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Monthly Archives: March 2022
Forensics: Geneaology DNA evidence leads investigators to suspect in 30-year-old cold case
Nona Stamey Cobb was found dead in North Carolina on July 7, 1992. — Read on http://www.wdsu.com/article/dna-evidence-leads-north-carolina-investigators-suspect-30-year-old-cold-case/39468491
Forensics: Dowsing for dollars. Can “Witching” Find Bodies? Police Training Alarms Experts. | The Marshall Project
At the National Forensic Academy, crime scene investigators learn to dowse for the dead, though it’s not backed by science. — Read on http://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/03/17/witching-dowsing-buried-bodies-police
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Forensics: How Genealogical DNA works.
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Forensics: Unidentified remains. Mexico finds 17 bodies buried in backyards, patios
Volunteer searchers in northern Mexico led authorities to a series of grisly finds: 17 bodies or skeletal remains buried in the backyards and patios of houses in a low-income housing development. — Read on http://www.live5news.com/2022/03/14/mexico-finds-17-bodies-buried-backyards-patios/
Forensics: Utterly stupid and biased. Virginia lawmakers vote to roll back open records reform. Cops keep control of conviction records.
Virginia lawmakers have passed a measure that would undo a recent reform intended to expand public access to certain law enforcement files in closed criminal investigations — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/virginia-lawmakers-vote-to-roll-back-open-records-reform/2022/03/12/68ba698e-a254-11ec-9438-255709b6cddc_story.html
Forensics: Genealogical DNA again. Little Miss Nobody: After 62 years, girl identified in 1960 Arizona cold case
The Othran DNA lab is doing impressive work. 62 years later, Yavapai County investigators can finally give “Little Miss Nobody” her name back. — Read on http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/little-miss-nobody-after-62-years-girl-identified-in-1960-arizona-cold-case
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Forensics: What is an expert and what to do about it.
A good read about how Daubert expert evidence rules have been misapplied by 100 of judges. New Rule 702 might help. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-law-analysis/analysis-say-goodbye-to-daubert-motion-hello-to-new-rule-702/?utm_source=Email_Share
Forensics: How a Bogus Bite Mark Sent Charles McCrory to Prison for Murder
Decades of bitemarker tragedies. This “famed” dentist doesn’t like me much. Boo hoo. A famed forensic dentist recanted his testimony against Charles McCrory. He may die in prison anyway. — Read on theintercept.com/2022/03/12/bite-mark-evidence-charles-mccrory/
Fforensics: Genealogical DNA. After 20 years, Tortoise Reserve Doe (2001) is Identified
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Teams with Othram to Identify Tortoise Reserve Doe — Read on dnasolves.com/articles/LVMPD_richard_wayne_guarro/
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