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Forensics: investigators bring DR Congo victims closer to justice
In 2020, the UN Human Rights Council mandated a Technical Assistance Team to support judicial investigations into serious crimes in the Kasai provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A year later, that mandate was expanded to cover the … Continue reading
Forensics: #NamUS and DNA works! Colorado Cold case: Remains of woman found on farm 34 years ago identified
A cold case is no longer cold. The remains of a woman that were found on a farm in 1988 have been identified. — Read on kdvr.com/news/local/remains-of-woman-found-on-farm-34-years-ago-identified/
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Forensics: DA denied DNA testing in 2000. Now man released from California prison after 38 years following new DNA evidence
A man who spent more than 38 years behind bars convicted of murder and two attempted murders has been released from a California prison after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to a different person. The conviction of Maurice Hastings, 69, and … Continue reading
Forensics: “Will take years.” Exhumations resume for DNA to ID Tulsa Race Massacre victims
The process of re-exhuming of some of the 19 bodies exhumed a year ago for testing in an effort to identify victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre , then reburied in an Oklahoma cemetery, began Wednesday to gather more … Continue reading
Forensics: Clueless Acting head of Queensland forensics lab says she had no experience in DNA profiling, did not understand ‘urgent’ police concerns – ABC News
Lara Keller tells an inquiry into forensic DNA testing in Queensland that although she is a scientist by background, she had no experience in DNA profiling. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-24/queensland-dna-inquiry-forensics-lab-lara-keller/101569902
Forensics: “Computerized guesses “ ‘Mass Surveillance’: Police Are Using DNA to Create Digital Images of Suspects That Haven’t Been Identified
A Canadian police department has received backlash after creating a computerized image of a suspect they’ve never seen with DNA phenotyping. DNA phenotyping predicts physical […] — Read on news.yahoo.com/mass-surveillance-police-using-dna-192540060.html
Forensics: Naming the unknown: How First Nations are identifying the children buried in unmarked graves
Historical documents hold the clues, but finding the identities of missing children is grueling detective work. — Read on globalnews.ca/news/9216470/residential-school-ungraved-graves-canada/
Forensics: Genealogy again. Remains found in Hancock County in 1990s ID’ed as missing Cleveland woman
A woman whose remains were discovered in Hancock County in 1994 have been identified nearly 30 years after the fact. — Read on http://www.wrtv.com/news/public-safety/remains-found-in-hancock-county-in-1990s-ided-as-missing-cleveland-woman
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Forensics: Forensic genealogy helps to solve the mystery of The Somerton Man
In this episode of the What Remains podcast we tell you how a professor and a genealogist teamed up to solve one of the oldest mysteries in the world. — Read on http://www.wral.com/forensic-genealogy-helps-to-solve-the-mystery-of-the-somerton-man/20517698/
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Forensics: Expert tries to confuse belief of reliability for unvalidated soil DNA test. Kristin Smart murder trial: Presentation of evidence concludes, closing statements to begin on Monday – Mustang News
Thursday marked the conclusion of the presentation of evidence for the Kristin Smart murder trial. — Read on mustangnews.net/kristin-smart-murder-trial-presentation-of-evidence-concludes-closing-statements-to-begin-on-monday/
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