This year brought unprecedented challenges that sometimes felt more like a movie than real life. Despite the hardships, individuals rose to the occasion to do what they could. For forensic scientists and law enforcement professionals, that meant continuing to do what they are best at—uncovering the truth and preserving justice.
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The female victim is known in the area as “Jane Doe 3UFMT” and “Christy Crystal Creek” and is one of the three Jane Doe victims of suspected serial killer, Wayne Nance.
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The number of homicides and shootings in Chicago spiked dramatically in 2020, ending with more bloodshed than in all but one year in more than two decades, statistics released by police on Friday revealed.
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Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam announced that the Sheriff’s Office Forensic Science Division (Crime Lab) has completely eliminated the backlog of DNA evidence kits needing testing.
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HFSC will be able to provide some DNA results to
investigators in six hours or less, an important
development that could help the Houston Police
Department battle the rise in violent crime.
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In November 2019, Moline Police Chief Darren Gault submitted a budget request for expanded funding for cold case investigations, which was unanimously approved. The extra funding allowed investigators to submit a genetic DNA profile for the Baby April case to Parabon Nanolabs.
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The 3,000 square-foot facility, based in Gainesville, Fla., is staffed with five veterinary forensic experts equipped to assist law enforcement with animal cruelty investigations and prosecutions through services such as necropsies, live animal forensic exams, and forensic osteology.
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On January 1, 2021, President Donald Trump signed into law the bipartisan Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act, which seeks to help local jurisdictions improve the recording and reporting of missing persons and unidentified remains found along the U.S.-Mexico border—a tragedy that is increasing by the day.
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Kentucky State Police Forensic Laboratories were recently recognized by OSAC for voluntarily adopting rigorous standards in the analysis of seized drugs.
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Over the first weekend of the new year, the body of a baby was found inside the wall of a house being remodeling in South Carolina. That same day, a body was found in the freezer of an abandoned house.
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