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Forensics: Something the US should have done years ago. The feds have cut the budget for missing and unknown persons for years. Most US DNA analysis $ comes from fund raising and local police budgets. Indigenous cases lanquish as well.
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Forensics: TOD research. Found dead in the snow − how microbes can help pinpoint time of death for forensic investigations in frigid conditions
An accurate estimate of when someone died is a critical part of forensic investigations. In extremely cold conditions, molecular biology can provide critical information where the naked eye cannot. — Read on http://www.yahoo.com/news/found-dead-snow-microbes-help-161031667.html
Forensics: Unknown persons sold for profit in Texas. Agencies not reporting to national database. Cut up and leased out – by Max Houck – Forensic Science*
“Just because they don’t have any next of kin doesn’t mean they have no voice.” — Read on maxhouck.substack.com/p/cut-up-and-leased-out
Forensics: Crisis of U.S. Law Enforcement Funding. 250,000 cold cases unsolved. This includes Missing and Unidentified Persons. Video.
USDOJ funding for these cases is paltry and poorly organized due to bureaucratic and Congressional apathy. https://www.wral.com/video/6-200-cold-cases-unsolved-in-north-carolina/21517519/
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Forensics: How forensic dentists ruin innocent lives
I have co-existed with these dentists for decades. Some are sincere and thoughtful. Others are raging egotists. None are trained as a “scientist .” The outrageous cases like McCrory’s (see the link below) over the last 2 decades have led … Continue reading
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Forensics: #NamUS. Police/Coroners must utilize this public access database. Police compliance for Missings is abysmally low.Its only at 50% for Unknowns.Some even refuse to participate. Mother of missing child advocates for legislation to aid missing ppl.
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Forensics: NamUs Missing Persons cases. 600K reports a year.
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Forensics: Mass casualty ID in Israel. ‘I only knew that from the Nazis’: Israeli forensic experts identify tortured and burned bodies
Experts say they have found evidence of decapitation, rape and people being burned alive. — Read on http://www.politico.eu/article/i-only-knew-that-from-the-nazis-what-israeli-forensics-have-been-seeing-for-days/
Forensics: More details on How forensic investigators use DNA, fingerprints and other methods to identify remains after a fire | CNN
The facts are grim. The devastating fires in Maui have caused at least 115 deaths, yet only 46 of those have been identified two weeks on from the blaze, police said Thursday. Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for, too. — … Continue reading
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