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Modern DNA testing leads to arrest in 1977 killing of Honolulu teen Dawn Momohara
2 months ago

Modern DNA testing leads to arrest in 1977 killing of Honolulu teen Dawn Momohara

CNN  

CNN — Susie Chun Oakland was a sophomore when she arrived at McKinley High School in Honolulu – a crime scene – that Monday morning nearly a half century ago. On Tuesday, Gideon Castro, 66, a McKinley High School graduate who previously told police he knew the victim, was arrested at the Utah nursing home where he lived, Honolulu Police …

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JonBenét Ramsey murder mystery: The seven pieces of evidence that her family says could solve the grisly crime
3 months ago

JonBenét Ramsey murder mystery: The seven pieces of evidence that her family says could solve the grisly crime

Daily Mail  

The family of JonBenét Ramsey believe there are seven key pieces of evidence that could solve the decades-long mystery of her murder. John Ramsey, father of JonBenét Ramsey, believes there are seven key pieces of evidence which could solve the decades-long mystery of her murder The child beauty queen was found brutally killed her family's Boulder, Colorado home on December …

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Police Deny Sitting On Evidence As Netflix Doc Brings Renewed Attention To JonBenet Ramsey's Killing
4 months ago

Police Deny Sitting On Evidence As Netflix Doc Brings Renewed Attention To JonBenet Ramsey's Killing

Huff Post  

FILE - A police officer sits in her cruiser, Jan. 3, 1997, outside the home in which 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in Boulder, Colo., on Dec. 26, 1996. via Associated Press DENVER — Amid renewed interest in the killing of JonBenet Ramsey triggered in part by a new Netflix documentary, police in Boulder, Colorado, refuted assertions this week …

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Police deny sitting on evidence as Netflix doc brings renewed attention to JonBenet Ramsey's killing
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4 months ago

Police deny sitting on evidence as Netflix doc brings renewed attention to JonBenet Ramsey's killing

Hindustan Times  

DENVER — Amid renewed interest in the killing of JonBenet Ramsey triggered in part by a new Netflix documentary, police in Boulder, Colorado, refuted assertions this week that there is viable evidence and leads about the 1996 killing of the 6-year-old girl that they are not pursuing. Police deny sitting on evidence as Netflix doc brings renewed attention to JonBenet …

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Police deny sitting on evidence as Netflix doc brings renewed attention to JonBenet Ramsey’s killing
4 months ago

Police deny sitting on evidence as Netflix doc brings renewed attention to JonBenet Ramsey’s killing

Associated Press  

DENVER — Amid renewed interest in the killing of JonBenet Ramsey triggered in part by a new Netflix documentary, police in Boulder, Colorado, refuted assertions this week that there is viable evidence and leads about the 1996 killing of the 6-year-old girl that they are not pursuing. Police said they released it a little earlier because of the increased attention …

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US man who spent 30 years in jail for murder he didn't commit, now gets award of Rs 1,097,325,554
4 months ago

US man who spent 30 years in jail for murder he didn't commit, now gets award of Rs 1,097,325,554

India TV News  

Massachusetts: For the nearly three decades that he was behind bars, Michael Sullivan's mother and four siblings died, his girlfriend moved on with her life and he was badly beaten in several prison attacks. "I couldn't believe I was convicted of murder" “I couldn't believe I was convicted of murder,” Sullivan said, recalling prosecutors mentioned the purple jacket five times …

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Vegas Justice League Solves 100 Cold Murder Cases, Bringing Closure to Victims' Families
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Vegas Justice League Solves 100 Cold Murder Cases, Bringing Closure to Victims' Families

CNN  

Vegas Justice League has helped solve over 100 cold murder cases in the country, including nine in Las Vegas. The nonprofit funded the costs of sending the cases to a laboratory that used DNA testing and genetic genealogy to successfully identify the suspect, Arthur Joseph Lavery. The suspect was identified after 30 years, thanks to the efforts of the Las …

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I Know the Disgusting Backstory of a Dad at My Kid’s School. Should I Tell Everyone?
5 months ago

I Know the Disgusting Backstory of a Dad at My Kid’s School. Should I Tell Everyone?

Slate  

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Fast-forward to this week, and I recognize a parent’s name on my daughter’s kindergarten class roster and realize … It’s that same doctor. You can go years without interacting even once with a parent of one of your children’s classmates, without ever breaking a sweat. You do not have any responsibility to …

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Six ways Kamala Harris the prosecutor changed these Californians’ lives forever
5 months, 1 week ago

Six ways Kamala Harris the prosecutor changed these Californians’ lives forever

LA Times  

Long before Kamala Harris was vice president and the Democratic presidential nominee, she was San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general. We should have Kamala come all the time.’” After Harris was elected San Francisco district attorney in 2003, she hired Simon to run an anti-recidivism program in the prosecutor’s office. “I have known Jessica for a few years, …

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Missouri Death Row Inmate Agrees To New Plea In Deal That Calls For Life Sentence Without Parole
7 months, 1 week ago

Missouri Death Row Inmate Agrees To New Plea In Deal That Calls For Life Sentence Without Parole

Huff Post  

Joseph Amrine, who was exonerated two decades ago after spending years on death row, speaks at a rally to support Missouri death row inmates Marcellus Williams on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Clayton, Mo. — A Missouri death row inmate on Wednesday dropped his innocence claim and entered a new no-contest plea in an agreement that calls for a revised …

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Missouri death row inmate agrees to new plea in deal that calls for a life sentence without parole
7 months, 1 week ago

Missouri death row inmate agrees to new plea in deal that calls for a life sentence without parole

