http://www.theforensicexaminer.com/ The Forensic Examiner RSS Feed en-us Copyright 2010 The Forensic Examiner http://www.talkradionews.com/quicknews/2010/8/20/karzai-pledges-to-fight-corruption-grant-anti-crime-units-in.html http://www.talkradionews.com/quicknews/2010/8/20/karzai-pledges-to-fight-corruption-grant-anti-crime-units-in.html Afghan President Hamid Karzai promised Friday to step-up the fight against corruption within his country by allowing his country’s anti-crime units to operate independently. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:39:19 -0500 http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Bigger-DNA-crime-database-urged-622813.php http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Bigger-DNA-crime-database-urged-622813.php ALBANY -- A criminal justice official said Thursday he is urging state prosecutors to require defendants pleading guilty to misdemeanors to submit DNA samples as a way to expand the state's database. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:38:43 -0500 http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_c70b6285-264c-557c-a2bd-61fb7c6d47a3.html http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_c70b6285-264c-557c-a2bd-61fb7c6d47a3.html ST. LOUIS • Police have identified the three suspects still at large in the robbery of ATM Solutions and have recovered about $3 million in cash — about one-third of the loot — Police Chief Dan Isom said this week. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:33:58 -0500 http://www2.wnct.com/news/2010/aug/19/2/sbi-lab-review-flags-evidence-230-cases-ar-340717/ http://www2.wnct.com/news/2010/aug/19/2/sbi-lab-review-flags-evidence-230-cases-ar-340717/ GREENVILLE, N.C. - An independent review of the SBI Forensic Lab flagged nine cases in Pitt County and five more in Beaufort and surrounding counties where results from evidence testing may not have been fully divulged. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:31:28 -0500 http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/Detail-Emerge-About-Remains-Found-in-Trunk-101152589.html http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/Detail-Emerge-About-Remains-Found-in-Trunk-101152589.html Forensic exams, autopsy results and other tests were pending Friday on remains of two mummified babies found in a Depression-era trunk in a Los Angeles apartment building basement, but more clues emerged about the apparent owner of the trunk. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:30:01 -0500 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/70-criminal-cases-pending-for-over-30-years-in-UP-court/articleshow/6332100.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/70-criminal-cases-pending-for-over-30-years-in-UP-court/articleshow/6332100.cms NEW DELHI: For 30 years, proceedings in 70 criminal cases in Uttar Pradesh have not moved an inch even though most of those involved -- the accused, complainants, investigating officers and judges -- would have either retired or died. There are four other cases which have been pending for 35 years now. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:48:18 -0500 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3103245/Career-criminal-jailed-73-times.html http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3103245/Career-criminal-jailed-73-times.html Career criminal David Fairbairn, 37, has appeared in court on 96 occasions since his teens and been sent to prison every year of his adult life. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:45:21 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9Fcx_z_IGFXdOomxWNgNhAxmiQwD9HMN4H00 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9Fcx_z_IGFXdOomxWNgNhAxmiQwD9HMN4H00 WASHINGTON — Nearly a third of criminal immigrants removed from the U.S. last year had committed crimes involving "dangerous drugs", statistics released by the Homeland Security Department show. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:40:45 -0500 http://www.norwalkreflector.com/articles/2010/08/19/front/doc4c6c43338a53f190289355.txt http://www.norwalkreflector.com/articles/2010/08/19/front/doc4c6c43338a53f190289355.txt Clifford W. Beach, 79, of 166 Walnut St., is charged with murder in connection with the death of his wife, Linda S. Beach, 63. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:08:39 -0500 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7159231.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7159231.html Michael Anthony Green fiddled with his cell phone, the second one he has owned since he was freed from prison less than a month ago. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:08:08 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gp12nuX-9UMjV3ZkZk0R0pYkUI3g http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gp12nuX-9UMjV3ZkZk0R0pYkUI3g More than 1,000 unidentified bodies found across England and Wales over the past 50 years could be named as a result of a sweeping cold case review. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:13:53 -0500 http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20100816_2130.php http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20100816_2130.php An unidentified individual or group of people this month has sent 30 powder-filled letters to businesses and other sites in three states, part of an apparent campaign that has involved hundreds of mailings and reached eight U.S. embassies, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Dec. 17, 2008). Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:59:25 -0500 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1303440/Police-hunt-woman-43-body-discovered-burning-house.html?ITO=1490 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1303440/Police-hunt-woman-43-body-discovered-burning-house.html?ITO=1490 Police are today hunting a blonde woman after she vanished just hours after her home was torched and a body was found inside. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:48:11 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gAh_-0UioVTttz_VSXGmJ3ZHDRhwD9HKBG202 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gAh_-0UioVTttz_VSXGmJ3ZHDRhwD9HKBG202 SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — One of the cleaning ladies in the building won't enter the room where the vials are stored because she can feel the restless souls inside them. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:47:23 -0500 http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201008160044 http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201008160044 Taipei, Aug. 16 (CNA) The Executive Yuan approved on Monday a three-year NT$1.45 billion (US$45.3 million) budget to fund a program that will upgrade the equipment used by the police force and strengthen officers' skills. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:46:54 -0500 http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T100816003463.htm http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T100816003463.htm Only 10 percent of suspicious deaths in Japan underwent forensic autopsies in 2009, mainly because the government has failed to convince people of their importance, according to experts. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:46:23 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/aug/16/david-kelly-inquest-hutton-inquiry http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/aug/16/david-kelly-inquest-hutton-inquiry Doubts ascribed to 'partial knowledge' but campaigners unmoved in demanding full inquest Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:46:01 -0500 http://www.examiner.com/x-21743-New-Orleans-Progressive-Examiner~y2010m8d12-FBI-nabs-suspected-serial-bank-robber-Granddad-Bandit-at-his-home-in-Baton-Rouge http://www.examiner.com/x-21743-New-Orleans-Progressive-Examiner~y2010m8d12-FBI-nabs-suspected-serial-bank-robber-Granddad-Bandit-at-his-home-in-Baton-Rouge On Wednesday, Michael Francis Mara, age 52, was captured and arrested by the FBI in Baton Rouge after tips from an anonymous source led the G-Men to his home. Mara is suspected of robbing at least 25 banks in 13 states. Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:58:13 -0500 http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/piecing-together-a-massacres-victims-20100811-11ze0.html http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/piecing-together-a-massacres-victims-20100811-11ze0.html IT STARTED as a funeral procession for a young independence supporter who had been shot and killed by Indonesian security forces. Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:56:51 -0500 http://www.detnews.com/article/20100812/METRO/8120377/1409/Serial-stabbing-suspect-may--ramp-up--attacks http://www.detnews.com/article/20100812/METRO/8120377/1409/Serial-stabbing-suspect-may--ramp-up--attacks Power, thrill, desire to be caught may be driving assaults, psychiatrist says From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100812/METRO/8120377/1409/Serial-stabbing-suspect-may--ramp-up--attacks#ixzz0wQnHWtFs Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:54:05 -0500 http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=241171 http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=241171 A third set of human remains has been found in a block of cement in a third container in the closet of a Reading woman's apartment, investigators said Thursday. Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:53:38 -0500 http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08/11/forensic-experts-bosnia-war-victims-thrown-river-years-ago/ http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/08/11/forensic-experts-bosnia-war-victims-thrown-river-years-ago/ SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Officials say they have so far found 60 partial skeletons in the muddy banks of a manmade lake in eastern Bosnia since the water level was lowered for dam maintenance. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:39:26 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/aug/10/ian-tomlinson-pathologist-childrens-postmortems http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/aug/10/ian-tomlinson-pathologist-childrens-postmortems Suspended Dr Freddy Patel denied any wrongdoing after failing to spot evidence of attack and to preserve a blood clot. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:38:13 -0500 http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/press-release/cckly_human-remains-found-in-woman-s-apartment-bones-likely-those-of-2-fetuses-or-infants-44-year-old-ja-1103132.html http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/press-release/cckly_human-remains-found-in-woman-s-apartment-bones-likely-those-of-2-fetuses-or-infants-44-year-old-ja-1103132.html Two sets of human remains have been found in two containers in a closet of a city woman's apartment, investigators said Tuesday. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:36:25 -0500 http://www.ktvb.com/news/regional/Investigators-say-6-year-old-was-shot-by-8-year-old-brother-100445354.html http://www.ktvb.com/news/regional/Investigators-say-6-year-old-was-shot-by-8-year-old-brother-100445354.html MASON COUNTY, Wash. – Mason County investigators now say forensic evidence leads them to believe a 6-year-old boy was shot by his 8-year old brother on Tuesday. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:19:40 -0500 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Police-have-no-physical-evidence-in-multistate-attacks-1009007-100394469.html http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Police-have-no-physical-evidence-in-multistate-attacks-1009007-100394469.html Police say three stabbings in Leesburg are connected to serial killings in Michigan, but have not found any forensic evidence linking the assaults. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:19:20 -0500 http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2010/08/charlessmith-compensation-110810.aspx http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2010/08/charlessmith-compensation-110810.aspx The Ontario government is offering up to $250,000 in compensation to persons affected by Dr. Charles Smith's "flawed work." Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:16:47 -0500 http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/11/2142835/the-murder-room-sheds-light-on.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/11/2142835/the-murder-room-sheds-light-on.html A 45-year-old woman is found beaten and strangled in the bathtub of her California home in 1998. Detectives find blood samples, hair, a possible suspect (her estranged husband?), even a motive (a $1.5 million inheritance?). Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:16:22 -0500 http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/paraben-corporation-announces-release-of-the-irecovery-stick-100465464.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/paraben-corporation-announces-release-of-the-irecovery-stick-100465464.html PLEASANT GROVE, Utah, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Paraben Corporation (http://www.paraben.com), a leader in the digital forensics industry, announces the release of the first consumer tool for recovering deleted data from iPhones. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:15:32 -0500 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Feds_-D_C_-police-have-lost-DNA-evidence-in-more-than-200-rape-cases-1008635-100393964.html http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Feds_-D_C_-police-have-lost-DNA-evidence-in-more-than-200-rape-cases-1008635-100393964.html The D.C. police department has lost evidence in more than 200 of its backlogged DNA rape cases, hampering unsolved sex cases and adding another embarrassment in the District's long quest to build its own crime lab. Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Feds_-D_C_-police-have-lost-DNA-evidence-in-more-than-200-rape-cases-1008635-100393964.html#ixzz0wKmtfXsv Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:14:58 -0500 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/guidance-software-unveils-industrys-first-forensic-based-critical-infrastructure-security-solution-2010-08-11?reflink=MW_news_stmp http://www.marketwatch.com/story/guidance-software-unveils-industrys-first-forensic-based-critical-infrastructure-security-solution-2010-08-11?reflink=MW_news_stmp Teams with Lofty Perch to Enhance Security for Industrial Control Systems and SCADA Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:14:09 -0500 http://www.thegovmonitor.com/world_news/united_states/maryland-dna-program-results-in-267-arrests-36728.html http://www.thegovmonitor.com/world_news/united_states/maryland-dna-program-results-in-267-arrests-36728.html Governor Martin O’Malley joined Baltimore City Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld, III, Terry Long, Director of the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division, and Baltimore City Council President Bernard “Jack” Young to announce a significant new milestone in the State’s DNA program. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:45:28 -0500 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=398927&src= http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=398927&src= The investigation of the July 22, 2010, murder of Jean Louis Wattecamps in his far south side Mount Prospect apartment by the Major Case Assistance Team and Mount Prospect Investigative Section underscores the effectiveness and public value created by the Major Case Assistance Team. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:45:02 -0500 http://www.examiner.com/x-1168-Crime-Examiner~y2010m8d8-Dutch-woman-admits-to-killing-babies-then-storing-them-in-suitcases http://www.examiner.com/x-1168-Crime-Examiner~y2010m8d8-Dutch-woman-admits-to-killing-babies-then-storing-them-in-suitcases Dutch woman admits to killing babies, then storing them in suitcases. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:44:32 -0500 http://www.laboratorynetwork.com/article.mvc/Forensic-Laboratories-Develops-First-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO http://www.laboratorynetwork.com/article.mvc/Forensic-Laboratories-Develops-First-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO Denver-based toxicology laboratory introduces oral assay measuring alcohol exposure. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:44:06 -0500 http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Mortgage-Fraud-Nearly-Quadruples-In-First-Half-Of-2010-Says-KPMG-Fraud-Barometer/Article/201008215679547?lpos=Business_Second_Home_Page_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15679547_Mortgage_Fraud_Nearly_Quadruples_In_First_Half_Of_2010%2C_Says_KPMG_Fraud_Barometer http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Mortgage-Fraud-Nearly-Quadruples-In-First-Half-Of-2010-Says-KPMG-Fraud-Barometer/Article/201008215679547?lpos=Business_Second_Home_Page_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15679547_Mortgage_Fraud_Nearly_Quadruples_In_First_Half_Of_2010%2C_Says_KPMG_Fraud_Barometer Mortgage fraud quadrupled in value during the first six months of 2010, accounting for more than half of all scams committed against the financial sector. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:43:42 -0500 http://abcnews.go.com/News/TheLaw/familial-dna-expose-east-coast-rapist/story?id=11334748 http://abcnews.go.com/News/TheLaw/familial-dna-expose-east-coast-rapist/story?id=11334748 Familial DNA is such a powerful forensic tool that it triggered the arrest of the suspected Grim Sleeper rapist in Los Angeles after 25 years as a cold case. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:43:20 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/aug/09/forensic-dramas-science-at-school http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/aug/09/forensic-dramas-science-at-school Murder proves a draw for pupils from Cheslyn Hay high school in the West Midlands. And they're not alone. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:42:55 -0500 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/08/09/2010-08-09_how_did_he_live_after_21_shots.html http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/08/09/2010-08-09_how_did_he_live_after_21_shots.html The gunman who survived at least 21 bullet wounds in a Harlem shootout with cops probably broke a record, a forensic expert said Sunday. