MADISON – A new report from the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau recommends the state Department of Justice hire more forensic toxicologists, monitor the timeliness of processing sexual assault kits and develop written policies to improve processing times in the State Crime Laboratories. The audit, requested by the Legislature’s Joint Audit Committee, found that DOJ spent […]
BALTIMORE — Authorities touted the use of a growing, powerful, yet contentious forensic technique to bring the search for a suspect in last year’s killing of Rachel Morin to a long-awaited close. Federal officials said at a Saturday news conference that agents crossed international borders to find leads in the case after developing a comprehensive […]
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ASHEVILLE — A Black Mountain man pleaded guilty and was sentenced May 20 in Buncombe County Superior Court after updated forensic software matched his DNA to a 2018 rape involving a 15-year-old victim. David Brandon Wilson, 33, pleaded guilty to second degree forcible rape and was sentenced to 48-118 months, or at least four years, […]
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office announced it has identified the remains of a body found on Crescent Beach nearly 40 years ago. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — A forensic pathologist from Lubbock and San Angelo Police Department crime scene investigator was called to the stand on the afternoon of April 3 to testify about their findings regarding a Marine who was killed in a stabbing in 2022. During Dr. Thomas Parsons testimony, jurors learned what […]
An 86-year-old cold case suspect has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Dallas County’s first murder conviction using investigative genetic genealogy, Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot said in a news release Tuesday. Liborio Canales pleaded guilty to the murder of Barbara Carr Villareal, almost 38 years after the crime took place. “Investigative […]
The Placer County Board of Supervisors this week allocated $2.5 million to move forward with plans for a forensic evidence lab that could provide a hands-on education for Sacramento State students. Placer County District Attorney Morgan Gire said a new crime lab will help speed up the process of analyzing forensic evidence in local cases, […]
The Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise reports that Russia used a 3M22 Zircon hypersonic cruise missile on the territory of Ukraine on 7 February. Source: Oleksandr Ruvin, Director of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise Quote: “Experts of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise are investigating the Russian missiles […]
Feb. 3—TRAVERSE CITY — Current and former employees of the region’s largest mental health organization more than two years ago described working conditions there as a dysfunctional “culture of fear.” About that same time, board members of Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Authority questioned some expenditures and began asking for detailed financial reports. As early […]
Dr. Bennet Omalu was in Pittsburgh Monday to offer his expert opinion on the death of Jim Rogers. Rogers, 54, died the day after being tased by a Pittsburgh police officer, who was investigating a report of a stolen bicycle in Bloomfield. The city hired Omalu for $10,000 to testify at an arbitration hearing for officer […]
Jan. 18—A report from the State Auditor & Inspector’s Office accuses an administrative assistant from the Payne County Sheriff’s Office of misappropriating funds. State Auditor Cindy Byrd‘s forensic audit reported $137,698.52 in misappropriated and questioned expenditures by administrative assistant Linda Farley between 2010-2022. The report said Farley is accused of using a Sheriff’s Office credit […]