Category Archives: AAFS

Forensics: Germans Seize Russian Billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s Mega-Yacht

Posted on March 2, 2022 by csidds

His 512-foot yacht Dilbar, which has been in Hamburg since October for refitting, appears to be the first Russian-owned yacht frozen by authorities since Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine. — Read on http://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2022/03/02/germans-seize-russian-billionaire-alisher-usmanovs-mega-yacht/

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Forensics: Credit Suisse caught trying to shred evidence of loans to Russian oligarchs backed by superyachts and private jets

Posted on March 2, 2022 by csidds

The scandal-ridden bank lands in the headlines once more just a week after Suisse Secrets leaks show lender’s history of deals to shady individuals. — Read on fortune.com/2022/03/02/credit-suisse-shred-evidence-loans-to-russian-oligarchs-superyachts-private-jets/

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Forensics: Drowned Stone Age fisherman examined with forensic method that could rewrite prehistory

Posted on March 1, 2022 by csidds

Tiny marine algae lingered in the bones of a fisherman who lived 5,000 years ago, and they reveal that he drowned in salt water. — Read on http://www.livescience.com/stone-age-fisherman-skeleton-drowned

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Forensics: Another bitemark “ID.” Man says he’s innocent of murder. Should prosecutors help?

Posted on February 27, 2022 by csidds

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) — Gary Cannon held back tears when a Pinellas-Pasco judge… — Read on http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/Man-says-he-s-innocent-of-murder-Should-16950711.php

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Forensics: A Group Founded by Colin Kaepernick Is Providing Free Second Autopsies

Posted on February 26, 2022 by csidds

Certaintly a response to controversial police pathologists claiming “excited delerium” as a cause of death. The examinations by board-certified forensic pathologists will be available for the families of people who died in police-related circumstances. — Read on http://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/us/colin-kaepernick-police-autopsy.html

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Forensics: 36 bitemarks convictions. 400 years in prison. All innocent. #AAFS2022

Posted on February 19, 2022 by csidds

innocenceproject.org/charles-mccrory-innocent-incarcerated-35-years-in-alabama/ The judge’s 2021 refusal to deem McCrory innocent is abysmally unjust.

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Forensics: SF Public Defender Calls for the Immediate Destruction and Independent Investigation of Illegal DNA Database

Posted on February 19, 2022 by csidds

Unconsented use, not monitored, nor regulated by any public standards. By Vanguard Staff San Francisco, CA – This week it came to light that the San Francisco Police Crime Lab has been using an illegally created — Read on http://www.davisvanguard.org/2022/02/sf-public-defender-calls-for-the-immediate-destruction-and-independent-investigation-of-illegal-dna-database/

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Forensics: Meet the Miami-Dade cold case unit that solved 16 open cases in 2021

Posted on February 19, 2022 by csidds

There are thousands of unsolved cases at the Miami-Dade Police Department. Detectives David Denmark and Johnathan Grossman dig for clues, reinvestigating decades-old cases. — Read on http://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/02/19/meet-the-miami-dade-cold-case-unit-that-solved-16-open-cases-in-2021/

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Forensics: 1940’s case. Lakehead University’s Paleo-DNA lab helped identify two children murdered in Vancouver

Posted on February 18, 2022 by csidds

It took almost seven decades to identify brothers aged six and seven. — Read on http://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/lakehead-universitys-paleo-dna-lab-helped-identify-two-children-murdered-in-vancouver-2-photos-5072481

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Forensics: Former Florida deputy, preacher linked to 1983 cold case murder; there may be more victims

Posted on February 18, 2022 by csidds

St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara announced Thursday his agency’s cold case squad found evidence that former deputy James Harrison raped and murdered an 11-year-old girl. — Read on http://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/02/17/former-florida-deputy-preacher-linked-to-1983-cold-case-murder-may-be-more-victims/

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