University of Cincinnati criminal justice researchers shows that de-escalation training in police departments can make police encounters with the public safer for everyone.
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Prison officials want to use a never-before-tried combination of three or four drugs to execute Zane Michael Floyd by lethal injection.
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A new study is the first to evaluate the utility of social media as an early predictor of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) trends on a nationwide scale.
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Through additional investigation and advancements in DNA technology, Wortman was identified as the suspect in Brooks’ murder.
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The aim of this research was precisely to come up with a method capable of determining the relatively accurate post-mortem interval in human remains by using non-destructive measurements.
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An STR profile was developed from the t-shirt sleeve, which was entered into CODIS in 2009 but there was no hit to a known identity.
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