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3 days ago

Matias Jurado, the Argentine serial killer who killed on Fridays

When police raided the home of Matias Jurado on July 31 in one of the largest neighborhoods of San Salvador de Jujuy, the provincial capital, they had no idea they would be dealing with a suspected serial killer. Security forces arrived in search of Jorge Omar Anachuri, a 68-year-old man with a motor disability who had disappeared a week earlier.
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1 week ago

Human remains identified as Travis Decker, wanted for killing his daughters

His remains were discovered on a steep, remote, wooded slope part way up Grindstone Mountain in central Washington, less than a mile (1.6 km) from the campsite where the bodies of 9-year-old Paityn Decker, 8-year-old Evelyn Decker and 5-year-old Olivia Decker were found on June 2, the Chelan County Sheriff's Office said. Law enforcement teams had been searching more than three months for Decker, 32, before the sheriff's office announced last week it had located human remains believed to be his.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Brazilian musician identified as victim of 1976 killing by Argentina military

Forensic scientists formally identified Francisco Tenorio Cerqueira Junior's remains, confirming he was seized, executed, and disappeared during Argentina's 1976 dictatorship.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Hurricane Katrina victim identified 20 years later: finally where she belongs'

Dorothy Virginia Driggers Taquino, 81, who died during Hurricane Katrina, was identified after nearly two decades and will be reburied in St. Bernard Parish.
Toronto
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

How Toronto police gather clues from guns seized off city streets | CBC News

Toronto police process seized firearms by collecting DNA and fingerprints, recovering serial numbers, and using extensive forensic lab work to trace origins.
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1 month ago

Recognize this tattoo? NYPD seeks help identifying Brooklyn remains.

Police are asking New Yorkers for help identifying skeletal remains found along the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Brooklyn's Cypress Hills area earlier this month. Department of Transportation workers found the human remains off a grassy area near the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound Exit 1 on Aug. 6, according to the NYPD. Police described the victim as female, possibly Black or Hispanic and approximately 20 to 30 years of age.
New York City
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