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Lab is Building Database of Necrophagous Insects
November 03, 2025
Musah’s lab is now working to build out a database of the chemical fingerprints of various blow flies and other necrophagous insects. Figueroa has already analyzed over 4,000 specimens and developed reliable chemical signatures for more than a dozen blow fly species. Read More

Othram Identifies Skeletal Remains Found in 2003
September 03, 2025
In September 2003, an unknown man's body was found floating in the water under the Coast Guard Island Bridge in Oakland, California. Read More
DNA Identifies Remains Found in 2009, Police Seek Information
September 03, 2025
In 2025, advanced DNA technology confirmed the remains belonged to Donald Myrel Nelson, who was reported missing to the Lacey Police Department in February 1989. Read More
Tackling Drug Challenges through Global Forensic Collaboration
September 03, 2025
The global drug market is becoming more unpredictable and multifaceted, driven by rapid innovation in synthetic substances, dangerous mixtures, and toxic adulterants. Read More
UK Issues New Research Reports on Violence Against Women and Girls
September 03, 2025
The College of Policing has published three new research reports examining police interventions designed to reduce violence against women and girls. Read More
Othram Identifies Skeletal Remains found in 2020
August 27, 2025
After five years, a man whose remains were found in a wooded area in 2020 in Knoxville, Tennessee has been identified as Gerald John Forsman. Read More
Detectives Reopen Investigation into 1988 Death of Teens
August 27, 2025
The body was identified as 16-year-old Tamara Gifford of Florida but had relatives who resided in Starke County. Two days later, agency detectives located 17-year-old Christina Hillis, also from Florida, in the general area where Gifford’s body had been located. Read More

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Othram Identifies Skeletal Remains Found in 2003

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Othram Identifies Skeletal Remains found in 2020

Detectives Reopen Investigation into 1988 Death of Teens

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