Genetic genealogy was used to identify skeletal remains as those of a 15-year-old girl who went missing in Florida in 1972. The authorities believe she was the victim of an ex-police officer convicted in 1973 of two murders.
Tag: Forensic Science
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In the Philippines, a Doctor Unearths a Drug War’s True Toll
Raquel Fortun, one of only two forensic pathologists in the Philippines, is using her skills to show how other doctors falsely claimed some victims of the country’s drug war had died natural deaths.
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Australia Wields a New DNA Tool to Crack Missing-Person Mysteries
The technique can predict a person’s ancestry and physical traits without the need for a match with an existing sample in a database.
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In Ukraine, A Body Bag and a Sister in Denial
The war in Ukraine is so big that it has shaken the world. But for a sister looking for her missing older brother, it was reduced to a visit to a morgue.
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A Body Bag and a Sister in Denial
The war in Ukraine is so big that it has shaken the world. But for a sister looking for her missing older brother, it was reduced to a visit to a morgue.