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Dr. Michael Bowers is a long time forensic consultant in the US and international court systems.

Forensics: Mass murderer died in 1999. Authorities link 1998 cold case murder to prolific ‘Yogurt Shop Murders’ serial killer

A 1998 cold case in Kentucky has recently been solved, linking the murder to a prolific serial killer. — Read on http://www.fox10tv.com/2026/01/13/authorities-link-1998-cold-case-murder-prolific-yogurt-shop-murders-serial-killer/

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Forensics: Protesters in Iran. A morgue overflowing with more body bags than answers amid Iran’s latest crackdown on dissent

Iranians screamed in anguish and cried in confusion as they gathered beside bodies shrouded in black bags in a makeshift morgue at the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center and lying on the ground outside the facility south of Tehran. — Read … Continue reading

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Forensics: Up to 25 years in prison. Former funeral home worker charged with hiding a corpse at the center of a cold case mystery

DNA detective work ID’d her remains. Now, authorities say they know how Alyce C. Peterson’s skull was found in a ravine by Boy Scouts in 2002. — Read on http://www.inforum.com/news/the-vault/former-funeral-home-worker-charged-with-hiding-a-corpse-at-the-center-of-a-cold-case-mystery

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Forensics: Union worker heckles Trump. Gets suspended from Ford Motor Company. Fundraiser by Sean Williams : TJ Sabula is a patriot!!

** UPDATE ** I am working on transferring this donation project to TJ – for him to control di… Sean Williams needs your support for TJ Sabula is a patriot!! — Read on http://www.gofundme.com/f/tj-sabula-is-a-patriot

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Forensics: Ireland. Forensic experts to be paid €4.5m as mother and baby home excavation enters second phase

The bodies of 796 infants are believed to be buried on the site — Read on http://www.westernpeople.ie/forensic-experts-to-be-paid-4-5m-as-mother-and-baby-home-excavation-enters-second-phase_arid-83656.html

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Forensics: Investigators sorting through hundreds of bones, body parts after skeletons stolen – YouTube

Cemetary desecration and body theft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB1KMErP59s

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Forensics: Aviation. Chaos for commercial airliners. FAA later declares passenger clothing guidelines a priority. Can’t fix stupid.

https://www.propublica.org/article/spacex-faa-launch-airlines-safety-explosions-florida-caribbean

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Forensics: Junk forensics. Hair. Hawaii man fights 34-year-old rape conviction based on debunked forensics

A bombshell 2009 report suggested widespread errors in the FBI’s crime labs in the late 1980s and early 1990s, leading to convictions over potentially scientifically unsound evidence. — Read on http://www.courthousenews.com/hawaii-man-fights-34-year-old-rape-conviction-based-on-debunked-forensics/

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Forensics: Nine times so far. Cops Are Taught Not to Shoot Into Cars. ICE Keeps Doing It Anyway. – Mother Jones

Immigration agents have shot at least nine people since September. All of them have been in cars. — Read on http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/renee-good-minneapolis-shooting-ice-trump-cops-taught-not-shoot-at-cars/

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Forensics: 657,000 cohort study throws shade on RFK’s “medical” wisdom.

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