In a move long anticipated, the Austin City Council voted Thursday to officially transfer the forensic laboratory out from under police control, turning it into an independent entity.
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The Oregon State Police’s Medical Examiner’s Office worked with multiple agencies to successfully identify remains after more than 40 years.
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A judge has rejected a bid to throw out DNA evidence against a man charged with sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young women in separate attacks in the early 1990s while they were riding bikes near a canal system that winds through metro Phoenix.
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Police in Oregon can no longer arrest someone for possession of small amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other drugs as a ballot measure that decriminalized them took effect on Monday.
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Sixty-four arrests were made during a nearly week-long proactive enforcement operation that targeted online prostitution and those whose demand for these unlawful activities fuels an illicit underground economy, both locally as well as across the State of California.
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The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has taken their commitment to testing to the next level, introducing legislation that will require Kansas law enforcement agencies submit all sexual assault kits for forensic analysis.
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In May 2019, LSP contacted the DNA Doe Project to request assistance. After numerous attempts to obtain usable DNA, DDP commenced genetic genealogy research in November 2020 to find the identity of Evangeline Parish Jane Doe.
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Gopal performed approximately 350 autopsies and 500 external exams. Due to his age and pre-existing medical conditions, Gopal says working through the COVID pandemic has been quite an experience.
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Plans to partner with the Detroit Crime Commission could help police in Lansing solve decades-old murder cases.
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King Richard III's involvement in one of the most notorious and emotive mysteries in English history may be a step closer to being confirmed following a new study.
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