Category Archives: human identification

Forensics: NamUS case. Missing in Texas: TXST Forensic Anthropology Center works to identify human remains

The Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University (FACTS) works to advance the forensic anthropology field. Part of the work they do includes identifying the nameless. — Read on http://www.fox7austin.com/news/missing-in-texas-txst-forensic-anthropology-center-works-to-identify-human-remains

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Forensics: Individualising proteins. Perth develops world first forensic technique involving analysing hair strands at crime scenes

This new forensic technique could help scientists identify criminals and disaster victims by the sequence of proteins found in hair  — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/perth/programs/mornings/chemcentre-proteomics/102564584

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Forensics: A for profit NJ college teaches students paying $6000 each helped crack a 21-year-old cold case

Students at Ramapo College of New Jersey’s new Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center helped authorities identify “Nogales John Doe” – a 60-year-old man found dead in 2002 in a hotel room in Nogales, Arizona — in 2023. — Read on nypost.com/2023/06/30/how-nj-college-students-helped-crack-a-21-year-old-cold-case/

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Forensics: #NamUS needs this data for 23,000 Missing Persons cases. National DNA backlog delays closure in missing person cases.

There is a multi-year backlog for getting DNA profiles onto the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. — Read on http://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/true-crime/dna-namus-backlog-missing-person-cases/51-e8436a8b-14cb-441c-b416-596c10fffdc6

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#Forensic expert uncovers earliest known example of burials among human ancestors | Northumbria University, Newcastle

335,000 years ago! A forensic scientist from Northumbria University was part of a team that revealed members of a mysterious archaic human species buried their dead long before… — Read on newsroom.northumbria.ac.uk/pressreleases/forensic-expert-uncovers-earliest-known-example-of-burials-among-human-ancestors-3260463

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Forensics: Detectives Close Missing Person Cold Case After 42 Years –

23-081 Detectives Close Missing Person Cold Case After 42 Years – — Read on http://www.pcsoweb.com/23-081-detectives-close-missing-person-cold-case-after-42-years-

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Forensics: Expert says ending DNA testing at the border will result in ‘more suffering and exploitation’

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Forensics: Continuing trauma for families. These 24 Cold Cases Still Haunt This Texas Town

Over 20 cases of homicide and disappearances dating back to the 1970s haunt this Texas town. — Read on 710keel.com/24-cold-cases-texas-town/

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Forensics: DNA testing IDs remains found in Tennessee as Arkansas man missing since 1982

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has determined that the remains of a man found in 1986 are those of a Little Rock man last seen in 1982. — Read on http://www.kark.com/news/state-news/dna-testing-ids-remains-found-in-tennessee-as-arkansas-man-missing-since-1982/

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Forensics: Case originally ignored. Eureka cold case solved, homicide victim identified after 25 years

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