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Remains Found in 2022 ID’ed as 19-year-old Missing Since 2016
January 28, 2026
Skeletal remains discovered in a wooded area by Miramar Beach, Florida in October 2022 have now been positively identified as Jacob Lyon, a 19-year-old who was reported missing from a nearby town in 2016. Read More

New Orleans Crime Lab Earns Full Accreditation for First Time
December 01, 2025
Historically, the crime lab's accreditation only covered firearms and crime scene investigation. With this new accreditation, the scope has expanded to include all the labs programs. Read More
Cracking Cases Then & Now: A Police Department's Forensics Evolution
November 24, 2025
The department’s new Crime Scene and Evidence Warehouse Complex isn’t just a building; it’s a milestone in how HPD collects, preserves and analyzes evidence to deliver justice with precision. Read More
Genealogy IDs John Doe Whose Degraded Remains Provided Little Info
November 24, 2025
Investigators have identified human remains discovered a mile from the Arizona Renaissance Festival property. Read More
New Paper Details History of Plants as Evidence
November 24, 2025
The earliest case the team found was from 1929, when the growth rate of mosses on a decomposing skeleton helped investigators determine how long ago the person had died. Read More
County Creates Cold Case Foundation to Help with Cost
November 24, 2025
The foundation was created to help offset the significant costs associated with advancing cold case investigations, particularly forensic and DNA testing. Read More
Anthropologists Recreate 13th Century Murder of Duke
November 24, 2025
The results clearly illustrate how effectively historical data can be verified and past violent deaths can be reconstructed in unprecedented detail through the cooperation of the humanities and the natural sciences. Read More

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Anthropologists Recreate 13th Century Murder of Duke

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