The Boundless Utility of Rapid DNA Identification
Today’s blog is written by Julie L. French, Senior Vice President of Global Scientific Support, ANDE Corporation. Read the full version in the February 2021 issue of The ISHI Report. Rapid DNA Identification has been successfully used by agencies around the world for over 10 years. Even so, sometimes it is still referred to as […]
Predicting Appearance, Ancestry, and Age from DNA
Unknown perpetrators of crime cannot be identified with the current forensic use of DNA. The European Horizon 2020 Project VISAGE (Visual Attributes Through Genomics) aims to overcome this limitation by developing, validating, and implementing a set of molecular genetic tools for predicting appearance, age, and ancestry from unknown trace donors directly from their traces left […]
Newly Launched G.O.L.D. Unit in Cuyahoga County Using Forensic Genetic Genealogy to Identify Most-Wanted Cold Case Rapists
In 2013, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office (CCPO, Ohio) launched their Sexual Assault Kit Task Force (SAKTF) to investigate leads stemming from the testing of previously unsubmitted rape kits between 1993-2011. Over the years, the Task force finalized over 7,000 investigations which resulted in indictment of 817 defendants and justice for 915 victims. Last […]
Bayes’ Theorem: Can Statistics Help Guide a Verdict in the Courtroom?
Today’s blog is written by Ken Doyle, Content Lead at Promega. Read the full version in the Februrary 2021 issue of The ISHI Report. In the early hours of the morning on April 6, 1991, a young woman (referred to in court documents as “Miss M”) was walking home alone in a town north […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! Forensics Professor’s Body Farm Work is ‘Way Grosser’ but Meaningful […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! NamUs Announces New Contractor, Sub-Contractor (Forensic – 4/2/2021) A new […]
Forensic Genetic Investigation of Two Adult Male Skeletons Recovered from the 17th Century La Belle Shipwreck using Massively Parallel Sequencing
Today’s blog is written by Angie Ambers, Ph.D., Assistant Director at Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science. Read the full version in the November 2020 issue of The ISHI Report. Born in 1643, the French explorer Robert Cavalier (Sieur de La Salle) is best known for leading an expedition from the Great Lakes […]
Children Left Behind by Sex Tourists and Aid Workers: Do the Fathers Ever Think of Them?
Today’s blog is written by Professor Andrew MacLeod, Chairman Griffin Law (UK), Visiting Professor Kings College London (War Studies and Genetics), and co-founder www.HearTheirCries.org (anti-child abuse charity in Switzerland). More background on him can be found here: https://www.griffin.law/andrew-macleod/ and here: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/andrew-macleod Read the full version in the November 2020 issue of The ISHI Report. In December 2019 Susan […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! Five Women Lead Renowned Forensic Anthropology Center (The University of […]
