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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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Forensics: War crimes investigation. Dutch forensic team will return to Ukraine in spring
The Dutch forensic team, which investigated war crimes in Ukraine, has returned to its homeland but will come to Ukraine again in the spring. — Ukrinform. — Read on http://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3627938-dutch-forensic-team-will-return-to-ukraine-in-spring.html
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Forensics: The influence of ‘infallible’ ballistic matching. Letting the jury decide. Maryland high court considers limiting ballistics evidence used to link guns to shootings
BALTIMORE — A television in Baltimore Circuit Court showed a magnified picture of spent cartridge casings taken through the lens of a microscope. If a juror didn’t look closely, they — Read on http://www.union-bulletin.com/content/tncms/live/
#NamUS Case. Testing helps narrow search to ID woman found in NY
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — More than a dozen people have been ruled out as matches to human remains found last fall in northern Chautauqua County. Using NamUs, the — Read on http://www.timesobserver.com/news/local-news/2022/12/testing-helps-narrow-search-to-id-woman-found-in-ny/
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Forensics: #NamUS cases. Missing: Highlighting the search for people missing in Colorado
After the nationwide search unfolded for Gabby Petito, there is a renewed effort to find missing people. — Read on kdvr.com/news/local/missing-highlighting-the-search-for-people-missing-in-colorado/
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Forensics: #NamUS hopes for more $$$. FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs Sign Agreement to Improve Law Enforcement in Indian Country
FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs Sign Agreement to Improve Law Enforcement in Indian Country | OPA | Department of Justice — Read on http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/fbi-and-bureau-indian-affairs-sign-agreement-improve-law-enforcement-indian-country
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