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How insect detectives crack crime

 

 Where the police and pathologists fail, flies and maggots — and the Natural History Museum’s forensic entomologists — can solve even some of the most difficult of murders 

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2010/09/25/2003483706

 

GBI Forensic Anthropologist Investigates Parker's Remains

 

 

ATLANTA - FOX 5 News was allowed inside the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime lab where a forensic anthropologist is examining the remains of Theresa Parker. The 911 dispatcher vanished in 2007 and her remains were discovered last week.

 

New state forensics center brings state-of-the-art technology to death investigations

For the about 10,000 people each year whose deaths are investigated by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, a change in venue won't mean much.

However, for families who must come to identify a body and for the medical examiners who work there, the state's new $44 million Forensic Medical Center in Baltimore will offer more comfortable surroundings and upgraded technology to simplify the process of death investigations and autopsies, staff said.

http://www.gazette.net/stories/09302010/prinnew161628_32536.php

 

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DNA Is New Weapon In Fight Against Dogfighting

Scientists are hoping that a new DNA database for dogs will help track -- and prosecute -- people who breed dogs to fight. But advocates say there's a risk that the DNA records could be used against the dogs, or against people who adopt them.

The idea is to have a canine version ofFBI's CODIS -- a database of human DNA that isused to connect criminals to crime scenes. But in this case, the DNA might help prove that breeders supplied dogs to a dogfighting ring.

In July 2009, a dogfighting operation was raided in northwest Missouri.Tim Rickey, the senior director of field operations for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,recalls the scene from that morning.

http://www.gpb.org/news/2010/09/27/dna-is-new-weapon-in-fight-against-dogfighting

 

 

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Detectives unraveling mystery of found skull

How forensic science is used to determine cause of death

Forensic, Fire Experts Could Testify Today In Day 7 Of Steven Hayes Trial

 

 

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Zoologger: Horror fly returns from the dead 

This week: a mythical beast, not seen for more than 160 years. A nocturnal animal that feeds on the rotten flesh of large mammals. A species active only during the winter months that reportedly emits a luminous glow from its large, orange head. What new horror is this?

It's a fly, the bone skipper Thyreophora cynophila, and it is back from the dead. Considered globally extinct until now, the first fly to be killed off by humans, the bone skipper was first described by an entomologist who found it on the carcass of a dog in 1798. Last seen in the 1840s, it has now been rediscovered by Daniel Martín-Vega and colleagues of the University of Alcalá in Madrid, Spain. The fly turned up in baited traps in woodland around Madrid and in La Rioja province.

 

Bones Dug Up

Fifth season headed to both formats.

 

The complete fifth season of Bones is being excavated on both DVD and Blu-ray from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on October 5, 2010, just a couple of weeks from now. The fifth season will span across four Blu-ray discs and six DVDs, capturing all 22 episodes in what's being dubbed the Beyond the Grave Edition.


Read more: http://dvd.ign.com/articles/112/1122556p1.html#ixzz10HLRQlwW

 

Portable, rapid DNA analysis tech developed

 

Mobile fingerprint-checking equipment is already controversial before it has even rolled out widely. An announcement today may presage the next such row, as developers say they will soon roll out a "compact" machine based on "a small, single chip" which will massively reduce the amount of time taken to check a DNA sample.

The RapID™ system was unveiled today at a biometrics conference in Florida by ZyGEM Corp and its partner, US aerospace globocorp Lockheed, nowadays seeking to diverge into homeland-security areas.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/22/portable_dna_checker/

 

 

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• Forensic DNA is an exact science unless the sample becomes too degraded

  





Only 0.1% of DNA differs from one person to the next. Forensic analysts look at only 13 areas on the DNA strand to tell one person from the next.

READ ARTICLE HERE:
http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-dna-evidence-09202010,0,1886367.story

• Reconstructing human appearance from DNA

Police sketch artists might soon be trading in the pencil and paper for a genetics lab. Forensic biologists say they may soon be able to reconstruct a criminal's profile from the DNA they leave at a crime scene.

READ ARTICLE HERE:

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3748/reconstructing-human-appearance-dna

• Authorities May Test for Criminal Gene

 

Researchers suggest that genetic tests be performed on violent offenders to help determine how much danger they pose to society. Scientists are looking to chart the MAOA gene in criminals, which is linked to violent behavior.