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:42:29 -0500 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/09/fbi-lab-forensic-testing_n_675794.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/09/fbi-lab-forensic-testing_n_675794.html The pressure to feed results into a controversial, expansive DNA database has bogged down the FBI's DNA lab so badly that there is now a two-year-and-growing backlog for forensic DNA testing needed to solve violent crimes and missing persons cases. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:41:50 -0500 http://www2.newsadvance.com/news/2010/aug/09/despite-fear-ruling-causing-little-stir-ar-418710/ http://www2.newsadvance.com/news/2010/aug/09/despite-fear-ruling-causing-little-stir-ar-418710/ A year after the Supreme Court’s Melendez-Diaz ruling, which forced a change in the way some lab evidence is presented in court, local lawyers say the sky has not fallen. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:40:32 -0500 http://www.advertisertalk.com/life-technologies-introduces-new-forensic-dna-extraction-system-13968.zhtml http://www.advertisertalk.com/life-technologies-introduces-new-forensic-dna-extraction-system-13968.zhtml CARLSBAD, Calif. — LifeTechnologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE) today announced the commercial availability of the Applied Biosystems AutoMate Express(TM) Forensic DNA Extraction System, which is designed to streamline sample preparation and improve downstream DNA profile quality. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:40:06 -0500 http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/09/arizona.escapees/?hpt=Sbin http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/09/arizona.escapees/?hpt=Sbin (CNN) -- After 11 days on the lam, Arizona prison escapee Tracy Province has been captured in Meeteetse, Wyoming, police said Monday. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:39:33 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jdNb-rrng8if3YiYEqVaOdJCoCkQD9HDG7882 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jdNb-rrng8if3YiYEqVaOdJCoCkQD9HDG7882 NEW YORK — Two men convicted of beating an Ecuadorean immigrant to death after mistaking him and his brother for a gay couple were sentenced to the maximum Thursday and will spend decades in prison. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:27:39 -0500 http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/08/05/small-crimes-bloomberg-tops-giuliani-in-shoplifting-arrests/ http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/08/05/small-crimes-bloomberg-tops-giuliani-in-shoplifting-arrests/ Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was perhaps the world’s best-known advocate of the “broken windows” theory on crime fighting, waging war on everything from squeegee guys to shoplifters. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:25:26 -0500 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=398772&src= http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=398772&src= His daughter, Laura, and her friend, Krystal Tobias, just 8 and 9 respectively, were brutally murdered in Zion on Mother's Day 2005. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:23:27 -0500 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/08/05/DNA-closes-case-of-1970-Arizona-murder/UPI-30901281039300/ http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/08/05/DNA-closes-case-of-1970-Arizona-murder/UPI-30901281039300/ PHOENIX, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Arizona investigators announced Thursday they confirmed that the remains of a child found in 1979 are that of a 4-year-old girl who had been murdered. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:23:02 -0500 http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2267775/elcomsoft-offers-iphone http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2267775/elcomsoft-offers-iphone A Russian company is offering a tool that it claims can crack the encrypted contents of an iPhone. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:14:41 -0500 http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=452866&Itemid=28 http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=452866&Itemid=28 Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB: APDN), a provider of DNA-based security solutions, announced that in partnership with the Lancashire Constabulary it has received the Excellence in Policing Award which will be presented at the National Policing Improvement Agency's conference centre at Ryton-on-Dunsmore on September 21, 2010. This award is designed to promote the sharing of creative and innovative projects that are enhancing performance and productivity for the overall benefit of the UK police. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:13:48 -0500 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/aug/06/dnaa06-ar-415293/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/aug/06/dnaa06-ar-415293/ The Virginia Association of Commonwealth's Attorneys yesterday asked the Department of Forensic Science to implement familial DNA searching, a technique that California authorities say recently cracked the "Grim Sleeper" murders there. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:13:17 -0500 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-10876410 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-10876410 Police in Edinburgh are continuing the forensic examination of a flat in which three children were discovered dead. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:12:09 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h38orCDE3rSZHyrrPQHd5RhWjr_QD9HCTPLO0 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h38orCDE3rSZHyrrPQHd5RhWjr_QD9HCTPLO0 JOPLIN, Mo. — An investigation into the deaths of 11 women and a fetus found buried in the New Mexico desert last year appeared to wrap up Wednesday in southwest Missouri. Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:59:55 -0500 http://www.ajc.com/news/fbi-goes-digital-with-584717.html http://www.ajc.com/news/fbi-goes-digital-with-584717.html The FBI has teamed up with the Outdoor Advertising Association of America for a digital billboard campaign in an effort to identify and arrest “The Granddad Bandit.” Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:59:35 -0500 http://free-pressrelease-distribution.com/challenges-of-computer-forensics-and-network-forensics-2715546.html http://free-pressrelease-distribution.com/challenges-of-computer-forensics-and-network-forensics-2715546.html Computer Forensics is that branch of forensic science that deals with evidences and clues that are admissible in a court of law and found in computers, networks and digital storage equipment. This is a relatively new branch of forensic science that aims to aid the legal experts and law keepers in gathering important clues from the digital world. Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:58:16 -0500 http://www.pr.com/press-release/253292 http://www.pr.com/press-release/253292 inXitu now offers a field portable XRD analyzer for rapid detection of explosive materials, accelerants and fusing materials. Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:57:34 -0500 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6734E720100804 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6734E720100804 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Powerful drug cartels are increasingly using gruesome videos of executions and interrogations to intimidate their rivals, police and an already terrified public in Mexico's vicious drug war. Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:55:57 -0500 http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/brawl-in-jail-forensic-tests-on-sharpened-spoon-clothes/656129/ http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/brawl-in-jail-forensic-tests-on-sharpened-spoon-clothes/656129/ The sharpened spoon, allegedly used by Dawood Ibrahim aide Mustafa Dossa to assault extradited gangster Abu Salem in the Arthur Road Jail, and clothes worn by both at the time of the alleged assault have been sent for analysis to the Directorate of Forensic Science Laboratories, Kalina. Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:55:28 -0500 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-08/acs-fft080410.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-08/acs-fft080410.php A newly developed test could make checking DNA from people arrested for crimes with DNA samples from crime scenes stored in forensic databases almost as easy as matching fingerprints. Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:54:54 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/04/panama-william-holbert-laura-reese http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/04/panama-william-holbert-laura-reese Forensic scientists examine remains of man, woman and child on property of William Holbert and Laura Reese Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:54:18 -0500 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/life-technologies-introduces-new-forensic-dna-extraction-system-2010-08-04?reflink=MW_news_stmp http://www.marketwatch.com/story/life-technologies-introduces-new-forensic-dna-extraction-system-2010-08-04?reflink=MW_news_stmp System Designed and Validated for Complete Applied Biosystems Human Identification Workflow Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:53:52 -0500 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7922714/A-Team-of-cyber-sleuths-reveal-mole-in-Wikileaks-Afghan-revelations.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7922714/A-Team-of-cyber-sleuths-reveal-mole-in-Wikileaks-Afghan-revelations.html A self-described "A-Team" of volunteer cyber sleuths has disclosed how it helped identify the alleged Wikileaks whistleblower. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:10:40 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hxVBW0vZuOHH7ciSTfPFlc6yZtvAD9HBGC6G4 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hxVBW0vZuOHH7ciSTfPFlc6yZtvAD9HBGC6G4 RICHMOND, Va. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is launching a 40-state billboard campaign in hopes of catching a bank robber dubbed the "Granddad Bandit." Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:10:18 -0500 http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/Crews-search-landfill-for-clues-in-case-of-missing-toddler-99755769.html http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/Crews-search-landfill-for-clues-in-case-of-missing-toddler-99755769.html DEWEY, Ariz. -- The search continues for a toddler who disappeared seven days ago from a family campsite near Rimrock. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:09:16 -0500 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2010-08-02-2Amarshes_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2010-08-02-2Amarshes_N.htm As surface oil plumes fade from view in the Gulf of Mexico, courtesy of the capped Macondo well, it would be wrong to think that the oil still isn't there, forensic toxicologists warn. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:08:56 -0500 http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201008027301/Headline-News/American-giant-moves-into-Canadian-forensics-market http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201008027301/Headline-News/American-giant-moves-into-Canadian-forensics-market On June 15, global financial giant Duff & Phelps Corp. announced its acquisition of Toronto-based financial advisory firm Cole & Partners, a move that marked its first foray into the Canadian market. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:07:46 -0500 http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/2556580,2_1_1_AU02_CORONER_S1-100802.article http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/2556580,2_1_1_AU02_CORONER_S1-100802.article GENEVA -- Unlike "Quincy M.E.," the fictional TV show about a forensic pathologist in a medical examiner's office, Kane County Coroner Chuck West isn't a doctor or a forensic pathologist. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:07:24 -0500 http://www.sbnonline.com/Local/Article/20327/68/140/How_business_owners_can_benefit_from_contemporary_forensic_accounting.aspx?Category= http://www.sbnonline.com/Local/Article/20327/68/140/How_business_owners_can_benefit_from_contemporary_forensic_accounting.aspx?Category= With increased regulatory demands and constant threats of fraud and misconduct, businesses have to watch their backs, especially when it comes to finances. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:06:57 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5izEIgELym0Sd8sk3hFjAYotVXWkQ http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5izEIgELym0Sd8sk3hFjAYotVXWkQ Officials say about 50 public employees in Sarajevo will help forensic experts search for the remains of people killed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war and thrown into the Drina River. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:06:32 -0500 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bode-technology-continues-to-expand-its-international-forensic-dna-services-presence-2010-08-02?reflink=MW_news_stmp http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bode-technology-continues-to-expand-its-international-forensic-dna-services-presence-2010-08-02?reflink=MW_news_stmp Leading forensic DNA analysis and services provider increases worldwide reach through strategic partnerships Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:05:42 -0500 http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/10369-french-woman-confesses-her-crime http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/10369-french-woman-confesses-her-crime A new United States Army report reveals that substance abuse and criminal activity are two central reasons why US soldiers are committing suicide in the Army. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:47:56 -0500 http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/10369-french-woman-confesses-her-crime http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/10369-french-woman-confesses-her-crime A 45 year old woman has finally broken her silence, admitting her crime of deliberately killing her eight newborn babies with her own hands and then stealthily burying their bodies. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:47:19 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hrKDTWj69InIzTrUuDXfQZy3P3-A http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hrKDTWj69InIzTrUuDXfQZy3P3-A GRENOBLE, France — French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed Friday to crack down on foreign-born criminals, pushing his "war on crime" amid fear of violence between police and immigrant minorities. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:23:17 -0500 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/07/texan-exonerated-on-rape-charge-and-freed-after-27-years-in-prison/1 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/07/texan-exonerated-on-rape-charge-and-freed-after-27-years-in-prison/1 A 45-year-old Houston man was freed today after 27 years in prison after a court agreed that DNA evidence showed that he did not commit the rape for which he was convicted. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:22:45 -0500 http://www.wctv.tv/news/headlines/99623349.html?ref=349 http://www.wctv.tv/news/headlines/99623349.html?ref=349 On Tuesday, August 3, 2010, the Tallahassee Police Department will be celebrating the 27th Annual National Night Out in a very traditional way. Rather than taking citizens out of their neighborhoods and leaving their homes susceptible to burglary and other crime, officers from the Community Relations Unit will be making the rounds visiting those neighborhoods hosting NNO events. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:22:20 -0500 http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/Tribal-law-and-order-act-brings-hope-for-justice-99623189.html http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/opinion/Tribal-law-and-order-act-brings-hope-for-justice-99623189.html In 2006, federal authorities failed to prosecute 65 percent of major crimes cases on reservations. Too often, that failure to prosecute major crimes is accompanied by silence on the part of federal authorities. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:21:31 -0500 http://www.smartmoney.com/investing/stocks/using-forensic-research-to-identify-trends/ http://www.smartmoney.com/investing/stocks/using-forensic-research-to-identify-trends/ MARTIN SASS HAS WORKED on Wall Street long enough to have turned down two opportunities, three decades apart, to invest with Bernie Madoff. As the Buddha figures sitting in Sass' office might suggest, it's best "not to depend on others." Read more: Using Forensic Research to Identify Trends - Investing - Stocks - SmartMoney.com http://www.smartmoney.com/investing/stocks/using-forensic-research-to-identify-trends/#ixzz0vC7oO5Hf Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:12:42 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/us/30nuke.html?src=me http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/us/30nuke.html?src=me The nation’s ability to identify the source of a nuclear weapon used in a terrorist attack is fragile and eroding, according to a report released Thursday by the National Research Council. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:11:58 -0500 http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Sexual+arousal+tests+cancelled/3339985/story.html http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Sexual+arousal+tests+cancelled/3339985/story.html Controversial sex arousal tests used on young offenders have been halted permanently, following news that a medical technician working in the program has been charged with an unrelated sexual offence. Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Sexual+arousal+tests+cancelled/3339985/story.html#ixzz0vC7TOGfb Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:11:32 -0500 http://news.softpedia.com/news/iPhone-Jailbreaking-Lure-Used-to-Push-Malware-149613.shtml http://news.softpedia.com/news/iPhone-Jailbreaking-Lure-Used-to-Push-Malware-149613.shtml Security researchers warn that cyber criminals are exploiting the news that jailbroking iPhones is now legal in the United States. Rogue spam emails are trying to pass an information stealing trojan as an iPhone unlocking software. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:50:33 -0500 http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9H818N00.htm http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9H818N00.htm Slovenian police have confirmed that they have detained a computer hacker believed responsible for creating the virus that infected 12 million computers worldwide. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:48:33 -0500 http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Police+caseloads+rise+crime+rates+waning+Canada+StatsCan/3333897/story.html http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Police+caseloads+rise+crime+rates+waning+Canada+StatsCan/3333897/story.html Statistically speaking, Canadians are less likely to be victims of crime than they were in 1999 — and if they do fall victim to a crime, the police are more likely to lay charges. Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Police+caseloads+rise+crime+rates+waning+Canada+StatsCan/3333897/story.html#ixzz0v4xRl3c9 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:47:31 -0500 http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/64266 http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/64266 Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Friendster and other social networking sites ripe for cyber crimals Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:46:38 -0500 http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/99541839.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/99541839.html Reported crime in Milwaukee through the first half of this year is down 19% when compared with the same time period in 2007, according to statistics released Thursday by the city's Police Department. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:35:00 -0500 http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=105586&catid=189 http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=105586&catid=189 UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (WUSA) -- Prosecutors in Prince George's County asked a judge Wednesday to allow them to try the 14-year-old boy accused of raping and murdering a teacher at the Cheltenham Youth Facility February 18th as an adult. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:29:58 -0500 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/196142.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/196142.php The BMA in Wales has expressed alarm about the patchy provision of fully trained sexual offence examiners across the UK which contributes to a reduction in rape conviction rates. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:28:06 -0500 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7128807.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7128807.html A Houston man is expected to be freed this week after serving more than 27 years in prison — the longest time behind bars of any Texan who has been exonerated - for a rape prosecutors now say he did not commit. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:25:31 -0500 http://www.kvue.com/news/FBI-agents-learn-fingerprint-recovery-skills-in-San-Marcos-99503214.html http://www.kvue.com/news/FBI-agents-learn-fingerprint-recovery-skills-in-San-Marcos-99503214.html FBI agents from around the country learned cutting edge fingerprinting skills at Texas State University in San Marcos. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:23:36 -0500 http://www.whtm.com/news/stories/0710/759457.html http://www.whtm.com/news/stories/0710/759457.html Hummelstown, Pa. - Was a newborn baby killed years ago and buried in Hummelstown? On Wednesday, investigators dug up a back yard behind several apartments in search of clues. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:22:56 -0500 http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/28/france.dead.babies/?hpt=Sbin#fbid=HxxYcw5OZM_ http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/28/france.dead.babies/?hpt=Sbin#fbid=HxxYcw5OZM_ Paris, France (CNN) -- A woman has been charged over the discovery of the bodies of eight newborn babies at two locations in northern France, the French Interior Ministry said Thursday. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:19:49 -0500 http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=7576376 http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=7576376 FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Authorities say the popularity of social networking sites is making children more vulnerable than ever, as "tweens" and teens go online and share information they normally wouldn't give to strangers. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:10:04 -0500 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/why-even-prison-cant-stop-mexicos-brutal-drug-lords-2036202.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/why-even-prison-cant-stop-mexicos-brutal-drug-lords-2036202.html The gang had the perfect alibi when their rivals were gunned down – they were in jail. But they weren't – the guards had let them out, and even lent them their guns Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:09:48 -0500 http://tribune-democrat.com/local/x1037668791/Man-on-trial-for-bilking-thousands-from-94-year-old http://tribune-democrat.com/local/x1037668791/Man-on-trial-for-bilking-thousands-from-94-year-old EBENSBURG — A 94-year-old Westmont woman testified in county court Monday that a man she trusted like a son had her write out checks directly to him rather than to home suppliers or stores so that he could get a contractor’s discount. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:09:31 -0500 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/26/DD541EI8GT.DTL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/26/DD541EI8GT.DTL Nina Sharanova Reiser disappeared from her life in Oakland on Sept. 3, 2006, leaving behind her 6-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter. Her estranged husband, Hans Reiser, insisted that Nina left of her own accord while trying to throw suspicion on him as a murderer. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/26/DD541EI8GT.DTL#ixzz0utZnrTGL Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:04:38 -0500 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/7912527/Wikileaks-and-Afghanistan-why-the-blogospheres-obsession-with-leaks-is-life-threatening.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/7912527/Wikileaks-and-Afghanistan-why-the-blogospheres-obsession-with-leaks-is-life-threatening.html The internet's gleeful insistence on publishing sensitive data will end up killing people, says Milo Yiannopoulos. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:03:15 -0500 http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=348&NewsID=983982&CategoryID=20365&on=1 http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=348&NewsID=983982&CategoryID=20365&on=1 WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Lt. Jeff Weible and his staff are fond of secrecy. Their job requires intense secrecy and special skills, mostly with computers, sometimes with acting, always with the pursuit of sex criminals in mind. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:02:51 -0500 http://www.wrex.com/Global/story.asp?S=12870677 http://www.wrex.com/Global/story.asp?S=12870677 One of the best home security systems requires no monthly contracts or electrical wiring and may go unnoticed by crooks. Thanks to innovative new research, cat fur is helping to identify and convict miscreants, from robbers to murderers. As a result, your purring lap kitty could one day save your belongings -- and maybe even your life. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:01:06 -0500 http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=182792 http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=182792 Forensic experts, IDF Rabbinate reps prepare to depart crash site to identify 7 bodies; IDF informs families of announcement; chopper apparently burst into flames after hitting mountain. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:00:47 -0500 http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/infrastructure/2010/07/26/bt-takes-forensic-approach-to-copper-theft-40089641/ http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/infrastructure/2010/07/26/bt-takes-forensic-approach-to-copper-theft-40089641/ BT Openreach has introduced a new forensic technology to tag cable thieves and save on the "millions" it said it loses each year due to copper theft. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:00:22 -0500 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/7120925.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/7120925.html Mexico grows numb to killings, gang butchery Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:59:50 -0500 http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2010/07/23/news/local/496748.txt http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2010/07/23/news/local/496748.txt LITCHFIELD — Paul Graziani, who served 17 years in prison for slaying his father and a subsequent term for bomb making, will spend another 15 years in prison for violating probation. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:59:27 -0500 http://tribstar.com/news/x525981248/Touch-DNA-forensics-kits-streamlining-prison-investigations http://tribstar.com/news/x525981248/Touch-DNA-forensics-kits-streamlining-prison-investigations TERRE HAUTE — When an offender says “It’s not mine” or “I didn’t touch it” regarding illegal drugs, weapons or other contraband found at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, a new investigative tool can reveal the truth. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:59:05 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/nyregion/22bandit.html?src=mv http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/nyregion/22bandit.html?src=mv The robber walked into the Madison Avenue clothing store carrying a Saturday night special and a lifelong and violent rap sheet, but witnesses in the store that day remembered the same bizarre detail: the oxygen tank that helped him breathe through a tube to his nose. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:19:07 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jhfshgZ_o_kmdOVyzH6c_Ak_3k3QD9H3OTRO1 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jhfshgZ_o_kmdOVyzH6c_Ak_3k3QD9H3OTRO1 WASHINGTON — An unnamed man in custody on federal gun and sex charges is suspected of being a methodical serial killer who knew how to cover his tracks by expertly altering crime scenes and tampering with evidence to throw off police. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:30:17 -0500 http://www.examiner.com/x-59941-DC-Crime-Examiner~y2010m7d21-DC-area-serial-killer-is-finally-identified http://www.examiner.com/x-59941-DC-Crime-Examiner~y2010m7d21-DC-area-serial-killer-is-finally-identified With crime shows like “CSI” and “Forensic Files” exploding in popularity comes the inevitable fear that these shows are essentially teaching people how to be better criminals. Nothing demonstrates that fear better than the suspect in the most recent string of homicides in the Largo area. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:30:00 -0500 http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2010/7/22/csi-becoming-a-reality-forensics-goes-3d.aspx http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2010/7/22/csi-becoming-a-reality-forensics-goes-3d.aspx CSI is one of most commented and watched TV shows world-wide. The biggest issue that fans and real forensic officers has with it is "unrealistically futuristic" way to analyze the crime scene, most notably by overuse of computers using methods that aren't available. Until now. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:28:39 -0500 http://heraldnet.com/article/20100722/NEWS01/707229845 http://heraldnet.com/article/20100722/NEWS01/707229845 Forensic tests link the victim's husband to the killing, but he won't stand trial: He died in 2004. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:26:03 -0500 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/7903792/Hugo-Chavez-exhumes-remains-of-hero-Simon-Bolivar.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/7903792/Hugo-Chavez-exhumes-remains-of-hero-Simon-Bolivar.html Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela, has exhumed the remains of South American independence hero Simon Bolivar to determine the cause of his death nearly 200 years ago. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:25:42 -0500 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/mobile_county/chickasaw-man-found-dead-in-cell http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/mobile_county/chickasaw-man-found-dead-in-cell CHICKASAW, Alabama (WALA) - Chickasaw police say a man they took into custody on Monday night was found dead in his cell Tuesday afternoon. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:24:30 -0500 http://sify.com/news/blood-spatter-3d-model-to-make-crime-scene-investigation-easier-news-others-khvn4idjbhb.html http://sify.com/news/blood-spatter-3d-model-to-make-crime-scene-investigation-easier-news-others-khvn4idjbhb.html Reconstructing the course of events leading up to a murder could become easier and more accurate, thanks to a new system for making a high-resolution 3D map of a crime scene. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:38:29 -0500 http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/WireHeadlines/2010/07/21/scientist-no-dna-links-arkansas-doctor-t-98.php http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/WireHeadlines/2010/07/21/scientist-no-dna-links-arkansas-doctor-t-98.php LITTLE ROCK—Scientists found no fingerprints and no DNA matching Dr. Randeep Mann on 98 grenades discovered buried near his Pope County home, witnesses said Tuesday, as prosecutors continued to argue that the grenades belonged to the doctor who also faces bombing charges. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:33:46 -0500 http://www.examiner.com/x-33602-Wichita-Falls-Law-Enforcement-Examiner~y2010m7d21-Texas-execution-of-Derrick-Jackson-shows-power-of-DNA http://www.examiner.com/x-33602-Wichita-Falls-Law-Enforcement-Examiner~y2010m7d21-Texas-execution-of-Derrick-Jackson-shows-power-of-DNA Derrick Jackson , 42, was executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening, July 20, 2010 in Huntsville, Texas. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:33:30 -0500 http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-07-20/news/ct-met-crime-poll-20100720_1_year-and-homicides-violent-crimes-chicagoans http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-07-20/news/ct-met-crime-poll-20100720_1_year-and-homicides-violent-crimes-chicagoans Mack Julion has always been in love with Chicago. A Southwest Side resident, he swore he would never flee to the suburbs, playfully mocking friends as not being "real Chicagoans." Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:22:34 -0500 http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Canada+crime+rate+continues/3303188/story.html http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Canada+crime+rate+continues/3303188/story.html Decline in assaults, homicides; Impaired driving incidents remain steady on Montreal Island, data from 2009 show Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Canada+crime+rate+continues/3303188/story.html#ixzz0uK4i7sqr Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:21:36 -0500 http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2010/07/20/cacis-paul-cofoni-cyber-defense-suffers-from-being-one-of-many-priorities/ http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2010/07/20/cacis-paul-cofoni-cyber-defense-suffers-from-being-one-of-many-priorities/ Cybersecurity should be just as much prioritized as issues pertaining to the ongoing wars, the economy, and the healthcare and immigration reforms, said CACI Chief Executive Officer Paul Cofoni in a recent podcast interview with GovInfo Security. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:21:15 -0500 http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2010/07/20/cyber-criminals-utilize-social-networks-to-control-bots/ http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2010/07/20/cyber-criminals-utilize-social-networks-to-control-bots/ Researchers at RSA FraudAction Research Lab have recently discovered a banking Trojan being hosted by a public social networking site. Any site which allows users to upload any type of content is vulnerable to the Trojan’s configurations, RSA says. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:20:56 -0500 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012406225_topsecret21.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012406225_topsecret21.html The brick warehouse is not just a warehouse. Drive through the gate and around back, and there, hidden away, is someone's personal security detail: a fleet of black SUVs armored up to withstand explosions and gunfire. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:20:34 -0500 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/20/AR2010072006211.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/20/AR2010072006211.html The man responsible for the slayings of two mothers and their daughters in the Largo area last year is a crafty serial killer who pored through books about forensic science to learn how to clean up his crime scenes and intentionally changed his killing methods to confuse detectives, law enforcement sources close to the investigation said. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:17:09 -0500 http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/jul/21/around-the-region/ http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/jul/21/around-the-region/ LITTLE ROCK -- A forensic scientist told jurors Tuesday that no DNA links Dr. Randeep Mann to 98 grenades found buried in an ammo can near the doctor's Pope County home. