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Forensics: Missing girl walks into Montana police station four years after disappearing
A teenage girl who went missing in Arizona four years ago suddenly showed up at a Montana police station near the Canadian border. — Read on http://www.montanarightnow.com/content/tncms/live/
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Forensics: 306 days for a rape kit. Houston Police Officers’ Union calling for resignation of Forensic Science Center President
The Houston Police Officers Union is pushing to have the leader of the Forensic Science Center removed due to a backlog in testing evidence. — Read on http://www.fox26houston.com/news/houston-police-officers-union-calling-for-resignation-of-forensic-science-center-president
Posted in AAFS, Crime, Crime lab scandal, DNA profiling, Forensic Science
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Forensics: Henry Lee denies fabricating evidence in New Milford murder case
Connecticut forensic scientist Henry Lee denies he fabricated evidence in a 1985 New Milford murder case that sent two men to prison for decades. — Read on http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/henry-lee-shawn-henning-ralph-birch-evidence-18257395.php
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Cold Case Breakthrough as Retired Pastor Charged With Girl’s 1975 Murder
David Zandstra, 83, of Marietta, Georgia, has been arrested in the disappearance and killing of 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington. — Read on http://www.newsweek.com/cold-case-breakthrough-retired-pastor-charged-girls-1975-murder-1815058
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Forensics: Kirk Bloodsworth, Thirty Years After His Exoneration | Death Penalty Information Center
Kirk Bloodsworth, Thirty Years After His Exoneration — Read on deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/podcasts/discussions-with-dpic/kirk-bloodsworth-thirty-years-after-his-exoneration
Forensics: Hard data supports this. The #AAFS ignores it. Bitemark evidence can send wrong person to prison, death row, UB professor says – University at Buffalo
Mary Bush can speak to the media on the validity of bite mark analysis as evidence in criminal investigations, and on methods to identify victims using dental records and DNA evidence. — Read on http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2023/07/bitemark-evidence-mary-bush.html
Forensics: Appellate Judge not happy about reviewing junk dentist trial testimony. Bite mark evidence disputed yet again
WARREN — The bite mark evidence presented during the 1986 trial of Danny Lee Hill was again disputed by the convicted murderer’s legal counsel during a hear — Read on http://www.tribtoday.com/news/local-news/2023/07/bite-mark-evidence-disputed-yet-again/
Forensics: Henry Lee, renowned Forensic scientist, fabricated evidence that sent men to jail, says judge
Henry Lee, a famed forensic scientist who has worked on numerous cases and appeared often as an expert in court, fabricated evidence in a 1989 trial that sent Ralph “Ricky” Birch and Shawn Henning to jail for killing Everett Carr, … Continue reading
Forensics: Victorian Pseudoscience on a Netflix Budget: “Ancient Apocalypse” and the Paradox of Science Communication Online
Much like the bitemark believers who hold sway in the #AAFS hierarchy. They substitute data for a word salad of their “science ” As scholars and investigators of conspiracy theory communities have noted, people who cling to these ideas long … Continue reading
Forensics: Shedding DNA capture. How police are using surreptitious DNA to solve cold murder cases
The case illuminates a tactic called “surreptitious DNA collection” that is showing to be more of a common technique used in cold cases. — Read on http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/20/police-are-using-surreptitious-dna-collection-to-solve-cold-murder-cases/70427941007/
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