Category Archives: human identification

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

Posted on July 1, 2023 by csidds

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.

Posted on June 29, 2023 by csidds

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

Posted on June 20, 2023 by csidds

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 –

Posted on June 15, 2023 by csidds

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’

Posted on June 15, 2023 by csidds

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

Posted on June 14, 2023 by csidds

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

Posted on June 9, 2023 by csidds

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

Posted on June 8, 2023 by csidds

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Forensics ID: Dental evidence included in this process. Forensic Anthropology Lab helps authorities identify skeletal remains

Posted on June 8, 2023 by csidds

Forensic Anthropology Lab helps authorities identify skeletal remains – Fresno State News — Read on http://www.fresnostatenews.com/2023/06/06/forensic-anthropology-lab-helps-authorities-identify-skeletal-remains/

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Forensic images: New research provides fresh evidence this really is a photo of Mormon founder Joseph Smith

Posted on June 8, 2023 by csidds

New research provides new evidence that a recently discovered daguerreotype really does depict Mormon founder Joseph Smith. — Read on http://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/06/08/new-forensic-research-provides/

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