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Forensics: ID. Maryland teen soldier who died in Revolutionary War identified
A Revolutionary War soldier who died at the Battle of Camden in 1780 has been identified, solving one of America’s oldest “John Doe” mysteries. — Read on http://www.wbaltv.com/article/john-pumphrey-identified-maryland-revolutionary-war-soldier/71631017
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Forensics: Lost DNA coverup. Junk forensics. Mississippi Today fights for access to court records about missing evidence in rape, manslaughter case
An RCFP attorney is representing Mississippi Today in its fight for public access to the judicial records. — Read on http://www.rcfp.org/litigation/brown-v-mississippi/
Forensics: XY females. Human chimeras upend DNA forensics and fuel new organ transplant hopes
Human chimeras upend DNA forensics and fuel new organ transplant hopes Courtroom surprises and lab-grown organs reveal the hidden reach of human chimerism. — Read on biz.chosun.com/en/en-science/2026/06/01/4ZA7LPDY3RAZFPH3XDHEI3EGYI/
Forensics: Police Spent 16 Years Hunting a Serial Killer. Then They Discovered the Humiliating Scientific Truth.
The killer, who came to be known as the “Phantom of Heilbronn,” was actually the result of a critical forensic error. — Read on http://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/police-spent-16-years-hunting-123000246.html
Forensics: Federal Shutdown stalls national NAMUS missing persons database, delaying help for police.
Muldrow police say the government shutdown left the NamUs.gov system unresponsive as they tried to post a missing teen’s case and request a DNA kit. — Read on http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/shutdown-stalls-national-missing-persons-database-delaying-help-for-muldrow-police/ar-AA1PWeBT
Forensics: Taking data of decomposition studies, AI crunches the numbers for time of death cases.
AI provides a more precise time of death | EurekAlert! — Read on http://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1117572
Forensics: “Not famous.” Some Missing Seniors Get Headlines. Others Get Silence.
LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Feb. 3 came and went as Missing Persons Day, and in Michigan, the number of missing seniors may be relatively — Read on http://www.michigannewssource.com/2026/02/some-missing-seniors-get-headlines-others-get-silence/
Forensics: Unmixing DNA samples using one blood cell. New forensic technique could be ‘game changer’ for solving sex crime cases
Scientists have found a way to pinpoint what cells in the body a sample of DNA has come from. — Read on http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8rj73n24jo
Forensics: Protesters in Iran. A morgue overflowing with more body bags than answers amid Iran’s latest crackdown on dissent
Iranians screamed in anguish and cried in confusion as they gathered beside bodies shrouded in black bags in a makeshift morgue at the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center and lying on the ground outside the facility south of Tehran. — Read … Continue reading
Forensics: Ireland. Forensic experts to be paid €4.5m as mother and baby home excavation enters second phase
The bodies of 796 infants are believed to be buried on the site — Read on http://www.westernpeople.ie/forensic-experts-to-be-paid-4-5m-as-mother-and-baby-home-excavation-enters-second-phase_arid-83656.html
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