The body of a Victorian soldier, killed in action during the First World War, has been identified in an unnamed grave in France, more than a century after his death.
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The remains of a man found on Fire Island just west of Anchorage in 1989 have been identified through DNA and genome sequencing.
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In less than one year, the sole detective in the newly launched Delray Beach Police Department’s Cold Case Unit has solved the 1983 murder of Carla Lowe by utilizing fingerprint technology not available 38 years ago.
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Investigators and experts at the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office, collected samples from the child’s remains for DNA testing by a specialty DNA laboratory.
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Born in 1793, Richard Bunts/Bunce likely lived on the property where his remains were discovered. DDP researchers believe he died around 1852 in Hudson.
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SmartTag uses a pressurized canister to deploy a stream of SmartWater forensic liquid to tag an offender with a unique forensic code. This can be used by the police to link back to a specific criminal incident.
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DNA evidence has proven that John Anthony Petrecca Jr. killed Heather Porter, a 13-year-old girl whose body was found in a wooded area of Towson in September 1981.
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The Department of Justice has awarded over $573,637 in grant funding to Travis County (Texas) to help the district investigate cases potentially affected by improper testing and other problematic behavior by the Austin Police Department’s forensic laboratory in 2016.
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The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has wrapped up a six-year effort to address untested sexual assault evidence kits throughout the state.
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A Westchester man has been indicted on murder charges in the 1999 killing of a Bronx teen after investigators used familial DNA, the first time the technology has been used in New York City to solve a case.
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