Two Interesting Cold Case Articles
The first article has Michigan ties. Following up on a cold case led an Ohio medical examiner’s office to a fingerprint match and old files in Grand Haven that ID’d a man…
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Family DNA Searches in the News Again
Forty year old murder solved via family DNA search. The suspect identified was killed by police in 1982 following an escape from prison. Read the full article- Los Angeles Times
January 31, 2017October 20, 2021
Family DNA Article from the New York Times
Family DNA Searches Seen as Crime-Solving Tool, and Intrusion on Rights Personally, I fail to see the intrusion on rights, but it’s an interesting article about DNA technology. Family searches aren’t even…
January 28, 2017January 30, 2017
Tools for Improving the Quality of Aged, Degraded, Damaged, or Otherwise Compromised DNA Evidence
By Michael M. Cox, Ph.D., Evelyn M. Mercer Published by the NIJ Abstract Almost every day, DNA samples are collected from the scenes of crimes or disasters that are too degraded for…
November 2, 2015November 1, 2015
New Study on Survivability of DNA Evidence
A new study published by the NIJ, demonstrates positive recovery of DNA for up to 10 days following intercourse. Given various circumstances that may lead to delays in reporting or testing, it’s…
May 30, 2015May 29, 2015
Trace Evidence: Hair
by Kathy Steck- Flynn Edmond Locard was the founder of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyon in France. Locard believed that that when on person came in contact with…
April 5, 2013October 13, 2013
Interpretation, Collection and Preservation of Glass Fragments
By Kathy Steck-Flynn A man is found dead in an abandoned house. Upon examination the medical examiner finds that the man was killed by a single gunshot to the head. Three local…
April 4, 2013October 13, 2013
Condom Trace Evidence: A New Factor in Sexual Assault Investigations
By Robert D. Blackledge, M.S. Mr. Blackledge is senior chemist at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Regional Forensic Laboratory in San Diego, California. This Article Originally Appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement…
January 27, 2013October 13, 2013
Serological Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations
By Robert R.J. Grispino, M.A. Special Agent Serology Unit, Laboratory Division FBI Headquarters This Article Originally Appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, October 1990. NOTE: The following article presents a purely…