Category Archives: missing persons

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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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: 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

KRCR News Channel 7 and KCVU Fox 20 offers local and national news, sports, and weather forecasts to viewers in the Northstate including Redding, Shasta Lake, Shingletown, Anderson, Red Bluff, Corning, Chico, and Oroville. Coverage is also provided on the … Continue reading

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

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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Anthropology at work. Forensic tools restore identity to the unknown dead. – YouTube

Forensic scientists from NC State have teamed up with state investigators in the hope of identifying skeletal remains and restoring the identities of unknown individuals in North Carolina. After studying the bones and creating biological profiles, they turn to DNA … Continue reading

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Forensics: #NamUS case. Skull Fragment Found by Fisherman Belongs to Homicide Victim, Coroner Says

Four people have been convicted in connection with Bret Snow’s murder. — Read on http://www.newsweek.com/skull-fragment-found-fisherman-belongs-homicide-victim-bret-snow-1805072

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Forensics: Annually 4400 Unidentified Persons found in the US. Man found dead in LB after stabbing has not been identified

The dead body of a man found in Long Beach in February has yet to be identified. — Read on sigtrib.com/man-found-dead-in-lb-after-stabbing-has-not-been-identified-long-beach-news/

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