READ ARTICLE HERE:
http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/09/authorities_may_test_for_criminal_gene_1997489.html

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ZPrinting Helps Lab Identify POW/MIA Remains

The largest forensic anthropology laboratory in the world is using Z Corporation 3D printing technology to help identify POW/MIA remains so they can be returned to their families and rest in peace.

The forensic work, using a ZPrinter^® multicolor printer, is the cornerstone of a project to prove the effectiveness and set the protocol for skull photographic superimposition. The procedure involves superimposing images of unidentified skulls onto photographs of known soldiers to gauge potential matches. It is especially helpful in cases where DNA is not available. JPAC is the only laboratory in the world engaged in this project, and its work with ZPrinting will make the technique available to any qualified, trained investigator. The ZPrinter’s uncompromising accuracy is vital to this highly detailed work, with a “t-test” finding no statistically significant difference between measurements of a skull and its ZPrinted model.

ID-ing Crime Victims Could Point to Suspects

he Pembroke Pines Police Office needs your help cracking cold cases.  

The investigation into two suspicious deaths remains open because police don't know who the victims are. Identifying them could help identify the suspects.

 

If a picture is worth a thousand words, Officer Donna Velazquez is hoping each picture she’s collected will spell major leads.

 

"I believe the identity unlocks the whole entire case," she said, referring to cases that have gone cold.

 

“There is new technology available with regards to forensic artistry and forensic anthropology," she explained.

 

It’s lead to new sketches of how the victims would look today. The first is a man shot and burned beyond recognition on 184th and Pines back in 1984. Investigators found his body next to 19 year old Tammy Crider's body. A suspected gang member, now deceased, was charged in her death.

 

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Identifying-Crime-Victims-Could-Point-to-Suspects-102961074.html

 

 

Mobile Forensics India

When cell phones or other cellular devices are involved in a crime or other incident, forensic examiners require tools that allow the proper retrieval and speedy examination of information present on the device. This report gives an overview of current forensic software, designed for acquisition, examination, and reporting of data discovered on cellular handheld devices, and an understanding of their capabilities and limitations.

Forensic Investigator must ensure the retrieval of data
without alteration!
– Imaging
• As most MS’s now have flash upgradeable Operating Systems, etc. this
is usually a straightforward process
• However, manufacturer’s are reluctant to provide access to the tools to
achieve this
• Independent tools known as Flashers are available for most
mainstream MS’s but have no recognised legal status in some parts of
the world.
– Data suites
• Provided by manufacturers
• Allow access to SMS/MMS, call registers, phonebooks, etc. as stored
on phone
• Cannot access memory directly

The Network Operators can provide detailed data on
calls made/received, message traffic, data transferred
and connection location/timing
• The HLR can provide;
– Customer name and address
– Billing name and address (if other than customer)
– User name and address (if other than customer)
– Billing account details
– Telephone Number (MSISDN)
– IMSI
– SIM serial number (as printed on the SIM-card)
– PIN/PUK for the SIM
– Subscriber Services allowed

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Forensic Toxicology India

Forensic toxicology - It is the study of the harmful effects of chemicals on living systems with emphasis on the conditions under which they occur. The first challenge he faces is often the immediate identification of the toxin in a limited sample of blood, urine or gastric contents which can go on to clinch the case

Forensic Toxicology courses India

Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University
ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed University )
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center
Sam Higginbottom Inst. of Agriculture,Technology & Sciences
Dr. B. R. AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY,AGRA


The Science Of Poisons In Ancient India.
Dr. Vivek Viswanathan and Dr. F.N. Jaffery
ENVIS Centre, Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow

The science that started that primitive day today exists in a marvelous
state and has no way to improve by leaps and bounds. Toxicology is just a branch of
that science which started roughly 45,000 years---- a small but highly significant
part----- as it is today and as it was in yesteryears. When science began, primitive
man had but 3 goals: 1) the quest for an universal solvent, 2) the conversion of metal into gold {Alchemy} and 3) the yearning for an eternal life which lead in its turn, not towards eternity but, towards medicine and in medicine lay the roots of toxicology

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