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26 Mar 2025
Human remains found near an oil well in a remote field near Canton in 2001 have now been identified as Anthony Bernard Gulley, a young man authorities believe was murdered in 1994. Read the full story here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New… #DNAEvidence #ColdCase #ForensicDNA
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26 Mar 2025
The Bureau of Indian Affairs announced that the Office of Justice Services has launched Operation Spirit Return, an initiative to help solve missing and unidentified person cases involving American Indians and Alaska Natives in the US Read the story here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New…
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25 Mar 2025
In a groundbreaking achievement, scientists at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency have successfully identified a missing U.S. service member with the aid of an advanced DNA capture method. Read the full story here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New… #DNAEvidence #ColdCase #ForensicDNA
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24 Mar 2025
Familial reference standards have confirmed that remains found in August 2024 in Howell County are those of Ira Briscoe, a 25-year-old man who went missing in December 2020 under suspicious circumstances. Read the full story here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New…
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20 Mar 2025
WA Police Cold Case Investigations detectives have made a major breakthrough in the 1979 murder of Kerryn Mary Tate, nearly five decades after the 22-year-old was located deceased. Read the full story here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New… #DNAEvidence #ColdCase #ForensicDNA #Forensic
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13 Mar 2025
After more than a decade, human remains found on a beach near Port Angeles, Wash., have been identified as 17-year-old Jeff Surtel. Read the full story here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New… #DNAEvidence #ColdCase #ForensicDNA
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12 Mar 2025
After 36 years—and five years of working the case—the @DnaDoeProject has identified “Transgender Julie Doe” as Pamela Leigh Walton. Read the full story here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New… #ColdCase #ForensicDNA #DNAAnalysis #ForensicScience #IGG #ForensicTechnology #ForensicNews
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25 Feb 2025
The East Bay Regional Park District PD announced that DNA evidence has conclusively identified the murderer in a 35-year-old case that took place in Tilden Regional Park. Full story here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New… #DNAEvidence #ColdCase #Forensic #InvestigativeGenetics
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20 Feb 2025
Scientists show that bacterial species are transferred between both individuals during sexual intercourse, and these species can be traced to a sexual partner's unique genital microbiome. Read the full article here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New…
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19 Feb 2025
The cause and manner of death for Ryan L. Stone, who was 22 years old when last seen by his family in 1994, are still undetermined, but his family has finally been notified that he was found. Read the article here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New… #DNAEvidence #ColdCase #ForensicDNA
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18 Feb 2025
Ukraine will soon be able to use a mobile research laboratory to investigate war crimes. Read the full article here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New… #MobileForensicLab #ForensicAnalysis #DNAAnalysis #FingerprintAnalysis #ForensicTechnology #DNAEvidence
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14 Feb 2025
Michigan State Police arrested a 62-year-old man on criminal deviate conduct, burglary and criminal confinement charges out of LaGrange County stemming from a case in 1986. Read the full story here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New… #DNAEvidence #ColdCase #Forensic #DNAAnalysis
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12 Feb 2025
Unidentified remains discovered by hunters in Blount County almost 20 years ago have officially been identified as Patrick Grayson Spann from Mississippi. Full story here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New… #DNAEvidence #ColdCase #InvestigativeGenetics #DNAAnalysis #ForensicScience
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11 Feb 2025
Suffolk County DA Raymond Tierney announced that Raul Ayala, 51, has been indicted for the brutal 2003 murder of 88-year-old Edna “Timmie” Schubert in her North Bay Shore home. Full story here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New… #ColdCase #Forensic #ForensicDNA #GeneticGenealogy #IGG
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10 Feb 2025
In January 2025, 61-year-old Joseph Andrew Jacquez was arrested for the murder of Mary Ann Daniels after DNA collected from the actual instrument used in her death was identified as belonging to Jacquez. Read the full article here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New… #DNAEvidence #ColdCase
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The @UWStevensPoint opened its new Digital Forensics and Recovery Analysis Lab to provide students with hands-on experience and the opportunity to work on real-world cases. Learn more about the lab here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New…
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The FBI has approved changes to the Quality Assurance Standards (QAS) for Forensic Laboratories to allow DNA evidence profiles generated by Rapid DNA analysis to be searched against the national DNA database (CODIS). Learn about the change here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New…
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A human skull that was on display in a New Hampshire attorney’s office has been connected to a family line dating back more than 200 years ago. Read the article here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New… #ForensicAnthropology #InvestigativeGenetics #DNAAnalysis #GeneticGenealogy #ForensicDNA
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Investigators in Salt Lake County (Utah) have arrested a suspect in the 2005 cold case murder of Jason Royter after a recent CODIS hit. Read the full article here: forensicmag.com/3594-All-New… #CODISHit #ColdCase #DNAEvidence #TrueCrimeCommunity #ForensicDNA
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