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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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Forensics: #NamUs COLD CASE: Police seek help identifying skeletal remains found in SE Austin
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying skeletal remains discovered in a wooded area in Southeast Austin over two years ago.The young man, estim — Read on cbsaustin.com/news/local/cold-case-police-seek-help-identifying-skeletal-remains-found-in-se-austin
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Forensics: Ukraine DNA lab set up in Uman to identify bodies of people killed in Russian missile strike
Bodies of several people killed in the Russian missile strike on the city of Uman remain under the rubble of the destroyed building. A DNA lab has been set up near the site of the Russian attack to identify the … Continue reading
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Forensics: #NamUS Woman found dead in Long Beach a year ago still unidentified
A year after her body was found, no one has yet come forward to name an unknown woman found dead in Long Beach. — Read on sigtrib.com/woman-found-dead-in-long-beach-a-year-ago-still-unidentified/
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Forensics: Major insight of poor reporting of #MMIW to #NamUS. Study raises questions about missing and murdered Indigenous women
Details presented describing National weaknesses solving these cases. Study dove deep into the data in urban and rural regions A recent study offers new insights and raises new questions about the national public health crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous … Continue reading
Forensics: #NamUS Do you recognize these faces? Help crack the case on these 8 unidentified men found dead in Central Virginia
If these faces look familiar, you may have what it takes to help identify these men found dead in separate locations across Central Virginia as far back as 1988. — Read on http://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/do-you-recognize-these-faces-help-crack-the-case-on-these-8-unidentified-men-found-dead-in-central-virginia/
Forensics: 150 families showed up. #NamUS. UCO To Host Oklahoma Missing Persons Day Event
UCO To Host Oklahoma Missing Persons Day Event — Read on http://www.news9.com/story/64454d5905cfab072ba81ede/uco-to-host-oklahoma-missing-persons-day-event
Forensics: Washington Launches Cold Case Unit for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
Washington Launches Cold Case Unit for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People | The Daily Chronicle — Read on http://www.chronline.com/stories/washington-launches-cold-case-unit-for-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people,317806
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: 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