SUFFERN ‒ Ethan Schwartz, now a 16-year-old junior at Suffern High School, has been recognized as the youngest person to ever contribute to the resolution of an investigative genetic genealogy case. Schwartz last summer, when he was 15, worked with a team at Ramapo College’s Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center to identify a jawbone — secreted […]
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ME, forensics scientists testify in murder trial
Mar. 26—KINGWOOD — The second day of the Luis Martinez-Otero, murder trial started with testimony from Dr. Allen Muck, West Virginia’s chief medical examiner. Martinez is charged with the May 2022 shooting of Zachary Alan Shrout at his home on Veterans Memorial Highway in Terra Alta. Muck said the bullet that killed Shrout entered through […]
Prosecutors in Trump classified docs case plan to call digital forensics experts as witnesses
Federal prosecutors in special counsel Jack Smith’s office revealed in court filings Friday that they intend to call several FBI employees as expert witnesses in their case alleging former President Donald Trump mishandled classified documents. The filing listed five witnesses who are described as experts in digital forensics or cellular analytics, with prosecutors indicating they’re […]
Heat exhaustion killed Taylor Swift fan attending Rio concert – forensics report
Heat exhaustion was the cause of death of a Brazilian fan who attended a concert of singer Taylor Swift in November, a forensics report obtained by The Associated Press shows. Ana Clara Benevides, 23, passed out during Swift’s second song at the November 17 concert in Rio de Janeiro and died hours later at a […]