Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Cold Case Unit have identified a 1996 murder victim using forensic genetic genealogy.
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More than forty years later, in 2019, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's investigators revisited the case and submitted several items of evidence to the California Department of Justice Bureau of Forensic Services for traditional forensic DNA testing.
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“Its goal is to adopt best practices of forensic science to help solve and deter violent crime, which is an issue within so many communities both here and elsewhere,” said Javan.
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When you send your DNA off for a personalized ancestry report, the report you get back is only a very small view of your family tree pinned in a specific point and space in time.
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Themes of medicine and anatomy run through López’s art, with purple and deep red color schemes in her series “Histological Embodiment,” inspired by a branch of anatomy that deals with minute tissue structures.
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In recent years, legal smoke shops have seen a surge in the sale of Kratom products. Marketed as “7-Hydroxymitragynine” products, these include chewable tablets, concentrates, extracts, edible materials and even beverages.
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The unidentified female was found near Collingwood Blvd., and Interstate 75 wrapped in a cloth and burned. Previous attempts to identify her were unsuccessful.
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More than 29 years after her remains were found, a woman known only as “Falls Road Jane Doe” has been identified.
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University of Wisconsin-Platteville forensic investigation students participated in the first-ever cold weather Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) Full-Scale Exercise.
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In partnership with Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Forensic Science Division, this program provides students with the opportunity to dive into the world of forensics.
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