In 2005, DNA collected at the crime scene was sent into CODIS; however, no matches could be found. With a grant offered by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office in 2022, the cold case detective sergeant submitted the DNA to a third-party lab for genetic genealogy—and they found a match.
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The woman's body was found burning in a pile of tires. Her hands and feet had been removed and were never recovered.
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A project by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) looking at previously closed cases where advances in forensic science could now provide new evidence about the identity of an offender has moved into its second phase.
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Forensic DNA analysis is less certain when untangling DNA mixtures from groups with low genetic diversity, University of Oregon researchers reported this fall in the journal iScience.
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ortho-Methylfentanyl (oMF) is an active mu-opioid receptor agonist with potency similar to that of fentanyl. It bears structural resemblance to fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, such as para-fluorofentanyl.
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It was determined that evidence collected in the investigation could be resubmitted for DNA testing, which may not have been possible in years past.
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The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has unlocked a cell phone that was used to capture video of a June 2021 incident in Minneapolis during which Winston Smith was fatally shot by law enforcement.
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"There are very, very few places that have students in the middle of the night out there actually doing the real world work, which is the only way I think I can appropriately train students to do this work,” said Spaulding.
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LabVantage Solutions and The Netherlands Forensic Institute jointly announced a partnership to digitalize forensic laboratory workflows as part of NFI’s IT renewal initiative.
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A romantic getaway on the high seas turned tragic and you have just one week to parse through a lot of digital evidence to crack the case.
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