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:16:05 -0500 http://www.policeone.com/police-products/investigation/articles/2142806-Building-a-top-notch-investigations-team/ http://www.policeone.com/police-products/investigation/articles/2142806-Building-a-top-notch-investigations-team/ Forensic technicians interviewing suspects may make for entertaining television, but investigation teams really run on the opposing talents theory Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:15:46 -0500 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/7899240/Bailiffs-should-visit-offenders-homes-to-make-them-pay-for-their-crimes-Louise-Casey-says.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/7899240/Bailiffs-should-visit-offenders-homes-to-make-them-pay-for-their-crimes-Louise-Casey-says.html Mrs Casey said it was vital that courts ensured that fines were paid in full and community sentences completed. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:32:05 -0500 http://www.baycitizen.org/crime/story/sf-crime-labs-future-uncertain/ http://www.baycitizen.org/crime/story/sf-crime-labs-future-uncertain/ The future of San Francisco’s crime lab hangs in a complicated balance. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:31:44 -0500 http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2010/07/quinn-signs-gun-crime-bill-one-day-after-chicago-cop-killed.html http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2010/07/quinn-signs-gun-crime-bill-one-day-after-chicago-cop-killed.html One day after the latest fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer, Gov. Pat Quinn today signed a new law that would require at least a year in prison for an adult convicted of illegally carrying a loaded gun. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:31:27 -0500 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/19/BAKN1EGPDK.DTL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/19/BAKN1EGPDK.DTL In less than a 24-hour span, a motorist wearing body armor engaged in a gunbattle with police on Interstate 580 in Oakland, a Virginia man in the Bay Area for a job interview was slain downtown and a West Oakland sniper fired on police from a high-rise building. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:31:13 -0500 http://reseller.co.nz/reseller.nsf/news/staff-ex-employees-main-culprits-in-data-theft-survey http://reseller.co.nz/reseller.nsf/news/staff-ex-employees-main-culprits-in-data-theft-survey http://reseller.co.nz/reseller.nsf/news/staff-ex-employees-main-culprits-in-data-theft-survey Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:21:01 -0500 http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/soldier-acquitted-of-murdering-insurgent-98811754.html http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/soldier-acquitted-of-murdering-insurgent-98811754.html Found guilty of disgraceful conduct in mercy killing Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:20:40 -0500 http://www.baycitizen.org/crime/story/raids-nab-11-child-pornography/ http://www.baycitizen.org/crime/story/raids-nab-11-child-pornography/ Police say high-tech investigation marks start of a crackdown Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:20:13 -0500 http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100719/bc_noyes_psychiatrist_100719/20100719?hub=BritishColumbiaHome http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100719/bc_noyes_psychiatrist_100719/20100719?hub=BritishColumbiaHome ROSSLAND, B.C. — A woman accused of murdering her 12-year-old autistic neighbour awoke the morning after he was killed and thought it had all been a dream, a forensic psychiatrist testified at her trial Monday. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:19:59 -0500 http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100719/wpg_atm_fraud_100719/20100719/?hub=WinnipegHome http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100719/wpg_atm_fraud_100719/20100719/?hub=WinnipegHome Winnipeg police have launched an investigation after determining almost $2 million was stolen over a number of years from a health centre's ATM. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:18:47 -0500 http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/children-114540-rubio-healthy.html http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/children-114540-rubio-healthy.html A forensic doctor testified Monday that the children of Angela Camacho and John Allen Rubio were healthy with no signs of abuse, injuries or diseases before they were killed by “homicidal violence from a combination of decapitation, stab wounds and asphyxia.” Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:18:15 -0500 http://bigthink.com/ideas/20990 http://bigthink.com/ideas/20990 Leonardo da Vinci didn’t invent the sfumato technique, which produced the “smoky” effects of masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa, but he may have perfected it. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:58:05 -0500 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=7562951 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=7562951 OAKLAND, CA (KGO) -- Investigators are trying to figure out where a man was heading Saturday with guns and body armor, when he got into a shootout with CHP officers on I-580 in Oakland. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:23:56 -0500 http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/19/blogetery-owners-shut-down-bombs-al-qaeda/ http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/19/blogetery-owners-shut-down-bombs-al-qaeda/ A popular website that hosted more than 70,000 bloggers was shut down suddenly last week after the FBI informed its chief technology officer that the site contained hit lists, bomb-making documents and links to Al Qaeda materials, it was reported on Monday. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:22:56 -0500 http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/children-114514-healthy-forensic.html http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/children-114514-healthy-forensic.html Healthy children with no signs of abuse, injuries or diseases is how a forensic doctor described the children of Angela Camacho and John Allen Rubio before they were killed by “homicidal violence from a combination of decapitation, stab wounds and asphyxia.” Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:12:33 -0500 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-gould/americas-dna-profile-has_b_650954.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-gould/americas-dna-profile-has_b_650954.html In the two years since the publication of our book Invisible History: Afghanistan's Untold Story we have had the chance to address dozens of forums and radio audiences around the United States about Afghanistan. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:56:27 -0500 http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-news/dna-testing-may-reopen-17-year-old-ohio-murder-817523.html http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-news/dna-testing-may-reopen-17-year-old-ohio-murder-817523.html AKRON, Ohio — A judge in Ohio has ordered DNA testing in a 17-year-old murder case that produced dozens of suspects before a conviction was reached in 1995. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:48:49 -0500 http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Police-Suicide-Bombers-to-Blame-for-Kampala-Blasts-98702599.html http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Police-Suicide-Bombers-to-Blame-for-Kampala-Blasts-98702599.html Police in Uganda have released photographs of the reconstructed faces of two suicide bombers who struck in Kampala during the World Cup soccer finals, killing 76 people. A number of Pakistanis are among more than 20 people detained in connection with the bombing investigation. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:13:25 -0500 http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/07/18/2343275/suspect-killed-by-police-in-connection.html http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/07/18/2343275/suspect-killed-by-police-in-connection.html A Mineral Wells man wanted in connection with the kidnapping and slaying of a 4-year-old boy was shot and killed by police Sunday afternoon near Mineral Wells, an FBI official said. Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/07/18/2343275/suspect-killed-by-police-in-connection.html#ixzz0u8LVD7lW Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:13:02 -0500 http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2010/07/new-limits-on-nypds-stopandfrisk-policy.html http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2010/07/new-limits-on-nypds-stopandfrisk-policy.html Police in New York City aggressively use a technique called stop-and-frisk to fight crime. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:10:33 -0500 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/07/aclu-wants-to-curtain-key-part-of-california-dna-crime-program.html http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/07/aclu-wants-to-curtain-key-part-of-california-dna-crime-program.html As state forensic scientists savor their success in using DNA to nab a suspect in the Grim Sleeper case, a federal court is considering shutting down a DNA collection program the state says has helped solve several violent crimes. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:06:24 -0500 http://www.chieftain.com/news/local/article_cddf26fa-92ef-11df-8339-001cc4c002e0.html http://www.chieftain.com/news/local/article_cddf26fa-92ef-11df-8339-001cc4c002e0.html Cadaver dog will hunt for more evidence near site in southern Pueblo County.Cadaver dog will hunt for more evidence near site in southern Pueblo County. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:06:04 -0500 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/7887950/Mystery-of-Romes-jigsaw-skeleton.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/7887950/Mystery-of-Romes-jigsaw-skeleton.html Police are hunting a 'bone collector' after the discovery in Rome of a skeleton made from five different bodies Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:33:39 -0500 http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2010/07/dna_searches_partial_matches_c.html http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2010/07/dna_searches_partial_matches_c.html The recent breakthrough in a sensational “cold case” in California is sure to revive interest in the controversial use of partial DNA matches. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:33:19 -0500 http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7555431 http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7555431 LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles County Coroner is receiving $1.6 million to upgrade its forensic laboratory. Part of that money will be used to upgrade the department's DNA testing facility. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors approved the funding. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:32:35 -0500 http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/forensic-tools-may-help-save-living-fossil-plants-0343/ http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/forensic-tools-may-help-save-living-fossil-plants-0343/ When dinosaurs went crashing through lush, primordial landscapes millions of years ago, some of the plants they trampled were cycads. Those ancient plants are still around today, though barely hanging on, and scientists are working to make sure these living fossils don't disappear. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:32:13 -0500 http://www.examiner.com/x-57066-SF-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m7d13-Oakland-police-officers-hand-in-badges-while-crime-rate-climbs http://www.examiner.com/x-57066-SF-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m7d13-Oakland-police-officers-hand-in-badges-while-crime-rate-climbs Oakland – After intense negotiations between police union representatives and city officials, talks failed and 80 police officers were laid off. In a city with the state’s highest violent crime rates, fewer police officers mean less protection for the city’s residents. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:06:22 -0500 http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/07/13/la-county-coroners-office-get-new-dna-lab/ http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/07/13/la-county-coroners-office-get-new-dna-lab/ The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed today to spend $1.6 million to upgrade the county coroner's forensic laboratory to include DNA testing capabilities. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:02:16 -0500 http://www.fox21online.com/news/16-year-old-involved-thrill-killing-be-tried-adult http://www.fox21online.com/news/16-year-old-involved-thrill-killing-be-tried-adult HAYWARD - "My job was to be the lookout and take anything valuable. He said we weren't going to get in trouble," Austin Davis said during a police interview in May 2009. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:59:05 -0500 http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/no071310.htm http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/no071310.htm WASHINGTON—Six officers with the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) were charged today in connection with the federal investigation of a police-involved shooting on the Danziger Bridge in the days after Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department announced today. The incident resulted in the death of two civilians and the wounding of four others. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:52:14 -0500 http://losangeles.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/la071210.htm http://losangeles.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/la071210.htm LOS ANGELES—A resident of Vancouver, British Columbia was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison for operating a fraudulent lottery scheme that targeted dozens of elderly Americans victims who lost at least $600,000. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:51:59 -0500 http://anchorage.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ak071210.htm http://anchorage.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ak071210.htm ANCHORAGE, AK—United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today, July 12, 2010, that Phonesavanh Vongthongdy, of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment for his role in a violent, multi-defendant drug conspiracy. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:51:43 -0500 http://www.eturbonews.com/17253/uganda-bombing-suspects-nabbed http://www.eturbonews.com/17253/uganda-bombing-suspects-nabbed KAMPALA, Uganda (eTN) - Security operatives arrested several suspects and conspirators thought to be responsible for or connected to the bombings in Kampala while the World Cup Final was going on last Sunday, and in the process secured vital evidence including at least one suicide vest ready for use and also other explosives and material. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:42:47 -0500 http://www.hindustantimes.com/FAQs-on-Forensic-Sciences/Article1-571700.aspx http://www.hindustantimes.com/FAQs-on-Forensic-Sciences/Article1-571700.aspx Prof Surinder Nath, former head, department of anthropology, University of Delhi, answers some frequently-asked questions about forensic sciences. Is forensic sciences all about medico-legal case investigations? Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:42:30 -0500 http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/168553/group/homepage/ http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/168553/group/homepage/ ST. PAUL — Eleven people were wrongly charged with drunken driving even though they weren’t over Minnesota’s legal limit to drive due to a math mistake at a metro-area lab. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:42:09 -0500 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/13/2951913.htm?section=justin http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/13/2951913.htm?section=justin A former Victorian police officer has welcomed reports that a man wanted over a quadruple murder may have died in the United States five years ago. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:50:48 -0500 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-suspect-mistaken-release-20100712,0,668144.story http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-suspect-mistaken-release-20100712,0,668144.story A registered sex offender who had been ordered held without bail on charges that he raped a woman in Herring Run Park a decade ago is being sought after sheriff's deputies in Baltimore County mistakenly released him from custody last month. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:15:14 -0500 http://www.kentucky.com/2010/07/13/1347075/the-grim-sleeper-and-dna-theres.html http://www.kentucky.com/2010/07/13/1347075/the-grim-sleeper-and-dna-theres.html DNA evidence was undeniably the key to the arrest and charging of Lonnie David Franklin Jr., believed to be the Grim Sleeper responsible for a string of slayings in Los Angeles between 1985 and 2007. Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2010/07/13/1347075/the-grim-sleeper-and-dna-theres.html#ixzz0tZGoL5X0 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:14:52 -0500 http://www.securityinfowatch.com/node/1316806 http://www.securityinfowatch.com/node/1316806 The US plans to install a Big Brother-style monitoring system on the computer systems of private companies and government agencies to prevent cyber-attacks from abroad. The program, named Perfect Citizen, will rely on sensors that will be deployed in networks running critical infrastructure such as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants. It will be able to detect any attempt by foreign saboteurs to launch a cyber-attack . But privacy campaigners have reacted furiously, saying that 'mission creep' will make it easy for security forces to effectively spy on normal citizens. