This new forensic technique could help scientists identify criminals and disaster victims by the sequence of proteins found in hair
— Read on www.abc.net.au/perth/programs/mornings/chemcentre-proteomics/102564584
The ABFO contribution to this impressive collection is a non-starter. Nothing about having empirical proofs to support what they do. This is all they can do?
Browse articles from the collection: Forensic Odontology and Bite Mark Analysis: Understanding the Debate
— Read on www.tandfonline.com/journals/ucda20/collections/Forensic_Odontology_and_Bite_Mark_Analysis
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/
The National Association of Medical Examiners now says “excited delirium” should not be cited as a cause of death.
— Read on reason.com/2023/06/27/excited-delirium-is-no-excuse-for-police-abuse/
There is a multi-year backlog for getting DNA profiles onto the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.
— Read on www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/true-crime/dna-namus-backlog-missing-person-cases/51-e8436a8b-14cb-441c-b416-596c10fffdc6
The American Academy of Forensics Sciences should pay attention and remove these dentists’ accreditation. According to the findings, bitemarks on skin do not transfer accurately, and even minor distortions could potentially match a large number of individuals.
— Read on studyfinds.org/bitemark-wrongful-convictions/
Researchers from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History have identified the oldest decisive evidence of humans’ close evolutionary relatives butchering and likely eating one another. In a new study published today, June 26, in Scientific Reports, National Museum of Natural History paleoanthropologist Briana Pobiner and her co-authors describe nine cut marks on a
— Read on www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/humans-evolutionary-relatives-butchered-one-another-145-million-years-ago
Ahead of the Bryan Kohberger trial, the defendant’s attorney is saying there is no connection between him and the victims of the Idaho murders.
— Read on abc7.com/bryan-kohberger-news-trial-update/13426906/
A bill that would allow coroners to cremate bodies despite suspicious circumstances sailed through the end of a House committee Thursday.
— Read on lailluminator.com/2023/05/25/controversial-coroner-cremation-bill-sails-through-house-committee/
“We find bitemark transfer to skin is not reliable.”
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19424396.2023.2191391
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