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#NamUS Case. Testing helps narrow search to ID woman found in NY
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — More than a dozen people have been ruled out as matches to human remains found last fall in northern Chautauqua County. Using NamUs, the — Read on http://www.timesobserver.com/news/local-news/2022/12/testing-helps-narrow-search-to-id-woman-found-in-ny/
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Forensics: #NamUS cases. Missing: Highlighting the search for people missing in Colorado
After the nationwide search unfolded for Gabby Petito, there is a renewed effort to find missing people. — Read on kdvr.com/news/local/missing-highlighting-the-search-for-people-missing-in-colorado/
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Forensics: 12 years since found, John Doe added to #NamUS national database list of unidentified remains in Yakima County
Only 13 states are mandated to report cases to public accessible NamUS. This must change. Information about human remains found in the Naches River in April 2010 has been added to a national database of missing, unidentified and unclaimed person … Continue reading
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Typical #NamUS Unidentified case: Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences is Requesting The Public’s Assistance In Locating Next Of Kin For The Following Deceased Individual
Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences is Requesting The Public’s Assistance In Locating Next Of Kin For The Following Deceased Individual – The Katy News — Read on thekatynews.com/2022/11/21/harris-county-institute-of-forensic-sciences-is-requesting-the-publics-assistance-in-locating-next-of-kin-for-the-following-deceased-individual-4/
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Forensic Genealogy History: Terre Haute Indiana man Frank Thies arrested for Rhode Island child molestation, sexual assault after DNA test
Cold case solved? Terre Haute, Indiana man Frank Thies was arrested in a 1987 Rhode Island child molestation and sexual assault case after a DNA test. — Read on abc7chicago.com/terre-haute-indiana-dna-test-sexual-assault-cold-case-solved/12471633/
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Forensics: First Black Owned Genetic Genealogy Lab
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Forensics: Body with gunshot found in search for Tulsa massacre victims
A second body of a possible victim of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has been found to have a gunshot wound, according to the city. “Forensic anthropologist Dr. Phoebe Stubblefield discovered that one of the three sets of remains exhumed … Continue reading
Forensics: In Ukraine, a mobile DNA lab helps relatives identify bodies
A mobile DNA laboratory was set up this week in Izyum, eastern Ukraine, to spare relatives of the war dead the pain of visually identifying bodies. — Read on http://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221104-in-ukraine-a-mobile-dna-lab-helps-relatives-identify-bodies
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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