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Forensics: Bill Bass’ legacy. How Body Farms Are Helping Forensics Solve Murders
Bill started the first taphonomy facility decades ago in Tennessee. Body farms, also known as taphonomic research facilities, are laboratories that study how human bodies decompose in a number of different environments. — Read on http://www.newsweek.com/body-farms-decomposing-bodies-forensic-science-murder-1798397
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Forenscis: Kudos to #NamUS and RTI for Genetic Geneaology on this case. Human remains discovered in 1990 finally identified
Human remains discovered in 1990 finally identified | The Ely Times — Read on elynews.com/2023/04/19/human-remains-discovered-in-1990-finally-identified/
Forensics: Good for him. UC Irvine’s Leo Chavez elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences | UCI News | UCI
Renowned anthropologist studies international migration, particularly among Latinos — Read on news.uci.edu/2023/04/19/uc-irvines-leo-chavez-elected-to-membership-in-the-american-academy-of-arts-sciences/
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Forensics: Inadequate forensic funding redux. Tougher drug penalties mean more work, longer waits at state crime labs
Texas lawmakers want tougher criminal penalties for possession of delta-8 and fentanyl. But that would mean much more work for the crime labs handling most of the drug testing for the state’s 254 counties. — Read on http://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/12/texas-drugs-crime-evidence/
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Forensics: Searching for descendants. Tulsa Race Massacre investigators have sequenced DNA from 6 possible victims
The work is part of a years-long effort to get an accurate count of how many people were killed when a white mob decimated the city’s prosperous Greenwood enclave, leaving upward of 300 people dead. — Read on http://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169464890/tulsa-race-massacre-dna-sequencing-mass-graves
Forensics: Can Investigators Use Household Dust as a Forensic Tool?
Researchers retrieved forensically relevant DNA information from household dust. — Read on news.ncsu.edu/2023/04/can-investigators-use-household-dust-as-a-forensic-tool/
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The Lead Forensic Investigator for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre at MTSU
(MURFREESBORO) The lead investigator for one of the most infamous — and hidden — race-motivated crimes in American history will discuss her forensic work on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in a free lecture planned for Thursday, March 30, at Middle … Continue reading
Forensics: Dr. Buck Ruxton 1930s murder case in the UK. Its a classic who-done-it.
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Forensics: Margaret Mead would weep. Closing UC Berkeley’s anthropology library is a mistake
One of only three anthropology libraries in the country is slated for closure at University of California, Berkeley. — Read on eu.desertsun.com/story/opinion/2023/03/11/closing-uc-berkeleys-anthropology-library-is-a-mistake/69982709007/
Forensics: Did this delay the Civil War 10 years? Was president Zachary Taylor assassinated to preserve slavery? A Few Forensic scientists say it’s possible. Arsenic testing questionable.
Zachary Taylor died in 1850 of food poisoning. Some experts think the culprit was arsenic — here’s why — Read on http://www.salon.com/2023/03/05/did-the-south-assassinate-this-to-preserve-slavery-forensic-scientists-say-its-possible/
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