Associated Press  

— A Missouri death row inmate on Wednesday dropped his innocence claim and entered a new no-contest plea in an agreement that calls for a revised sentence of life in prison without parole. The complicated turn of events happened on the day that St. Louis County Circuit Judge Bruce Hinton was supposed to oversee a hearing requested by Prosecuting Attorney …

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Lake Elsinore Killer Confesses To 1986 Cold Case Murder
7 months, 1 week ago

Lake Elsinore Killer Confesses To 1986 Cold Case Murder

Huff Post  

A convicted serial killer confessed to killing a Southern California teenager in 1986 after DNA testing linked him to the crime, authorities said this week. William “Bill” Lester Suff, now 70, confessed to killing 19-year-old Cathy Small, whose body was found at 7 a.m. on Feb. 22, 1986, lying in the middle of a South Pasadena street in her nightgown, …

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Texas man facing execution for 1998 killing of elderly woman for her money
8 months, 1 week ago

Texas man facing execution for 1998 killing of elderly woman for her money

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Gutierrez’s attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to …

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Family wants DNA testing on strand of hair that could hold key to care home resident’s death
9 months, 1 week ago

Family wants DNA testing on strand of hair that could hold key to care home resident’s death

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The medical examiner’s office later said it couldn't determine …

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Family wants DNA testing on strand of hair that could hold key to care home resident’s death
9 months, 1 week ago

Family wants DNA testing on strand of hair that could hold key to care home resident’s death

Associated Press  

A single black hair could help bring clarity to the mysterious death of a 50-year-old Philadelphia woman who choked on a large disinfectant wipe at a care home for people with development difficulties. The medical examiner’s office later said it couldn’t determine how the 7-by-10-inch wipe got in her airway -- leaving unresolved whether Yewdall’s death was accidental or a …

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Calls for Defence land audit as turf farm confirmed as origin of Swartz Barracks fire ant infestation
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Calls for Defence land audit as turf farm confirmed as origin of Swartz Barracks fire ant infestation

ABC  

In short: DNA testing confirms fire ants found at the Swartz Barracks at Oakey are linked to a known south-east Queensland infestation and likely came from a turf farm. DNA testing confirms fire ants found at the Swartz Barracks at Oakey are linked to a known south-east Queensland infestation and likely came from a turf farm. DNA testing has confirmed …

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Runner Shalu Chaudhary cleared of doping after DNA test reveals contamination in sample
11 months, 1 week ago

Runner Shalu Chaudhary cleared of doping after DNA test reveals contamination in sample

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The National Anti-Doping Agency's appeals' panel has exonerated middle-distance runner Shalu Chaudhary of doping charges and lifted her four-year ban after DNA testing revealed that her urine sample had either been tampered with or contaminated at the time of collection. The runner, who is a national-level medallist in 800m, subsequently sought a DNA testing of her urine sample, …

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Arkansas Supreme Court says new DNA testing can be sought in ‘West Memphis 3' case
11 months, 1 week ago

Arkansas Supreme Court says new DNA testing can be sought in ‘West Memphis 3' case

Associated Press  

— The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday said a judge wrongly denied a request for new genetic testing of crime scene evidence from the killing of three boys nearly 30 years ago. “This is monumental.” On Thursday, the court reversed the circuit judge’s ruling that the state law allowing for additional testing didn’t apply because Echols wasn’t in custody when …

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DOJ should probe endemic police failures on sexual assault cases.
1 year, 1 month ago

DOJ should probe endemic police failures on sexual assault cases.

Slate  

Raped on a dinner date by a man she met on a dating app, Alicia Franklin, a Black woman, immediately went to the Memphis Police Department, desperate for her perpetrator to be brought to justice. “They’ve destroyed so many women.” Last year, after four Memphis police officers brutally beat and murdered Tyre Nichols—an unarmed Black man—the Justice Department opened a …

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Rex Heuermann, suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer, charged with second-degree murder in fourth victim’s death
1 year, 2 months ago

Rex Heuermann, suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer, charged with second-degree murder in fourth victim’s death

CNN  

CNN — Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann has now been charged with murder in the deaths of all four women who became known as the “Gilgo Four” after their remains were discovered by investigators on Long Island in 2010. “Miraculously, nuclear DNA testing and results have come forward.” In 2010, a hair recovered from a belt buckle was …

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Rex Heuermann, suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer, charged with second-degree murder in fourth victim’s death
1 year, 2 months ago

Rex Heuermann, suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer, charged with second-degree murder in fourth victim’s death

CNN  

CNN — Gilgo Beach serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann has now been charged with murder in the deaths of all four women who became known as the “Gilgo Four” after their remains were discovered by investigators on Long Island in 2010. “Miraculously, nuclear DNA testing and results have come forward.” In 2010, a hair recovered from a belt buckle was …

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Cold cases solved: The rollout of Australia's first forensic genealogy capabilities
1 year, 5 months ago

Cold cases solved: The rollout of Australia's first forensic genealogy capabilities

ABC  

Police are using genetic genealogy to solve some of Australia's coldest cases. “Here we have a 40-year-old missing persons case that has been resolved … but Tanya Glover’s remains were only found in December last year.” Investigators say several other cases are just days or weeks away from being solved. “They were scanning around the new highway site on the …

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New persons of interest found in JonBenet Ramsey cold case murder, says report
1 year, 6 months ago

New persons of interest found in JonBenet Ramsey cold case murder, says report

The Independent  

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For children of Catholic priests, the search for truth and justice reveals hidden documents and painful secrets
1 year, 7 months ago

For children of Catholic priests, the search for truth and justice reveals hidden documents and painful secrets

ABC  

Brendan Watkins is one of thousands of children of priests who found their biological parents through DNA testing and social media. "The more children of priests I met and spoke with, I found all sorts of anecdotal stories about destroyed records and people knowing and systems within the church hiding the children of priests and documents going astray," says Brendan, …

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