Biological samples were collected and sent to the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory in Raleigh, along with comparison samples from family members of missing persons from Northeastern North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia.
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After more than a decade, human remains found on a beach near Port Angeles, Wash., have been identified as 17-year-old Jeff Surtel.
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Four federal grants were awarded to create a Cold Case Unit, increase equipment to the Digital Forensics Unit and add three lethality assessment protocol training coordinators to the Victim Services Unit.
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In a Jan. 9 brief, Louisiana prosecutors acknowledged questions surrounding the credibility of bite mark analysis but said there is no consensus on whether it is junk science.
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A new paper underscores the critical need for an enhanced federal investment in firearm injury prevention research to address the rising rates of fatalities and injuries.
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Members of the Human Identification Lab are deployed to private property or public lands, hiking across fields and ravines, and even boating or helicoptering into some of the most remote locations.
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The unit will focus on reviewing, analyzing, and prosecuting previously unsolved criminal cases, working closely with investigators and detectives at our local law enforcement agencies.
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Detectives from the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene, and forensic experts at the King County Medical Examiner’s Office later determined that the remains consisted of a human foot.
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The deceased was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for an autopsy that revealed the cause of death was strangulation, and the manner of death classified as a homicide. Unable to identify the man, the investigation remained stagnant for 40 years.
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Research shows that when specialized, integrated services are not provided, victim-survivors’ feelings of powerlessness are magnified.
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