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Plant Isotopes Trace Origins of Transatlantic Slave Trade Victims
A groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications utilizes strontium isotope analysis of plant samples to determine the geographic origins of victims of the transatlantic slave trade, analyzing remains from slave cemeteries in Charleston and Rio de Janeiro and contributing to a better unders...
Plant Isotopes Trace Origins of Transatlantic Slave Trade Victims
A groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications utilizes strontium isotope analysis of plant samples to determine the geographic origins of victims of the transatlantic slave trade, analyzing remains from slave cemeteries in Charleston and Rio de Janeiro and contributing to a better unders...
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32% Bias Score
Gilgo Beach Trial Delayed by Novel DNA Testing Challenge
The Gilgo Beach murder trial is delayed due to defense challenges against the admissibility of nuclear DNA testing, specifically whole genome sequencing, a more sensitive forensic technique than those traditionally used in court; a Frye hearing will determine admissibility.
Gilgo Beach Trial Delayed by Novel DNA Testing Challenge
The Gilgo Beach murder trial is delayed due to defense challenges against the admissibility of nuclear DNA testing, specifically whole genome sequencing, a more sensitive forensic technique than those traditionally used in court; a Frye hearing will determine admissibility.
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52% Bias Score
Gilgo Beach Trial Delayed by Unprecedented DNA Testing Challenge
In the Gilgo Beach murder trial, defense challenges to the admissibility of novel nuclear DNA testing—specifically whole genome sequencing—are delaying proceedings, with a Frye hearing scheduled to determine its admissibility, potentially setting a precedent for forensic science in New York.
Gilgo Beach Trial Delayed by Unprecedented DNA Testing Challenge
In the Gilgo Beach murder trial, defense challenges to the admissibility of novel nuclear DNA testing—specifically whole genome sequencing—are delaying proceedings, with a Frye hearing scheduled to determine its admissibility, potentially setting a precedent for forensic science in New York.
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40% Bias Score
Cold Case Solved: 1982 Murder Conviction After Four Decades
A California man, Marvin Ray Markle, 59, was convicted of first-degree murder this week for the 1982 killing of 14-year-old De Anna Lynn Johnson in Vacaville, California; the case remained unsolved for over four decades due to a lack of forensic technology at the time, but was reopened in 2017 after...
Cold Case Solved: 1982 Murder Conviction After Four Decades
A California man, Marvin Ray Markle, 59, was convicted of first-degree murder this week for the 1982 killing of 14-year-old De Anna Lynn Johnson in Vacaville, California; the case remained unsolved for over four decades due to a lack of forensic technology at the time, but was reopened in 2017 after...
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Kohberger Defense to Argue Knife Sheath Planted in Idaho Murders
Bryan Kohberger, accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, will face trial in August; his defense plans to argue the knife sheath with his DNA was planted, while prosecutors will limit mentioning investigative genetic genealogy used to identify him.
Kohberger Defense to Argue Knife Sheath Planted in Idaho Murders
Bryan Kohberger, accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, will face trial in August; his defense plans to argue the knife sheath with his DNA was planted, while prosecutors will limit mentioning investigative genetic genealogy used to identify him.
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DNA Evidence Takes Center Stage in Idaho Murder Trial
DNA from a knife sheath statistically matched Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the University of Idaho murders, leading to his arrest; however, additional DNA evidence from unknown males and a victim's fingernails raises questions about the investigation's completeness and may be key to the defense s...
DNA Evidence Takes Center Stage in Idaho Murder Trial
DNA from a knife sheath statistically matched Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the University of Idaho murders, leading to his arrest; however, additional DNA evidence from unknown males and a victim's fingernails raises questions about the investigation's completeness and may be key to the defense s...
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36% Bias Score
Crippen Murder: Technology, Gender, and a Century's Notorious Crime
In 1910, London homeopathic doctor Hawley Crippen murdered his wife, Belle Elmore, dismembered her body, and fled to Canada with his typist, Ethel Le Neve; their capture, enabled by the wireless telegraph, led to Crippen's execution and Le Neve's acquittal, exposing both criminal ingenuity and techn...
Crippen Murder: Technology, Gender, and a Century's Notorious Crime
In 1910, London homeopathic doctor Hawley Crippen murdered his wife, Belle Elmore, dismembered her body, and fled to Canada with his typist, Ethel Le Neve; their capture, enabled by the wireless telegraph, led to Crippen's execution and Le Neve's acquittal, exposing both criminal ingenuity and techn...
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Heuermann Murder Case: DNA Evidence Admissibility Hearing Set
A Long Island judge will decide the admissibility of novel DNA evidence against accused serial killer Rex Heuermann, charged with seven murders, potentially setting a legal precedent; a hearing begins Friday.
Heuermann Murder Case: DNA Evidence Admissibility Hearing Set
A Long Island judge will decide the admissibility of novel DNA evidence against accused serial killer Rex Heuermann, charged with seven murders, potentially setting a legal precedent; a hearing begins Friday.
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Arrest Made in 2010 Cold Case Murder Using DNA Ancestry
A 61-year-old woman has been charged with the 2010 murder of Tanya Glover, whose remains were found in a Brisbane unit in 2022; the identification was aided by DNA uploaded to an ancestry website, and a $500,000 reward was offered.
Arrest Made in 2010 Cold Case Murder Using DNA Ancestry
A 61-year-old woman has been charged with the 2010 murder of Tanya Glover, whose remains were found in a Brisbane unit in 2022; the identification was aided by DNA uploaded to an ancestry website, and a $500,000 reward was offered.
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25-Year-Old Cold Case Solved via DNA: Mother Admits to Killing Newborn
Joanne Sharkey, suffering from postpartum depression, killed her newborn son Callum in 1998 and hid his body; a 2023 DNA match with her older son led to her arrest, confession, and guilty plea to manslaughter and concealing a body.
25-Year-Old Cold Case Solved via DNA: Mother Admits to Killing Newborn
Joanne Sharkey, suffering from postpartum depression, killed her newborn son Callum in 1998 and hid his body; a 2023 DNA match with her older son led to her arrest, confession, and guilty plea to manslaughter and concealing a body.
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56% Bias Score
Kohberger Defense to Argue Knife Sheath Was Planted
Bryan Kohberger's defense will argue that the knife sheath found at the Idaho quadruple homicide scene, containing his DNA, was planted there by another individual. This strategy, revealed in court filings, challenges not the DNA match itself, but the sheath's evidentiary connection to Kohberger's p...
Kohberger Defense to Argue Knife Sheath Was Planted
Bryan Kohberger's defense will argue that the knife sheath found at the Idaho quadruple homicide scene, containing his DNA, was planted there by another individual. This strategy, revealed in court filings, challenges not the DNA match itself, but the sheath's evidentiary connection to Kohberger's p...
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36% Bias Score
Advanced DNA Technology Solves Decades-Old Murders
Othram, a forensic technology company, used advanced DNA testing to solve the decades-old murders of Cathy Swartz in 1988 and Catherine Edwards in 1995, identifying Robert Waters and Clayton Foreman as the respective killers, leading to Waters' suicide and Foreman's life sentence.
Advanced DNA Technology Solves Decades-Old Murders
Othram, a forensic technology company, used advanced DNA testing to solve the decades-old murders of Cathy Swartz in 1988 and Catherine Edwards in 1995, identifying Robert Waters and Clayton Foreman as the respective killers, leading to Waters' suicide and Foreman's life sentence.
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48% Bias Score
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