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:13:21 -0500 http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-facebook-panic-button-cyber-abuse-story,0,813367.story http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-facebook-panic-button-cyber-abuse-story,0,813367.story Cyber abuse is a growing problem.42% of American children have been bullied online, and 1 in 5 US teenagers say they received unwanted sexual solicitation. Facebook is hoping to fight it all with a panic button. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:12:50 -0500 http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2010/07/12/Jails-are-top-mental-health-institutions/UPI-27621278982109/ http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2010/07/12/Jails-are-top-mental-health-institutions/UPI-27621278982109/ LOS ANGELES, July 12 (UPI) -- New York's Riker's Island, Chicago's Cook County Jail and the Los Angeles County Jail are the largest mental health institutions in the nation, a study found. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:11:44 -0500 http://www.cibolabeacon.com/articles/2010/07/12/news/doc4c3bb453cda22753797722.txt http://www.cibolabeacon.com/articles/2010/07/12/news/doc4c3bb453cda22753797722.txt The Department of Public Safety Forensic Laboratory will be assuming control of the State DNA Administrative Center starting in October. The move will save weeks when inputting felon DNA information into the statewide database and will also see an annual cost savings of approximately $400,000. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:11:29 -0500 http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=119848 http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=119848 Chromosomal Laboratories Purchases Second Eppendorf epMotion 5075 TMX Robotic Workstation to keep up with the Demand for Forensic DNA Testing Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:10:54 -0500 http://phuketwan.com/tourism/phuket-bar-killing-police-await-forensic-results-12719/ http://phuketwan.com/tourism/phuket-bar-killing-police-await-forensic-results-12719/ SWEETHEARTS Bar murder victim Wanpen Pianchai is to be cremated at noon on Wednesday in a ceremony at Kata Temple that is expected to draw many Phuket bar industry workers. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:10:34 -0500 http://www.businessweek.com/idg/2010-07-12/prosoft-data-rescue-3.html http://www.businessweek.com/idg/2010-07-12/prosoft-data-rescue-3.html With a large fire alarm switch on the front box cover, Prosoft Engineering's Data Rescue 3 makes a bold point: when your drive has problems, call in the rescue team. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:10:09 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/10612423.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/10612423.stm Proposals that could lead to the closure of two of Scotland's four forensic crime laboratories have been published. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:09:50 -0500 http://www.startribune.com/local/north/98288464.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUnOiP3UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs http://www.startribune.com/local/north/98288464.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUnOiP3UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs Errors in alcohol concentration tests involved 111 samples, but few are expected to affect pending cases. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:09:33 -0500 http://www.fox2now.com/news/morningshow/ktvi-child-id-program-fbi-ronald-corvington-071210,0,6007517.story http://www.fox2now.com/news/morningshow/ktvi-child-id-program-fbi-ronald-corvington-071210,0,6007517.story (KTVI - FOX2now.com) - The FBI will be back in Louisana, Missouri week. But they won't be investigating Alisa Maier's case. Over the past five years, three other kidnapped kids from the area were recovered. Now FBI St. Louis Citizens' Academy is spearheading an effort to pass out free child ID kits. They will be available on Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Orscheln Store (Twin Pike Shopping Center), Louisiana Elks Lodge (120 North 5th) and the YMCA (614 Kelly Lane). Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:42:00 -0500 http://www.bim.ba/en/226/10/29376/ http://www.bim.ba/en/226/10/29376/ Nearly 60,000 people gathered in Potocari near Srebrenica on Sunday to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the massacre in the eastern Bosnian town and bury 775 victims whose remains had been exhumed from numerous mass graves found in the area. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:40:27 -0500 http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/07/12/barefoot-bandits-crime-spree-could-total-in-the-millions/ http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/07/12/barefoot-bandits-crime-spree-could-total-in-the-millions/ Barefoot Bandit capturedWhen police captured "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore early Sunday it was after an alleged crime spree that easily racks up millions of dollars in stolen cash and merchandise. Read more: http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/07/12/barefoot-bandits-crime-spree-could-total-in-the-millions/#ixzz0tU08lttM Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:37:18 -0500 http://www.sanduskyregister.com/sandusky/2010/jul/12/police-now-required-keep-dna-evidence http://www.sanduskyregister.com/sandusky/2010/jul/12/police-now-required-keep-dna-evidence Officials from area police and sheriff's departments say they're prepared to follow a new law that requires them to retain certain biological evidence for 30 years. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:37:02 -0500 http://www.examiner.com/x-33602-Wichita-Falls-Law-Enforcement-Examiner~y2010m7d11-Texas-Law-Enforcement-could-solve-cold-cases-if-new-family-DNA-testing-was-allowed http://www.examiner.com/x-33602-Wichita-Falls-Law-Enforcement-Examiner~y2010m7d11-Texas-Law-Enforcement-could-solve-cold-cases-if-new-family-DNA-testing-was-allowed The use of an investigative technique called family DNA testing has led to the arrest of a suspect in the "Grim Sleeper" murders which terrorized Los Angeles for twenty five years. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:36:44 -0500 http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/childrens-drug-consumers-sue-j-j-fraud/2010-07-12 http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/childrens-drug-consumers-sue-j-j-fraud/2010-07-12 Consumers are accusing Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) of fraud and racketeering in a lawsuit stemming from its recent children's drug recall. The buyers of those recalled meds are demanding cash refunds--rather than coupons for replacement products--in five suits seeking class-action status in federal court in Chicago. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:36:26 -0500 http://www.which.co.uk/news/2010/07/15000-people-report-fraud-in-six-months-220275/ http://www.which.co.uk/news/2010/07/15000-people-report-fraud-in-six-months-220275/ 15,000 members of the public have reported fraud since the start of 2010, it has been revealed, with victims losing between £6 and £1m each. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:36:03 -0500 http://www.startribune.com/local/98207719.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUqEiaDUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs http://www.startribune.com/local/98207719.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUqEiaDUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs ST. PAUL, Minn. - Hundreds of drunken driving cases in Anoka, Sherburne and Wright counties may be at risk because of a mistake at a testing lab. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:31:04 -0500 http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/11/wwi.soldier/?hpt=C2 http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/11/wwi.soldier/?hpt=C2 (CNN) -- Two years ago, U.S. military officials came knocking on Michael Frisbie's door asking for information on his family tree. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:30:38 -0500 http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100712/NATIONAL/100719941/1010 http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100712/NATIONAL/100719941/1010 SHARJAH // Two bodies have been discovered in the National Paints factory in Sharjah that was badly damaged by fire two months ago. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:30:21 -0500 http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/11/2076182/medical-investigators-wrapping.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/11/2076182/medical-investigators-wrapping.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. | New Mexico medical investigators have identified the 133 body parts, including heads, that turned up in a grisly discovery at a Kansas medical waste facility and a local firm that harvests organs for medical research, Bio Care, as belonging to 45 individuals. Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/11/2076182/medical-investigators-wrapping.html#ixzz0tTyKWbek Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:30:05 -0500 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/06/year-old-missouri-boy-suspected-killing-parents/?cmpid=prn_baynote_Missouri_Boy,_12,_Charged_With_Killing_Parents http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/06/year-old-missouri-boy-suspected-killing-parents/?cmpid=prn_baynote_Missouri_Boy,_12,_Charged_With_Killing_Parents A 12-year-old boy, who is suspected of shooting and killing his mother and stepfather Monday night, was arrested by the Miller County Sheriff's Department and charged in juvenile court with two counts of first-degree murder. Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:07:15 -0500 http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=12777275 http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=12777275 CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - According to the group Human Rights Watch, Illinois has at least 4,000 untested rape kits stored in police departments throughout the state. But a new law just signed by Governor Pat Quinn will change that. Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:48:55 -0500 http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/blog/2010/07/does_crime_go_down_in_heat_wav.html http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/blog/2010/07/does_crime_go_down_in_heat_wav.html Crime researchers and police both say that violent crimes rise with the temperature. But once the reading reaches a certain level - about 90 degrees - researchers have found that violent-crime rates drop. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:57:27 -0500 http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7544509 http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7544509 July 8, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- One day after a report claimed that a high number of rape kits in Illinois are not being tested, we get a first-hand look inside the state facility that conducts DNA testing. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:56:47 -0500 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/07/remains-of-mystery-woman-found-in-angels-national-forest-still-puzzle-authorities.html http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/07/remains-of-mystery-woman-found-in-angels-national-forest-still-puzzle-authorities.html Ten months after the remains of a woman were found in the Angeles National Forest following the Station fire, authorities still have not identified the victim. The remains of the woman's body were found after the massive fire swept through, with several pieces of jewelry nearby, including a gold-colored necklace and three gold-colored rings with multicolored stones. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:56:11 -0500 http://www.mortgageintroducer.com/mortgages/237920/5/Industry_in_depth/New_task_force_to_tackle_fraud.htm http://www.mortgageintroducer.com/mortgages/237920/5/Industry_in_depth/New_task_force_to_tackle_fraud.htm Callcredit Information Group has teamed up with its existing partner Tait Walker Chartered Accountants and the University of Sunderland's department of Computing, Engineering and Technology to create new software for tackling specific areas of financial crime as part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:06:04 -0500 http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Portland-Police-Rescue-Three-Teenage-Girls-in-Sex-Trafficking-Ring-97988664.html http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Portland-Police-Rescue-Three-Teenage-Girls-in-Sex-Trafficking-Ring-97988664.html PORTLAND, Ore. -- Three Portland teenagers are safe after they were rescued in a child "sex" trafficking ring, according to police. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:04:53 -0500 http://www.examiner.com/x-56453-Baton-Rouge-Crime-Examiner~y2010m7d7-Operation-Blighted-Officials-nabs-2-Louisiana-mayors--a-police-chief http://www.examiner.com/x-56453-Baton-Rouge-Crime-Examiner~y2010m7d7-Operation-Blighted-Officials-nabs-2-Louisiana-mayors--a-police-chief In what seems like a never ending vicious cycle of corruption, the FBI began an investigation known as ‘Operation Blighted Officials’. So far, it has already nabbed 3 local officials and the investigation may not be over. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:59:29 -0500 http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2010/07/08/fugitive_19_may_have_crashed_in_bahamas/ http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2010/07/08/fugitive_19_may_have_crashed_in_bahamas/ He’s suspected in plane, auto thefts Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:59:19 -0500 http://www.darkreading.com/smb-security/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225702557&cid=RSSfeed_DR_News http://www.darkreading.com/smb-security/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225702557&cid=RSSfeed_DR_News As small and midsize businesses increasingly become big targets for cybercrime, locking down their networks cheaply can be a challenge. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:30:01 -0500 http://www.esecurityplanet.com/features/article.php/3891716/7-Things-Hackers-Hope-You-Dont-Know.htm http://www.esecurityplanet.com/features/article.php/3891716/7-Things-Hackers-Hope-You-Dont-Know.htm One of the best ways to defend yourself against a Wi-Fi hacker is to learn to think like one. As a hacker, you could simply be on a quest to find something as innocent as free Internet access, or you could be a serious criminal, hired by a cybercrime syndicate to get inside a corporate network to snoop, steal documents, or access credit card details. Either way, there are a few essential weaknesses you, the hacker, would seek out; knowing them can help you, the potential victim, mount a proper defense. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:29:32 -0500 http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/2476608,CST-NWS-zion08.article http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/2476608,CST-NWS-zion08.article Prosecutors want time to probe new suspect in girls' murder Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:27:20 -0500 http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/08/grim.sleeper.case/?hpt=Sbin http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/08/grim.sleeper.case/?hpt=Sbin (CNN) -- A suspect in the Grim Sleeper serial killer case will be arraigned in court Thursday morning. Later in the day, authorities are expected to divulge more information about the arrest at a news conference. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:26:32 -0500 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2010-07-07-iPhone-forensics_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2010-07-07-iPhone-forensics_N.htm iPhones store more information than users may realize, and some of it could be used against them if they're ever charged with a crime. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:23:01 -0500 http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/07/08/1575639/police-stumped-by-victims-id.html http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/07/08/1575639/police-stumped-by-victims-id.html Since September, Horry County police have been seeking the identity of a person whose skeleton was found in a wooded area outside Conway. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:22:12 -0500 http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/07/07/4633359-how-a-sons-dna-snared-his-father http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/07/07/4633359-how-a-sons-dna-snared-his-father A 57-year-old one-time LAPD garage attendant named Lonnie Franklin Jr. was arrested in Los Angeles in connection with the string of 10 murders, committed between 1985 and 2007. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:21:03 -0500 http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/article/64081-victims+domestic+violence+sexual+assault+aided+units+linked+prosecutor%E2%80%99s+office http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/article/64081-victims+domestic+violence+sexual+assault+aided+units+linked+prosecutor%E2%80%99s+office CREST HAVEN — Becoming a crime victim was likely the farthest thing from a 39-year-old woman’s mind as she strolled a peaceful nature trail at Cape May Point State Park on July 1. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:01:56 -0500 http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jul/07/federal-agents-seize-guns-grenades-ammunition/ http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jul/07/federal-agents-seize-guns-grenades-ammunition/ Two Idaho men are in custody following an undercover federal probe into illegal explosives manufacturing that included the seizure of hand grenades, firearms and 10,000 rounds of rifle ammo. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:55:52 -0500 http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20100707_UH_breach_affects_53000.html http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20100707_UH_breach_affects_53000.html University of Hawaii officials said yesterday that a hacker breached the security of a parking office computer server that contained personal information of 53,000 people. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:53:50 -0500 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/03/fbi-monitored-spy-suspects-nearly-years/ http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/03/fbi-monitored-spy-suspects-nearly-years/ The arrests earlier this week of 11 people suspected of being Russian agents was the result of almost 10 years of FBI monitoring, The Washington Post reported Saturday. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:52:37 -0500 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-rape-kit-law-20100706,0,5696862.story http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-rape-kit-law-20100706,0,5696862.story New law requiring DNA analysis of all submitted samples comes after Tribune report found police often shelve the evidence Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:48:30 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/world/africa/07safrica.html?src=mv http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/world/africa/07safrica.html?src=mv A cataclysmic wave of violent crime in South Africa, the fear of so many World Cup killjoys, has simply not occurred. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:48:16 -0500 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-hobbs-0707-20100707-57,0,3477605.story http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-hobbs-0707-20100707-57,0,3477605.story Jerry Hobbs has been jailed for five years, but new DNA evidence may help exonerate him Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:47:39 -0500 http://www.voxy.co.nz/technology/digital-forensics-magazine-conduct-survey-international-standards/5/54290 http://www.voxy.co.nz/technology/digital-forensics-magazine-conduct-survey-international-standards/5/54290 Digital Forensics Magazine, one of the most comprehensive sources of IT forensics news and articles, today announced it published an online survey to explore training within the digital forensics sector. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:45:31 -0500 http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100707/news/news1.html http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100707/news/news1.html EFFORTS TO upgrade the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) crime-scene investigation and community-policing capabilities received a significant boost Monday when the British High Commission donated three customised vehicles. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:45:13 -0500 http://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/Gunman39s-car-removed-for-forensic.6403623.jp http://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/Gunman39s-car-removed-for-forensic.6403623.jp GUNMAN Raoul Moat's black Lexus car has been removed from Rothbury by police investigators searching for clues as to his whereabouts. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:43:05 -0500 http://www.freep.com/article/20100707/NEWS06/7070336/iPhone-makes-great-snitch-for-savvy-cops http://www.freep.com/article/20100707/NEWS06/7070336/iPhone-makes-great-snitch-for-savvy-cops Got an iPhone in your pocket? Then you might be storing even more personal information than you realize. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:32:52 -0500 http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/97908979.html http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/97908979.html The Eau Claire Police Department has big plans to deal with the growing problem of child pornography, Internet crime and the growing task of collecting digital evidence. The deputy chief says the department hopes to have a regional computer forensic lab within a year. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:32:29 -0500 http://sify.com/news/pelvic-bones-can-identify-skeleton-s-gender-news-international-khhqubjjbaj.html http://sify.com/news/pelvic-bones-can-identify-skeleton-s-gender-news-international-khhqubjjbaj.html Forensic scientists can tell the sex of skeletal remains by evaluating the size and shape of the pelvis or hip bone, says a study. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:31:54 -0500 http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=12764993 http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=12764993 Fingernail clippings could become a key piece of evidence in an Essex Junction murder investigation. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:31:27 -0500 http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/cops-try-to-breathe-life-into-cold-case-20100707-zzhn.html http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/cops-try-to-breathe-life-into-cold-case-20100707-zzhn.html Queensland police hope new technology will turn up fresh evidence in a forensic search of the home of murder victim Leanne Holland, 19 years after she was slain. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:31:12 -0500 http://www.dna-worldwide.com/dna-news/news/2010/07/06/new-law-preserves-dna-testing-in-ohio-for-30-years-plus/ http://www.dna-worldwide.com/dna-news/news/2010/07/06/new-law-preserves-dna-testing-in-ohio-for-30-years-plus/ A law has been passed in Dayton, Ohio which means that police departments, sheriff's offices and crime labs must retain biological evidence for DNA testing from certain violent crimes for 30 years or more. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:44:36 -0500 http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/265516/fischer-s-body-exhumed-dna-result-3-weeks http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/265516/fischer-s-body-exhumed-dna-result-3-weeks The body of chess legend Bobby Fischer was “exhumed” Monday under a cloak of secrecy, three weeks following the Icelandic Supreme Court ruling to settle a paternity dispute. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:44:21 -0500 http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2010/07/hes_seen_many_changes_-_27_yea.html http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2010/07/hes_seen_many_changes_-_27_yea.html TRENTON - When Detective Ken Beckman joined the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office in 1983, solving homicides was a lot easier. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:43:30 -0500 http://www.lifenews.com/state5229.html http://www.lifenews.com/state5229.html Laurel, MS (LifeNews.com) -- In a 5-4 vote last Thursday, the Mississippi Supreme Court upheld the 20-year sentence given to former Mississippi and Alabama abortion practitioner Malachy DeHenre, who was found guilty by a grand jury of killing his wife. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:43:03 -0500 http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news|Sports|Lifestyles/story/53318/Hips_Don_t_Lie__Researchers_Find_More_Accurate_Technique_To_Determine_Sex_O http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news|Sports|Lifestyles/story/53318/Hips_Don_t_Lie__Researchers_Find_More_Accurate_Technique_To_Determine_Sex_O Research from North Carolina State University offers a new means of determining the sex of skeletal human remains—an advance that may have significant impacts in the wake of disasters, the studying of ancient remains and the criminal justice system. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:40:17 -0500 http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100705/hamilton-hospital-homicide-seniors-100705/20100705/?hub=TorontoNewHome http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100705/hamilton-hospital-homicide-seniors-100705/20100705/?hub=TorontoNewHome Hamilton Police have concluded an elderly patient’s suspicious death in a hospital meets the technical definition of a homicide, but the strange case involves a suspect who has also since died. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:39:46 -0500 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/06/criminal_act_passed/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/06/criminal_act_passed/ Police in Scotland will be able to collect and store the DNA of children as young as eight for the first time under a law just passed by the Scottish Parliament. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:39:26 -0500 http://www.thetowerlight.com/blog/2010/07/forensic-students-find-local%E2%80%99s-remains/ http://www.thetowerlight.com/blog/2010/07/forensic-students-find-local%E2%80%99s-remains/ The Forensic Science Student Organization travelled to Vermont from May 20 – 24 to search for the remains of a 28-year-old man who had been missing since 2005. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:39:03 -0500 http://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/97830664_New_Jersey__must_expand_DNA_database.html http://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/97830664_New_Jersey__must_expand_DNA_database.html DNA technology has been an indispensable resource in the positive identification of criminals in thousands of cases across the country. It has also been an invaluable asset to law enforcement in the evaluation of suspects under investigation, and the exoneration of those who were wrongfully accused. That is because DNA is present in virtually every cell in the human body; it’s unique to every individual. Consequently, it can be recovered from crime scenes and crime victims, and analyzed with a high degree of certainty and reliability. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:38:40 -0500 http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Police-get-mobile-stations--forensic-labs_7775512 http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Police-get-mobile-stations--forensic-labs_7775512 THE Jamaica Constabulary Force yesterday received three customised mobile police stations and three fully equipped mobile forensic units -- a gift from the British government to aid its crime fighting and investigative capabilities. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:38:22 -0500 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=forensic-medicine-slow-but-rape-suspects-are-not-2010-07-02 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=forensic-medicine-slow-but-rape-suspects-are-not-2010-07-02 A 14-year-old girl allegedly raped by her uncle in 2008 was raped by four other people while waiting for the Forensic Medicine Institute to assess her psychological state after the first assault, daily Radikal reported Friday. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:17:47 -0500 http://www.ic3.gov/media/2010/100702.aspx http://www.ic3.gov/media/2010/100702.aspx Intelligence Note Prepared by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:38:29 -0500 http://www.murfreesboropost.com/tbi-finds-drop-in-crime-in-tennessees-schools-cms-23676 http://www.murfreesboropost.com/tbi-finds-drop-in-crime-in-tennessees-schools-cms-23676 The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released its second study on crime in Tennessee’s schools Wednesday, which measured crime spanning from 2007 to 2009. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:37:37 -0500 http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/07/new_program_targets_violent_cr.html http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/07/new_program_targets_violent_cr.html Detroit police are collaborating with local, state and federal law enforcement in an effort aimed at reducing violent criminal activity in some of the city's most crime-ridden areas, officials announced Thursday. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:37:12 -0500 http://www.mexidata.info/id2720.html http://www.mexidata.info/id2720.html While the United States prepares its annual Fourth of July celebration, Mexico will hold its own date with history on the same day. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:36:55 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scotland/north_east_orkney_and_shetland/10489158.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scotland/north_east_orkney_and_shetland/10489158.stm Violent crime rates in Grampian have dropped by nearly 15% within a year, according to the force's annual report. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:36:15 -0500 http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2010/07/revealing_fake_money.asp http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2010/07/revealing_fake_money.asp A simple and fast technique to examine the surface of banknotes and identify counterfeits has been developed by scientists in Brazil and the US. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:34:51 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/01/colombia-disappeared-paramilitaries-peace-justice http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/01/colombia-disappeared-paramilitaries-peace-justice Former paramilitaries are being given short prison sentences in return for their help in seeking the remains of the disappeared Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:34:33 -0500 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10656052 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10656052 Hamilton police are focusing their investigation into the slaying of an elderly man, who died in the city last weekend, on finding the people who took the victim's car from a ditch. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:33:30 -0500 http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/2/2010070220100702050303103aa36fd3e/How-Forensic-Science-Lab-helped-cops-nab-Kurla-rapist.html http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/2/2010070220100702050303103aa36fd3e/How-Forensic-Science-Lab-helped-cops-nab-Kurla-rapist.html Late on Wednesday night, a call from Kalina to the Nehru Nagar police station brought a smile on the officers’ faces, for after weeks of trying, a breakthrough had been made in the Nehru Nagar rape and murder cases. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:33:03 -0500 http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2010/072010/07022010/559261 http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2010/072010/07022010/559261 Forensic link in Harrington case reinforces Sadie Showalter's push for new testing in her daughter's case Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:32:33 -0500 http://register-news.com/local/x383289926/Forensic-scientist-relieved-due-to-quality-concerns http://register-news.com/local/x383289926/Forensic-scientist-relieved-due-to-quality-concerns FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS — A forensic scientist in the Illinois State Police Division of Forensic Services at Fairview Heights has been relieved of all casework activities after quality concerns were identified in some cases he worked. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:32:15 -0500 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/252267 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/252267 State police said Thursday that a man wanted in a 2005 abduction and sexual assault in Fairfax is connected to Morgan Harrington's abduction and homicide. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:31:49 -0500 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-06-30-summer-violence_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-06-30-summer-violence_N.htm CHICAGO — Cities across the USA are trying to cope with a summer tradition: When temperatures rise, so does crime. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:37:04 -0500 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2000666,00.html http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2000666,00.html It seems even justice isn't recession proof. On Tuesday, U.K. Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke outlined radical prison reforms that he said would both "shut the revolving door of crime and reoffending" and save money for the government, straining under a £135 billion ($230 billion) deficit. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2000666,00.html#ixzz0sRC0XlYR Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:36:43 -0500 http://www.theday.com/article/20100701/OP01/307019417 http://www.theday.com/article/20100701/OP01/307019417 We were half expecting that Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale would be among the couples rounded up by U.S. law enforcement officials when they recently busted a Russian spy ring that the FBI had under surveillance for a decade. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:35:44 -0500 http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/autopsy,-dna-experts-talk-at-hall-trial http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/autopsy,-dna-experts-talk-at-hall-trial AUSTIN (KXAN) - Testimony at Laura Hall’s resentencing trial continued Wednesday morning, with a jury of nine men and three women considering a new sentencing for the woman convicted of tampering with evidence and hindering apprehension in the 2005 West Campus killing of Jennifer Cave. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:35:26 -0500 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/07/farm-searched-near-1989-abduction-site-of-11-year-old-jacob-wetterling/1 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/07/farm-searched-near-1989-abduction-site-of-11-year-old-jacob-wetterling/1 Tight-lipped investigators and earth-moving equipment have been searching a farm in Minnesota near where 11 year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted at gunpoint by a masked man in 1989, the Star-Tribune reports. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:34:15 -0500 http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/new_york/Man-gets-425M-after-DNA-cleared-name http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/new_york/Man-gets-425M-after-DNA-cleared-name BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - It's the latest chapter in one of the most earth-shattering cases in western New York history. This comes three years after DNA evidence set Anthony Capozzi free, following the capture of bike path rapist, Altemio Sanchez. