In fact, NCMEC has seen an increase in child sex trafficking reports (up 55% from 2023), which may be an early result of these latest additions to the REPORT Act.
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Twenty three years after the skull of a woman was found in a plastic bag in Houlton, Wisconsin, the DNA Doe Project has identified her as 92-year-old Alyce Catharina Peterson. Peterson had died in hospital of natural causes.
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King’s has been awarded a share of a €4.7 million research grant to support a groundbreaking European project aimed at transforming how DNA is used in forensic investigations.
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The suspect, posing as a police officer and claiming to be a friend of her mother, convinced the child to get into his vehicle.
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The move is a strategic first step, enabling communications operations to transition into a modernized, centralized command center equipped with state-of-the-art technology, which will help better serve the community and officers daily.
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A new review article published in JAMA underscores the critical need for comprehensive long-term medical care for patients treated for firearm injuries, which has become an epidemic in the U.S. fueled by years of rising gun violence.
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This research utilized two blank guns; one a semi-automatic blank pistol (model EKOL) and the other a revolver (model Bruni Magnum).
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In January 2024, this additional forensic examination resulted in the detection of DNA on the victim’s underwear.
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Researchers at Purdue University Northwest have used AI to create a new indoor gunshot detection system that was specifically designed to overcome the current challenges of such systems.
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On May 16, 2025, the remains of a human foot inside a hiking boot were found in a shoe on the shores of Fishlake, Utah. Investigators were able to determine the hiking boot was only made in 1996 for one year.
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