Parabon Nanolabs helped identify the DNA that led Virginia police to Jesse Bjerke, who eventually pleaded guilty to rape.
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A new study applying a data science methodology of state-by-state data to infer causal relationships finds that the decision to purchase a gun is driven by a concern about stricter regulations on gun purchase and ownership—more than by a desire to protect oneself after a mass shooting.
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Four years after an audit found severe issues at the Austin Police Department Forensic Services Division DNA Lab that led to an immediate shutdown, the conversation on what to do with the embattled laboratory continues.
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It was August 28, 2010. A 14-year-old Federico Aguilar—Freddy to his family and friends—had spent the night at a friend's house near 47th Street and Roeser Road when two suspects entered the home and started shooting.
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The public symposium on the archeological findings at Oakwood Cemetery Chapel will take place online October 9-10, 2020. Registration is free and open to the public.
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An analysis using two estimates of undocumented immigration suggests that, on average, this population reduced or had no effect on crime in 154 U.S. metropolitan areas studied.
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Efforts by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and the Layton Utah Police Department have led to the closure of two cold case sexual battery cases, perpetrated by the same man.
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Researchers in Peru are proposing a model based on deep convolutional neural networks as an alternative for bruise dating—one that is almost twice as accurate as current methods.
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As part of a lab, students taking an “Intro to Cyber Forensics” class participated in a virtual experience, investigating a mock crime and searching for a “missing person” while learning about cyber forensics.
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New analysis of the DNA sequence of the male-specific Y chromosomes from all living species of the great ape family helps to clarify our understanding of how this enigmatic chromosome evolved.
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