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:33:33 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hNJojPZ0IXeEF4tdFV1XLh3GXA8Q http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hNJojPZ0IXeEF4tdFV1XLh3GXA8Q Chief Constables are to be told to end the postcode lottery for innocent people who want their DNA removed from the national database. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:32:20 -0500 http://www.runcornandwidnesweeklynews.co.uk/runcorn-widnes-news/runcorn-widnes-local-news/2010/07/01/lgc-forensics-at-the-heath-runcorn-identifies-almost-100-unkown-soldiers-from-world-war-one-55368-26758063/ http://www.runcornandwidnesweeklynews.co.uk/runcorn-widnes-news/runcorn-widnes-local-news/2010/07/01/lgc-forensics-at-the-heath-runcorn-identifies-almost-100-unkown-soldiers-from-world-war-one-55368-26758063/ A RUNCORN company has played its part in identifying almost 100 unknown soldiers killed in a First World War battle. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:32:03 -0500 http://www.physorg.com/wire-news/39423991/solving-crime-using-the-bleeding-obvious.html http://www.physorg.com/wire-news/39423991/solving-crime-using-the-bleeding-obvious.html (PhysOrg.com) -- Forensic experts are helping to solve crime with equipment that they always carry with them and that doesn't rely on expensive gadgetry - their eyes. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:31:43 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128043329 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128043329 When the police arrived at Bradley Waldroup's trailer home in the mountains of Tennessee, they found a war zone. There was blood on the walls, blood on the carpet, blood on the truck outside, even blood on the Bible that Waldroup had been reading before all hell broke loose. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:31:15 -0500 http://www.detnews.com/article/20100701/METRO/7010400/MSU-will-study-time-needed-to-clear-backlog-of-unprocessed-rape-test-kits http://www.detnews.com/article/20100701/METRO/7010400/MSU-will-study-time-needed-to-clear-backlog-of-unprocessed-rape-test-kits Detroit -- A Michigan State University study may hold the key to processing 10,500 rape evidence kits never analyzed by the now-defunct Detroit Police crime laboratory and could lead to prosecution of hundreds, possibly thousands, of rapists. From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100701/METRO/7010400/MSU-will-study-time-needed-to-clear-backlog-of-unprocessed-rape-test-kits#ixzz0sRAWY7vr Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:30:49 -0500 http://www.hindustantimes.com/Study-forensics-to-decode-criminals/Article1-565634.aspx http://www.hindustantimes.com/Study-forensics-to-decode-criminals/Article1-565634.aspx If you are one of those interested in decoding crimes and criminals you could pursue courses at Forensic Bureau of Investigation and Studies which will be opening from July 15 in Noida. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:30:03 -0500 http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=106803 http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=106803 DNA evidence in an unsolved murder is being reanalyzed under a state cold case grant, according to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:29:41 -0500 http://www.bnd.com/2010/07/01/1314336/in-real-crime-solving-lab-work.html http://www.bnd.com/2010/07/01/1314336/in-real-crime-solving-lab-work.html Key evidence isn't revealed and crimes aren't solved between commercial breaks. Read more: http://www.bnd.com/2010/07/01/1314336/in-real-crime-solving-lab-work.html#ixzz0sRA9l9f2 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:29:22 -0500 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=7528417 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=7528417 SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris says her office has finished counting all of the cases in which former crime lab analyst Deborah Madden was involved since her 2005 conviction on domestic violence charges. There are 1,700 cases in all. Harris says letters have now been sent to defense lawyers who represented suspects in those cases. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:30:39 -0500 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jun/29/marine-caught-between-crime-punishment/ http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jun/29/marine-caught-between-crime-punishment/ It could have been an awkward, even brutal, first day back at work. But Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III, the 26-year-old squad leader convicted of masterminding the killing of an unarmed man in Hamdaniya, Iraq, in 2006, said he was welcomed back into his old Camp Pendleton unit Tuesday with handshakes. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:29:33 -0500 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/06/world-cup-fifa-latest-robbery-victim.html http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/06/world-cup-fifa-latest-robbery-victim.html FIFA, the world governing body for soccer, is the victim of a South African crime wave that has targeted World Cup tourists, the English national team and foreign journalists. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:29:01 -0500 http://www.laosnews.net/story/653507 http://www.laosnews.net/story/653507 Criminal groups have been making billions of dollars from human trafficking in Europe. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:28:33 -0500 http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/06/29/2010-06-29_violent_crime_up_in_new_york_city_nypd_says_murders_jumped_11_rapes_rose_13_7_mo.html http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/06/29/2010-06-29_violent_crime_up_in_new_york_city_nypd_says_murders_jumped_11_rapes_rose_13_7_mo.html Halfway through the year, crime has increased in all but one of the most violent felonies, and shootings plague neighborhoods all over the city. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:26:41 -0500 http://www.examiner.com/x-53304-Seattle-Crime-Examiner~y2010m6d29-New-Online-Map-Helps-Track-Crime-Stats http://www.examiner.com/x-53304-Seattle-Crime-Examiner~y2010m6d29-New-Online-Map-Helps-Track-Crime-Stats SEATTLE - The Seattle Police Department has made it easier to be aware of your surroundings with a map that gives Seattle residents a look at crime rates (both high and low) around the city. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:26:18 -0500 http://www.vancouversun.com/news/must+seized+from+criminals+upon+conviction+Senate/3217360/story.html http://www.vancouversun.com/news/must+seized+from+criminals+upon+conviction+Senate/3217360/story.html OTTAWA — The law governing Canada's DNA databank, a catalogue of genetic material from crime scenes and serious offenders, should be toughened so that police do not have to seek court orders and can demand that offenders surrender samples immediately upon conviction, says a Senate committee report. Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/must+seized+from+criminals+upon+conviction+Senate/3217360/story.html#ixzz0sLICGJ7H Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:23:55 -0500 http://houston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ho062810.htm http://houston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ho062810.htm Enforcement Actions By DOJ and SEC Result in Penalties of $338 Million for Technip’s Participation in a Scheme to Bribe Nigerian Government Officials to Obtain Contracts Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:23:21 -0500 http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2010/s2940684.htm http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2010/s2940684.htm TONY EASTLEY: Civil libertarians have welcomed a compensation payout for a Victorian man who was jailed for a crime he didn't commit. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:21:57 -0500 http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/police/97452459.html http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/police/97452459.html Human remains found Sunday off Jefferson Highway were identified Tuesday as those of a Baton Rouge man reported missing last week,an East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman said. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:19:58 -0500 http://www.recyclingportal.eu/artikel/24601.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/artikel/24601.shtml Telford, Shropshire / UK - SmartWater Technologies Ltd. has launched a stolen metals initiative with information for scrap metal dealers and recyclers. And offers SmartWater, a forensic liquid openreach cable can be marked with. SmartWater is a forensic coding system which is invisible to the naked eye but fluoresces yellow under ultra-violet (UV) light. The material contains a unique forensic fingerprint and is likened to a robust, chemical version of DNA which links property to its owner and criminals to a crime scene. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:19:25 -0500 http://www.thedaonline.com/news/accounting-students-raid-wvu-crime-scene-houses-1.1495736 http://www.thedaonline.com/news/accounting-students-raid-wvu-crime-scene-houses-1.1495736 Computer files replace blood splatter when ‘CSI’ and accounting collide. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:19:05 -0500 http://guardian.co.tt/business/business/2010/06/30/ny-forensic-accounting-firm-looks-tt http://guardian.co.tt/business/business/2010/06/30/ny-forensic-accounting-firm-looks-tt A former Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) who specialised in conducting white-collar crime investigations throughout Canada and internationally has proposed to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar the setting up a forensic accounting office in Trinidad. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:17:14 -0500 http://bgdailynews.com/articles/2010/06/29/news/news6.txt http://bgdailynews.com/articles/2010/06/29/news/news6.txt After 20 years as director of Western Kentucky University’s Forensic Team and nine national championships, Judy Woodring is retiring Thursday and will be replaced by associate director Jace Lux, the university announced Monday. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:16:42 -0500 http://www.reporternews.com/news/2010/jun/29/abilene-forensics-lab-remains-busy/ http://www.reporternews.com/news/2010/jun/29/abilene-forensics-lab-remains-busy/ The Abilene Police Department’s forensic crime lab processes thousands of pieces of evidence a year, and thanks to a larger lab and new state-of-the-art equipment, the job is being done more efficiently. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:11:01 -0500 http://jacksonville.fbi.gov/febg.htm http://jacksonville.fbi.gov/febg.htm The Jacksonville Division of the FBI initiated an investigation of the Federal Employee Benefits Group (FEBG) and its founder, Kenneth Wayne McLeod (now deceased). Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:46:42 -0500 http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/forensic-accountants-crucial-in-gulf-oil-spill-97382739.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/forensic-accountants-crucial-in-gulf-oil-spill-97382739.html SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Forensic accountants will be instrumental on who gets how much money from the $20 billion fund set aside by BP as we approach the 71st day of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:00:28 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gjkF-iGOvS6PQ7llAsUgCb8fmdAg http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gjkF-iGOvS6PQ7llAsUgCb8fmdAg ANKARA — All but two of the nine Turks killed in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship were shot more than once, and five died from bullet wounds to the head, according to forensic reports. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:25:41 -0500 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Mumbai/Viscera-sent-for-battery-of-tests/articleshow/6103815.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Mumbai/Viscera-sent-for-battery-of-tests/articleshow/6103815.cms MUMBAI: Forensic experts at the Cooper post-mortem centre have asked for tests to be conducted on model Viveka Babajee's uterus. The 37-year-old former Miss Mauritius had committed suicide at her Bandra flat on Friday. A battery of tests will be conducted at the state forensic laboratory in Kalina. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:25:17 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=1388 http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=1388 A few months ago, a small escrow firm from California was targeted by cyber criminals that managed to transfer almost $400,000 from the firm's bank account to a number of accounts throughout the world and the U.S. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:16:40 -0500 http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/DNA-shorts-crucial-link-case/article-2355154-detail/article.html http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/DNA-shorts-crucial-link-case/article-2355154-detail/article.html A FORENSIC scientist told a jury DNA found on a pair of shorts worn by a girl allegedly molested by Craig Bradley matched his profile. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:15:26 -0500 http://www.lakestevensjournal.com/news/article.exm/2010-06-28_dna_testing_for_crimes_will_be_quicker http://www.lakestevensjournal.com/news/article.exm/2010-06-28_dna_testing_for_crimes_will_be_quicker The Lake Stevens Police Department is constantly looking for ways to help the community and by contracting with DNA testing company Orchid Cellmark, they will be able to process DNA evidence from property crimes faster and more efficiently. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:13:31 -0500 http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=475792 http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=475792 An Edinburg teacher and a college student from Alamo are facing criminal charges after being arrested in a sting operation to catch on-line child sex predators. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:10:48 -0500 http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/5915/cybersecurity-protect-the-internet-but-how http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/5915/cybersecurity-protect-the-internet-but-how Since late last year, members of the U.S. Congress have introduced no less than 34 different bills dealing with information security and Internet policy. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:10:32 -0500 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-naval-academy-cybersecurity-20100628,0,4653137.story http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-naval-academy-cybersecurity-20100628,0,4653137.story To better train future cyberwarriors, the U.S. Naval Academy is approaching senior Navy officials to gauge interest in commissioning a new building to house the Center for Cyber Security Studies on the school's campus, academy officials said Monday. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:09:56 -0500 http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/forensic-examination-post-mortems-underway-after-brothers-shot-dead-in-dublin-463471.html#ixzz0sFNzcOSt http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/forensic-examination-post-mortems-underway-after-brothers-shot-dead-in-dublin-463471.html#ixzz0sFNzcOSt Gardaí are today beginning a forensic examination of the scene where two brothers were gunned down while sitting in a car in west Dublin last night. Read more: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/forensic-examination-post-mortems-underway-after-brothers-shot-dead-in-dublin-463471.html#ixzz0sFO7Ebu5 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:09:29 -0500 http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/06/28/Forensic-cellphone-tools-needed/UPI-44721277763773/ http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/06/28/Forensic-cellphone-tools-needed/UPI-44721277763773/ CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 28 (UPI) -- Cellphones can provide valuable clues for solving crimes but the technology is complex and the current tools limited, U.S. experts say. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:08:50 -0500 http://www.salisburypost.com/News/062910-Mock-CSI-qcd http://www.salisburypost.com/News/062910-Mock-CSI-qcd To succeed in business, you’ve got to work as part of a team, follow the right procedures and know how to use state-of-the-art tools. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:08:33 -0500 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=the-forensic-medicine-report-was-released-for-mavi-marmara-raid-2010-06-29 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=the-forensic-medicine-report-was-released-for-mavi-marmara-raid-2010-06-29 Several of the victims of the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla were shot in the head from above, presumably from a helicopter, according to the forensics report released Monday by a human rights group. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:08:14 -0500 http://www.news4jax.com/news/24068391/detail.html http://www.news4jax.com/news/24068391/detail.html Mastho Davis Could Face Life In Prison In Ponte Vedra Woman's 2007 Rape Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:58:19 -0500 http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/28/1705439/human-remains-found-along-us-27.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/28/1705439/human-remains-found-along-us-27.html A man driving south on U.S. 27 through Broward County Monday stopped to take a break and made a startling discovery: a clothed skeleton. Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/28/1705439/human-remains-found-along-us-27.html#ixzz0sBgcl8FX Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:58:00 -0500 http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/06/28/high-courts-big-ruling-for-gun-rights/ http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/06/28/high-courts-big-ruling-for-gun-rights/ In its second major ruling on gun rights in three years, the Supreme Court Monday extended the federally protected right to keep and bear arms to all 50 states. The decision will be hailed by gun rights advocates and comes over the opposition of gun control groups, the city of Chicago and four justices. