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Monthly Archives: December 2022
Flawed Forensics: Feds weigh in on bite mark analysis as several cases get new look
Flawed Forensics: Feds weigh in on bite mark analysis as several cases get new look — Read on http://www.fox19.com/video/2022/12/12/flawed-forensics-feds-weigh-bite-mark-analysis-several-cases-get-new-look/
Forensics: DNA database mistake leads to Portland murder suspect
DNA from a bullet casing recovered from a homicide scene matched a DNA profile that had been mistakenly entered into the database — Read on http://www.police1.com/investigations/articles/dna-database-mistake-leads-to-portland-murder-suspect-XVMEh8nDSyt3lGAE/
Posted in AAFS, Crime, criminal justice, DNA profiling, US Crime labs
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Forensics: 15,000 Missing Persons in Ukraine. A Ukrainian woman’s harrowing quest to find her family
Nina Melenets buries her son more than seven months after she says he was killed by shelling in their village in eastern Ukraine. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-12/a-ukrainian-woman-s-harrowing-quest-to-find-her-family/101757840
Forensics: What Fingerprints Tell Us About Jerusalem’s Ancient Artisans
In an unusual collaboration, archaeologists in Israel are working with police to analyze prints left on fifth- or sixth-century pottery shards — Read on http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-fingerprints-tell-us-about-jerusalems-ancient-artisans-180981238/
Forensics: Houston crime lab workers fired: DNA Mavens founders operated side company while employed at Forensic Science Center
Four analysts at Houston Forensic Science Center were fired for starting their own consulting company in forensic biology, officials said. — Read on abc13.com/houston-forensic-science-center-employees-fired-dna-mavens-analysts/12550420/
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Forensics: Crypto theft. FTX hires forensics team to find customers’ missing billions
A team of forensic financial experts has been hired by bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX to try to find the billions of dollars worth of missing customer funds. — Read on cointelegraph.com/news/ftx-hires-forensics-team-to-find-lost-customers-billions-report
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Forensics: Mostly Partial Prints and DUI Testing. The Slow but Steady March Towards a More Reliable Forensic Science
When Henry Swofford stepped to the microphone at a gathering of forensic scientists in 2016, he surprised the audience when he announced that he had directed his investigators to no longer use the terms “identification” or “individualization” to link an … Continue reading
Forensics: Biden signs bill into law extending investigation of civil rights era lynching cold cases
Biden has signed a bill into law that would extend the time a panel has to investigate lynching cold cases that took place during the Civil Rights era. | TAG24 — Read on http://www.tag24.com/politics/us-politics/biden-signs-bill-into-law-extending-investigation-of-lynching-cold-cases-2683343
Forensics: ‘Torso Killer’ Admits to ’68 Strangling and 4 More Cold-Case Murders
The serial killings of five women had gone unsolved for decades until a breakthrough in one case tied Richard Cottingham to all five. — Read on http://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/nyregion/torso-killer-richard-cottingham-cold-case.html
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