Researchers from Flinders University in Australia are looking for a way to measure DNA shedding, which could ultimately have an impact on criminal investigations. Currently, there is no reliable way to measure and collect the natural shedding of skin and other cells for individuals considered low shedders to compare with the DNA gathered from crime scenes.
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On January 9, 1980, 25-year-old Susan Leigh Wolfe enrolled at the University of Texas Austin School of Nursing. On the same day, at about 10 p.m., she was kidnapped about one block from her home while walking to a friend’s house after having her house sprayed for bugs.
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Remains discovered in Knoxville more than two decades ago were recently identified through the use of advanced genetic testing and the hard work of the Knox County Regional Forensic Center, the Knoxville Police Department, the University of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Center, and others.
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For nearly 40 years, the brutal murder of Terri McAdams remained unsolved. But with help from the emerging and cutting edge field of investigative genetic genealogy, the Arlington Police Department and FBI Dallas Field Office have finally identified her killer. On February 14, 1985, Ms. McAdams was found severely beaten and deceased inside an apartment in the 2500 block of Walnut Hill Circle. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled her cause of death as blunt force trauma. There was also evidence she’d been sexually assaulted.
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Thanks to a second opinion from a forensic scientist, homicide charges against a Pennsylvania man have officially been dropped. The Lehigh County District Attorney's Office announced last week that Ethan Bastien, 22, will not be charged with the October 2, 2023 shooting death of Sian Cartagena, 18.
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Renowned forensic anthropologist Robert Mann of the University of Hawai?i at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) has examined more than 15,000 ancient and modern human skeletons throughout his career. This summer, he was invited to analyze human remains from a newly unearthed area in ancient Pompeii, marking one of the most fascinating investigations of his career.
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Charges have been filed against a suspect arrested in the death of a female found at 10225 Bissonnet Street about 11:35 a.m. on November 12, 2007.
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After 36 years, a man whose remains were discovered in a wooded area near I-95 in Jupiter, Florida, has been identified as John Lee Peppard, born October 10, 1946.
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Police in Florida have likely found the bodies of two individuals using sonar technology in a canal thought to be missing for the last 50 years.
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Investigators from the Ventura County Cold Case Unit have arrested
Warren Luther Alexander (DOB 01/12/51), of Diamondhead, Mississippi, on three counts of
murder, related to a series of strangulation murders that occurred in 1977.
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