#forensic-science tag

NIST is giving fingerprint examiners better tools for a messy job

NIST aims to enhance forensic fingerprint examination accuracy and training through new resources, including a database and open-source software.

Toronto police use DNA to identify man found dead in Lake Ontario 34 years ago | CBC News

DNA technology has confirmed the identity of a man found dead in Lake Ontario over 30 years ago.

fromwww.bbc.com

10 months ago

Europe news

DNA technology helps solve British man cold case

Canada news

fromwww.cbc.ca

Toronto police use DNA to identify man found dead in Lake Ontario 34 years ago | CBC News

DNA technology has confirmed the identity of a man found dead in Lake Ontario over 30 years ago.

fromwww.bbc.com

10 months ago

Europe news

DNA technology helps solve British man cold case

Mistrial declared after report that Conn. girl killed in 1986 had been placed in used body bag

A mistrial was declared in a murder case due to allegations of evidence contamination involving a body bag used in 1986.

SF parents

fromSlate Magazine

fromLas Vegas Review-Journal

Her Murder Had Been Cold for Decades. Five Gen Zers Attempted to Solve It. It Took Them Somewhere the Detectives Never Imagined.

Students in a forensic class uncovered potential leads in a cold case, suggesting they may have identified a suspect overlooked for decades.

Fundraising

Las Vegas CEO goes from building a business to helping the community

Justin Woo transitioned from a successful digital marketing career to founding nonprofits and an online voting platform, impacting his local community significantly.

US news

fromBoston.com

New DNA testing confirms serial killer Ted Bundy killed a Utah teen in 1974

New DNA testing confirmed Ted Bundy killed 17-year-old Laura Ann Aime in 1974, linking him to another unsolved murder.

California

fromABC7 San Francisco

fromwww.scientificamerican.com

DNA on cigarette links suspect to 'brutal' San Rafael homicide cold case, solving 1966 murder

A 60-year-old homicide case was solved using DNA evidence from cigarette butts, identifying James Switzer as the suspect in Marjorie Rudolph's murder.

Science

8 months ago

The Mother of Modern Forensic Science Crafted Dollhouse Dioramas Depicting Grisly Crime Scenes

Frances Glessner Lee pioneered forensic science late in life, creating detailed dollhouse dioramas to train investigators and founding Harvard's Department of Legal Medicine.

Law

8 months ago

Watchdog fails wrongly convicted owing to lack of forensic expertise, experts say

The Criminal Cases Review Commission lacks forensic expertise and often rejects third-party scientific testing, undermining appeals against wrongful convictions.

Gadgets

fromwww.ocregister.com

8 months ago

Crime scene modeling used to take hours. 3D cameras are making it a snap

3D laser scanners replace manual sketches and tape measures by capturing hundreds of thousands of precise, colorized measurements to rapidly create detailed crime-scene point-cloud models.

A necklace of teeth isn't acceptable': the battle over the rise in sales of human remains

Speaking from his macabre curiosities shop in Essex in a recent YouTube interview, Scragg wears a shabby bowler hat, has tribal-style face tattoos and a ginger beard that descends into three pendulous dreadlocks. The shop, Curiosities from the 5th Corner, provides a backdrop that could be plucked straight from a Victorian penny dreadful: a foetus of conjoined twins floats in a large medical jar at Scragg's elbow, shelves of human skulls and a hybrid animal skeleton loom behind.

Law

US politics

fromIrish Independent

Ian Bailey's solicitor welcomes any breakthroughs from advanced DNA testing in Sophie Tuscan du Plantier case

DNA evidence may link a suspect to a cold case, raising concerns about presumption of innocence.

US news

Three more victims of 9/11 terrorist attacks identified in New York City

Forensic scientists identified three additional victims of the 9/11 attacks, increasing the total of confirmed identities to 1,653.

US news

fromwww.npr.org

After nearly 24 years, NYC officials identify 3 more 9/11 victims

A DNA match led to the identification of Barbara Keating, a victim of the September 11 attacks, providing closure for her family.

East Bay (California)

fromwww.mercurynews.com

California woman identified 40 years after her body was found near Lake Mead

Carol Ann Riley identified as a cold case murder victim after nearly 40 years.

10 months ago

Oxford University Press to stop publishing China-sponsored science journal

Oxford University Press announced it will cease publication of the Forensic Sciences Research journal due to ongoing ethical concerns regarding DNA collection practices and informed consent.

Science

UK news