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Forensics: The dark side of proficiency testing forensics examiners.
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Forensics: Resource challenges impact post-mortems as bodies pile up from murders, accidents | Jamaica
For 400 metres, the sight was pure horror. Chunks of human flesh, mangled, torn and pasted on the asphalt with blood that had gone muddy, littered the St Catherine leg of the North/South Highway. Initial reports were that the victim, believed to…
— Read on jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20230108/resource-challenges-impact-post-mortems-bodies-pile-murders-accidents
Forensics: #NamUs. 65% of unknowns are POC. Texas man killed and dumped in Saginaw River in 1973 finally identified via DNA evidence
Texas man killed and dumped in Saginaw River in 1973 finally identified via DNA evidence – mlive.com
— Read on www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2023/01/texas-man-killed-and-dumped-in-saginaw-river-in-1973-finally-identified-via-dna-evidence.html
NamUS: Remains ID’ed as woman missing for decades.
Remains found in 2008 were identified as those of Daisy Mae Tallman who went missing in Yakima County in 1987, Washington officials said.
— Read on www.sunherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article270761112.html
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Forensics: Idaho Students Murdered: Suspect Arrested in Pennsylvania, Sources Say
A suspect has been arrested in the killings of four University of Idaho students found dead in a home near campus on Nov. 13. Here’s what we know so far.
— Read on www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/suspect-in-killings-of-4-university-of-idaho-students-arrested-in-pennsylvania-sources/4020657/
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Forensics: This story never changes. The official who investigates suspicious deaths in your town may be a doctor — or not
“A coroner doesn’t have to ever have taken a science class in their life,” said Nancy Belcher, chief executive officer of the King County Medical Society, the group that met that day.
— Read on www.chicagotribune.com/people/health/death-investigations-20221225-nbnylwxifvhwpo5xckruxc2bc4-story.html
Forensics: DNA geneaology case needs more funding. Who is Middlesex County John Doe #NamUS is helping.
Connecticut Office of Chief Medical Examiner and Othram Team to Identify 2021 John Doe
— Read on dnasolves.com/articles/middlesex-county-john-doe-2021/
Forencis: Obstructionist AG’s stand in wrongful death convictions comes under fire
Bad faith shows its egregious face once again. AGs across the US have argued bitemarks are still valid in these exon cases.
St. Louis Judge David Mason was exasperated — again.
— Read on www.newstribune.com/news/2022/dec/23/ags-stand-in-wrongful-death-convictions-comes/
