Forty-nine years after Dr. Rudiger Breitenecker had enough foresight to save DNA evidence from the rape kits he collected from women at least once a day, Baltimore County has committed to testing all of that preserved evidence over the next 13 months.
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More than three decades later, a man whose body was found in a Spokane, WA landfill is now known to be Clifford Wayne Bippes, born September 25, 1943.
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The photo-realistic digital images were generated in hopes of increasing the chances that someone will come forward to assist in identification.
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Despite an increase in the volume and complexity of submissions to FSI, the agency is performing very well, and has met or exceeded the majority of its targets.
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A newly developed prediction model may be able to calculate the risk of opioid relapse among individuals in the early stages of medication treatment—as early as three weeks into therapy.
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The investigation at the time determined the remains came from a black male, 17-24 years old, who had suffered a gunshot wound to the face.
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Investigators concluded that the man had black hair and that he likely suffered from a fracture to the skull or eye socket during his life. The man’s death was ruled a homicide.
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A former Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) forensic scientist is the subject of an internal affairs and criminal investigation after discovering anomalies in her work as part of DNA testing in the lab.
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Researchers have found that previous studies analyzing the genomes of people with European ancestry may have reported inaccurate results by not fully accounting for population structure.
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There is a growing disconnect within the disciplines of what is being called crime scene processing and crime scene reconstruction. Many are overlooking or ignoring the importance of the context in which impression evidence is found.
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