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Forensics: State AGs Fine DNA Testing Lab $400,000 for Data Breach
DNA Diagnostics Center (DDC), one of the largest private DNA testing laboratories in the United States, has been fined a total of $400,000 by state DNA Diagnostics Center has been fined a total of $400,000 by state attorneys general in … Continue reading
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Tagged Orchid Cellmark DNA data breach
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Forensics: Bizarre statements from U of Idaho murder suspect. Bryan Kohberger confident he will be ‘EXONERATED’ even as evidence against him grows, sources say.
Bryan Kohberger, 28, has been accused of murdering Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, and Xana Kernodle — Read on meaww.com/bryan-kohberger-still-confident-about-being-exonerated-as-evidence-against-him-grows-sources-say
Forensics: NamUS helps. Cases numbers are huge. Texas passed missing persons reporting law, but does it work?
Texas passed missing persons reporting law, but does it work? | KXAN Austin — Read on http://www.kxan.com/texas-passed-missing-persons-reporting-law-but-does-it-work/
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Another NamUS case: Nonnie Dotson Disappearance: Cold case: Have you seen this woman missing since 2006?
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office are working to find a woman who went missing on Nov. 19, 2006. — Read on kdvr.com/news/colorado-cold-cases/cold-case-have-you-seen-this-woman-missing-since-2006/
NamUS case: Local News: Search continues two years after woman reported missing in Sikeston
Local News: Search continues two years after woman reported missing in Sikeston (2/6/23) | Standard Democrat — Read on standard-democrat.com/story/2982726.html
Forensics: Law enforcement in Bay Area, across country bring attention to cold cases on ‘National Missing Person Day’
It is National Missing Person Day, a time when officers in the U.S. will be highlighting unsolved cases in hopes of finding people’s loved ones – or at the very least, bringing them closure. — Read on http://www.fox13news.com/news/law-enforcement-across-country-remind-community-of-cold-cases-on-national-missing-person-day
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Forensics: Another #NamUS case. Cowlitz County John Doe (2020) is Identified
Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office Partners with Othram to Identify a Man Found in 2020 — Read on dnasolves.com/articles/cowlitz-county-jade-david-feigert/
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Forensics: #NamUS works!! Woman found dead in 1971 identified with help of crowdfunded DNA testing; police still looking for killer
It took five days to crowdfund forensic testing for a 52-year-old unsolved homicide, police said. — Read on http://www.cbsnews.com/news/colleen-audrey-rice-found-dead-1971-identified-crowdfunded-dna-testing-police-look-for-suspect/
Posted in AAFS, DNA profiling, Forensic Science, human identification, missing persons
Tagged genetic investigations
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Forensics: #NamUS. Prme case for genetic testing. Remains of child found in Carroll in 2022
Remains found in the Iron Ridge section of Carroll County in 2022 are those of a child approximately four to seven years in age according to a report by the… — Read on http://www.thecarrollnews.com/news/10242/remains-of-child-found-in-carroll-in-2022
Forensics: Botched DNA from crime lab. Areli Escobar’s execution to be reconsidered after Supreme Court order
Areli Escobar was sentenced to death in 2011 for an Austin murder, but even prosecutors now agree his conviction relied heavily on faulty DNA testing by the discredited Travis County crime lab. — Read on http://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/09/areli-escobar-texas-execution-death-row-supreme-court/