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...
View ArticleCondom 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...
View ArticleInterpretation, 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 teens where observed...
View ArticleTrace 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 another person...
View ArticleNew 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 good...
View ArticleTools for Improving the Quality of Aged, Degraded, Damaged, or Otherwise...
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 standard forensic...
View ArticleFamily 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...
View ArticleFamily 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
View ArticleTwo 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 killed by a train in 1980. Via...
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