In February 2022, the victim’s fingerprints were retrieved from the investigative case file by our Special Investigations Unit (SIU) and submitted to NamUs for examination by the FBI.
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While detectives questioned Donald after Linda’s disappearance, it was the forensic evidence collected from the victim that provided detectives with enough evidence to file charges.
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What began with just 20 grantees in 2015 has grown into the largest cold case program in the country (arguably, the world), with over 100 grantees spanning 45 states.
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At approximately 1:35 P.M., a passerby located the body of “Jane Doe” off Rt. 136, approximately 1.5 miles east of Rt. 150 hanging near the base of the utility pole, her feet on the ground and knees bent.
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A pioneering new test that can recover fingerprints from ammunition casing, once thought nearly impossible, has been developed by two Irish scientists.
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These clues led investigators to conclude that the remains belonged to an adult woman who died sometime in the early 1900s.
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Deaths due to illicit ketamine use have increased twenty-fold since 2015, but these deaths are increasingly occurring in complex polydrug settings, raising doubts over whether single-substance drug policies can reduce harms.
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The only physical evidence located at the scene of a quadruple assault and homicide of teenagers has been linked to known serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers who, years later, died by suicide during a police standoff—with the same gun he used to murder 13-year-old Amy Ayers on that night in 1991.
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After 31 years, the suspect accused of killing Tina Heins in Jacksonville, Florida has been identified as Michael Shane Ziegler.
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After many attempts to obtain a DNA profile for Jane Doe, Astrea Forensics' work resulted in a genealogy profile that has been uploaded to accessible investigative genetic genealogy databases.
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