Monthly Archives: October 2022

Forensics: Forensic genealogy helps to solve the mystery of The Somerton Man

In this episode of the What Remains podcast we tell you how a professor and a genealogist teamed up to solve one of the oldest mysteries in the world. — Read on http://www.wral.com/forensic-genealogy-helps-to-solve-the-mystery-of-the-somerton-man/20517698/

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Forensics: Special team of divers searching Allegheny River finds 100 cars, hoping to close cold cases

Special team of divers searching Allegheny River finds 100 cars, hoping to close cold cases – WPXI — Read on http://www.wpxi.com/video/special-team-divers-searching-allegheny-river-finds-100-cars-hoping-close-cold-cases/9fdb571c-8d57-4b67-9960-7751bb9abf10/

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Forensics: Black Americans seven times more likely to be wrongfully convicted – Mississippi Today

They spent 26 years on Mississippi’s death row for murders they did not commit — only to walk free last year. They are far from alone. — Read on mississippitoday.org/2022/10/11/black-americans-wrongfully-convicted/

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Forensics: Bodies exhumed from mass grave in Ukraine’s liberated Lyman

LYMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Covered head-to-toe in protective suits, forensic workers pulled several bodies wrapped in black plastic from a mass grave Tuesday in Ukraine’s devastated city of Lyman, part of an arduous effort to piece together evidence of what … Continue reading

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Forensics: I Told You So. Forensic Bitemark Analysis Not Supported by Sufficient Data, NIST Draft Review Finds | NIST

NIST scientific foundation reviews address issues of accuracy, reliability and validity in forensic science. — Read on http://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/10/forensic-bitemark-analysis-not-supported-sufficient-data-nist-draft-review

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Forensics: #NamUS says 600K missing, 4K bodies every year. 1000 unidentified. Skeletal Remains Found in Park by Hiker Identified as Missing Man

Peter Myers, 68, was last seen in the summer, according to police. — Read on http://www.newsweek.com/skeletal-remains-found-park-hiker-identified-missing-man-1750285

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Forensics: USF anthropologists begin transfer of ancient ancestors to Native American tribes

USF anthropologists begin transfer of ancient ancestors to Native American tribes I USF News — Read on http://www.usf.edu/news/2022/usf-anthropologists-begin-transfer-of-ancient-ancestors-to-native-american-tribes.aspx

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Forensics: Just like fingerprints? Gait analysis forensics following other biometrics into the courtroom

Next steps to advance the field of forensic gait analysis include the formation of an international organization for gait analysis. — Read on http://www.biometricupdate.com/202210/gait-analysis-forensics-following-other-biometrics-into-the-courtroom

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Forensics: Inaccurate expert assumptions touted as facts and supressed exculpatory witnesses. Rodney Reed Takes DNA Testing Fight to Supreme Court

Now Reed is taking his fight to the Supreme Court. — Read on theintercept.com/2022/10/09/rodney-reed-supreme-court-dna-testing/

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Forensics: Recovering and Identifying Bodies in Ukraine ‘Likely To Continue for Years’

Bodies decompose at a variety of rates depending on the temperature, humidity, insects and clothing, leading to difficulties identifying individuals. — Read on http://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-dead-bodies-identification-forensics-decomposition-1749422

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