Category Archives: missing persons

Forensics. Missing 4 year old from 1960 Identified.

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Forensics: How Genealogical DNA works.

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Forensics: Unidentified remains. Mexico finds 17 bodies buried in backyards, patios

Volunteer searchers in northern Mexico led authorities to a series of grisly finds: 17 bodies or skeletal remains buried in the backyards and patios of houses in a low-income housing development. — Read on http://www.live5news.com/2022/03/14/mexico-finds-17-bodies-buried-backyards-patios/

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Forensics: Meet the Miami-Dade cold case unit that solved 16 open cases in 2021

There are thousands of unsolved cases at the Miami-Dade Police Department. Detectives David Denmark and Johnathan Grossman dig for clues, reinvestigating decades-old cases. — Read on http://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/02/19/meet-the-miami-dade-cold-case-unit-that-solved-16-open-cases-in-2021/

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Forensics: 1940’s case. Lakehead University’s Paleo-DNA lab helped identify two children murdered in Vancouver

It took almost seven decades to identify brothers aged six and seven. — Read on http://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/lakehead-universitys-paleo-dna-lab-helped-identify-two-children-murdered-in-vancouver-2-photos-5072481

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Forensics: Former Florida deputy, preacher linked to 1983 cold case murder; there may be more victims

St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara announced Thursday his agency’s cold case squad found evidence that former deputy James Harrison raped and murdered an 11-year-old girl. — Read on http://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/02/17/former-florida-deputy-preacher-linked-to-1983-cold-case-murder-may-be-more-victims/

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#Missing children: Sheriff’s Deputies Searching For At Risk, Missing Teen – CBS Los Angeles

Sheriff’s Deputies Searching For At Risk, Missing Teen – CBS Los Angeles — Read on losangeles.cbslocal.com/2022/01/23/sheriffs-deputies-searching-for-at-risk-missing-teen/

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Forensics: US DOJ DNA database at work. Human remains found decades ago now tied to 1970s cold case. #NamUS

Linda LeBeau went missing in 1977, remains found in 1986 have now been identified as belonging to her — Read on news.yahoo.com/human-remains-found-decades-ago-202443704.html

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Forensics: Missing persons cold cases. Charles Helem killed women for over 20 years, now Linked To Murders Of Eige Sober-Adler, Jennifer Landry.

Charles Helem Linked To Murders Of Eige Sober-Adler, Jennifer Landry | Crime News — Read on http://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/charles-helem-linked-to-murders-of-eige-sober-adler-jennifer-landry

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Forensics: How a local ME agency uses the NAMUS system for its unknown persons. District Six Medical Examiner – Unidentified Persons

District Six Medical Examiner – Unidentified Persons — Read on http://www.pinellascounty.org/forensics/me_unidentified.htm

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