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:00:51 -0500 James Carafano: Are we ready for a cyber-Pearl Harbor? Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Are-we-ready-for-a-cyber-Pearl-Harbor_-97269379.html#ixzz0s9z08ka2 James Carafano: Are we ready for a cyber-Pearl Harbor? Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Are-we-ready-for-a-cyber-Pearl-Harbor_-97269379.html#ixzz0s9z08ka2 In 1997, the Department of Defense led an exercise called Eligible Receiver. A team of cyber-experts was given three months to plan and execute an attack on unclassified computer systems using commonly available hardware and software. The red team came from a not-to-be-named shadowy agency -- but we know it was the National Security Agency. Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Are-we-ready-for-a-cyber-Pearl-Harbor_-97269379.html#ixzz0s9zHYORC Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:59:30 -0500 http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/lieberman-cybersecurity-bill-goes-senate-floor/2010-06-28 http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/lieberman-cybersecurity-bill-goes-senate-floor/2010-06-28 It's up to the full Senate now to evaluate the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 after the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee unanimously approved an amended version of the bill June 24. Read more: Lieberman cybersecurity bill goes to Senate floor - FierceGovernmentIT http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/lieberman-cybersecurity-bill-goes-senate-floor/2010-06-28#ixzz0s9yeoz8L Subscribe: http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/signup?sourceform=Viral-Tynt-FierceGovernmentIT-FierceGovernmentIT Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:57:00 -0500 http://www.detnews.com/article/20100628/METRO01/6280350/1026/Wayne-County-prosecutor-teams-with-Ohio-college-on-cold-cases http://www.detnews.com/article/20100628/METRO01/6280350/1026/Wayne-County-prosecutor-teams-with-Ohio-college-on-cold-cases Detroit -- The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office is partnering with Defiance College in Ohio for a pilot program that will use students to help solve cold cases. From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100628/METRO01/6280350/1026/Wayne-County-prosecutor-teams-with-Ohio-college-on-cold-cases#ixzz0s9yPrNuD Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:56:03 -0500 http://www.rgj.com/article/20100628/NEWS/6280312/1321/news/Reno-police-unit-helps-crime-victims-cope http://www.rgj.com/article/20100628/NEWS/6280312/1321/news/Reno-police-unit-helps-crime-victims-cope When a Reno mother and her two children, 6 and 8, were released from a hospital, they did not have to return to their apartment on Doreen Court where they suffered a May 14 knife attack. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:28:51 -0500 http://www.seattlepi.com/local/422426_topcop27.html http://www.seattlepi.com/local/422426_topcop27.html The city's next police chief John Diaz welcomes the new challenge - but knows it won't be easy. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:28:36 -0500 http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/rick-scott-medicaid-hca/2010/06/27/id/363201 http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/rick-scott-medicaid-hca/2010/06/27/id/363201 Just what was Rick Scott’s role in the largest ripoff of taxpayers in the history of Medicare and Medicaid? Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:27:19 -0500 http://www.fox4kc.com/news/sns-ap-mo--torsofound,0,254044.story http://www.fox4kc.com/news/sns-ap-mo--torsofound,0,254044.story WARRENTON, Mo. (AP) — Six years after a headless torso was found at a roadside park in eastern Missouri, the identity of the victim, and details about the crime, remain a mystery. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:27:02 -0500 http://worldnewsvine.com/2010/06/fbi-issues-warning-latest-phone-scam-targets-bank-accounts/ http://worldnewsvine.com/2010/06/fbi-issues-warning-latest-phone-scam-targets-bank-accounts/ Washington, D.C. (Jun 27) – Phishing web sites are nothing new online nor the phishing emails millions receive each day. Phishing is the illegal acquisition via nefarious methods to obtain personal information about an individual. Bogus e-mails, giving out too much personal information on the telephone, and trolling social networking web sites are just some of the ways criminals gain access to information one assumes remains private. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:26:47 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/science/27dna.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/science/27dna.html ST. LOUIS — Scientists and animal rights advocates have enlisted DNA evidence to do for man’s best friend what the judicial system has long done for human crime victims. They have created the country’s first dog-fighting DNA database, which they say will help criminal investigators piece together an abused animal’s history by establishing ties among breeders, owners, pit operators and the animals themselves. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:19:38 -0500 http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/10512-pageant-entrants-acid-attackers-linked-to-rival-competitor-semana.html http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/10512-pageant-entrants-acid-attackers-linked-to-rival-competitor-semana.html An investigative report by Colombian magazine Semana suggests that the assailants responsible for an acid attack on beauty pageant entrant Maria Fernanda Nuñez have links to one her rival pageant competitors. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:17:59 -0500 http://www.executivegov.com/2010/06/fbi-names-new-assistant-director-in-charge-for-ny-division/ http://www.executivegov.com/2010/06/fbi-names-new-assistant-director-in-charge-for-ny-division/ FBIJanice K. Fedarcyk has been named as assistant director in charge of the FBI’s New York division, the agency announced yesterday. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:14:08 -0500 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/06/25/2010-06-25_geezer_bandit_strikes_again_elderly_robber_pulls_off_11th_california_bank_heist.html http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/06/25/2010-06-25_geezer_bandit_strikes_again_elderly_robber_pulls_off_11th_california_bank_heist.html The geriatric Butch Cassidy blazing a trail along the Southern California coast pulled off his 11th bank robbery Thursday, the FBI said. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/06/25/2010-06-25_geezer_bandit_strikes_again_elderly_robber_pulls_off_11th_california_bank_heist.html#ixzz0rskL2AFH Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:13:34 -0500 http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2010/06/23/767393/rare-innocence-hearing-for-ga.html http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2010/06/23/767393/rare-innocence-hearing-for-ga.html A federal judge heard new testimony Wednesday in the case of a Georgia death row inmate given a rare chance by the U.S. Supreme Court to prove his innocence nearly 20 years after a jury convicted him of killing a police officer. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:46:55 -0500 http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20100625/NEWS01/6250316/1060 http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20100625/NEWS01/6250316/1060 MANSFIELD — The 18-year-old Mansfield man charged with forcible rape who argued last week for release because his request for a speedy trial had not been met has received more than he expected. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:44:38 -0500 http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100624/NEWS010701/6250365/DNA-on-bandana-leads-to-arrest http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100624/NEWS010701/6250365/DNA-on-bandana-leads-to-arrest A robber used a white bandanna to hide his face - but it ended up revealing who he was through the DNA he left on it, police say. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:43:27 -0500 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=7519328 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=7519328 PALO ALTO, CA (KGO) -- Bay Area environmentalists and scientists have been keeping a close eye on those international whaling talks going on this week in Morocco. The commission has focused heavily on whale hunting. Meanwhile, one Stanford biologist believes that DNA research could be critical to protecting the future of the species. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:43:13 -0500 http://www.itpro.co.uk/624622/london-teens-arrested-in-relation-to-7-8m-cyber-crime http://www.itpro.co.uk/624622/london-teens-arrested-in-relation-to-7-8m-cyber-crime The Metropolitan Police has arrested two London teenagers suspected of being behind an 8,000-strong online cyber crime forum. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:42:51 -0500 http://www.bioworld.com/servlet/com.accumedia.web.Dispatcher?next=bioWorldHeadlines_article&forceid=54932 http://www.bioworld.com/servlet/com.accumedia.web.Dispatcher?next=bioWorldHeadlines_article&forceid=54932 As a Florida native, I was intrigued by an NPR story about fraudulent fish. Or more specifically, using DNA to identify exactly which fish is on my platter. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:41:28 -0500 http://guardian.co.tt/business/business/2010/06/25/forensic-accounting-under-microscope http://guardian.co.tt/business/business/2010/06/25/forensic-accounting-under-microscope A sharp rise in financial issues will lead topics at an international conference in The Bahamas next week, set to gather hundreds of accounting and other professionals for discussions on trends in the field. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:41:07 -0500 http://www.examiner.com/x-43367-International-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m6d25-Joran-van-der-Sloot-DNA-testing-for-skin-found-under-Peru-murder-victims-fingernails http://www.examiner.com/x-43367-International-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m6d25-Joran-van-der-Sloot-DNA-testing-for-skin-found-under-Peru-murder-victims-fingernails June 25, 2010 - Police in Peru said Thursday they found skin underneath the fingernails of the 21-year-old student killed in a Lima, Peru hotel room last month. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:40:32 -0500 http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/no062410.htm http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/no062410.htm Defendants Charged with Taking Bribes in Connection with Matters Before the Council Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:09:46 -0500 http://houston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ho062410.htm http://houston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ho062410.htm HOUSTON—Bassey Essien and Ebong Akpan, of Houston, have been charged by a federal grand jury with conspiracy, multiple counts of health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicaid through the fraudulent billing for adult urinary incontinence supplies, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced today. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:09:25 -0500 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/June/10-crm-739.html http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/June/10-crm-739.html A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tenn., has indicted 26 members and associates of the violent gang known as the Bloods, for various charges, including conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, assault resulting in serious bodily injury in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to use and carry firearms during and in relation to crimes of violence, and conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine, cocaine, hydromorphone and marijuana. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:21:14 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/albany_deadly_dna_law_delay_kerVkAq4LtpgO7CvEbFBmL http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/albany_deadly_dna_law_delay_kerVkAq4LtpgO7CvEbFBmL DNA is one of the most powerful tools of modern crime-fighting -- but New York lawmakers have been reluctant to let law-enforcement officials use its full potential. Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/albany_deadly_dna_law_delay_kerVkAq4LtpgO7CvEbFBmL#ixzz0rmWl01ak Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:42:00 -0500 http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/mumbai/Mumbai-police-test-their-own-men-s-DNA/Article1-562297.aspx http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/mumbai/Mumbai-police-test-their-own-men-s-DNA/Article1-562297.aspx It is rare for the police in India to collect DNA samples on a mass scale in a bid to find a killer. But the Mumbai police have done just that. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:38:04 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hBbjKAmlgsR0xdNlcMQl8mYOT8lgD9GHG9M01 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hBbjKAmlgsR0xdNlcMQl8mYOT8lgD9GHG9M01 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina's leading newspaper publisher must pay the consequences if genetic tests show the children she adopted three decades ago were stolen from prisoners of the dictatorship, a leading human rights activist says. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:33:16 -0500 http://www.spamfighter.com/News-14628-Cyber-Criminals-Exploit-SEO-Techniques-to-Propagate-Malware.htm http://www.spamfighter.com/News-14628-Cyber-Criminals-Exploit-SEO-Techniques-to-Propagate-Malware.htm As per a blog post by the security firm 'Sunbelt Software' in the second week of June 2010, scammers are taking advantage of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to improve the ranking of links leading to malicious websites visited by Google users in search of hot trendy topics. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:29:33 -0500 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/24/earlyshow/main6613649.shtml http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/24/earlyshow/main6613649.shtml (CBS) This morning in Washington, D.C., internet safety experts and other witnesses will tell a congressional committee about the growing problem of bullying, both in school and online. Dr. Phil McGraw, host of "The Dr. Phil Show," will be testifying at the hearing. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:27:43 -0500 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/coming-up-a-police-university-open-to-civilians-too/637722/ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/coming-up-a-police-university-open-to-civilians-too/637722/ People with an interest in criminology need not restrict themselves to thrillers and television. A police university, the first of its kind, is coming up, probably in Mumbai, and will provide formal degrees in subjects ranging from investigation to forensic science. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:26:36 -0500 http://detroit.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/de062210a.htm http://detroit.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/de062210a.htm A Texas man pleaded guilty today in the murder-for-hire of a Troy, Michigan couple, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:11:30 -0500 http://www.joe.ie/003002/1/1/story/5-things-you-never-knew-about-cold-cases http://www.joe.ie/003002/1/1/story/5-things-you-never-knew-about-cold-cases A real life cold case has hit the headlines with the gory details of Brian McGrath's death coming to light at the ongoing trial of Vera McGrath and Colin Pinder. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:10:39 -0500 http://www.thenassauguardian.com/bixex/99503131063457.php http://www.thenassauguardian.com/bixex/99503131063457.php A sharp rise in financial issues will lead topics at an international conference in The Bahamas next week, set to gather hundreds of accounting and other professionals for discussions on trends in the field. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:09:24 -0500 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/deadly-chemical-lost-in-transit-14852915.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/deadly-chemical-lost-in-transit-14852915.html Questions have been asked after a package containing a highly toxic chemical was lost during delivery to the Northern Ireland Forensic Science laboratory. Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/deadly-chemical-lost-in-transit-14852915.html#ixzz0rm9NOUyP Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:09:03 -0500 http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=412687 http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=412687 WORKERS at the Forensic Pathology Unit in Mthatha are using bizarre tools to conduct postmortems because of a shortage of equipment. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:08:20 -0500 http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=15427 http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=15427 June 23, 2010 · Forensic accounting students at West Virginia University got a taste of what it’s like to go on a raid in search of criminal evidence Wednesday. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:07:53 -0500 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/applied-dna-sciences-and-bilcare-technologies-sign-agreement-to-provide-a-new-security-system-enabling-real-time-portable-forensic-authentication-2010-06-24?reflink=MW_news_stmp http://www.marketwatch.com/story/applied-dna-sciences-and-bilcare-technologies-sign-agreement-to-provide-a-new-security-system-enabling-real-time-portable-forensic-authentication-2010-06-24?reflink=MW_news_stmp Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. /quotes/comstock/11k!apdn (APDN 0.05, 0.00, 0.00%) , a provider of DNA-based security solutions, and Bilcare Technologies, inventors of the nonClonableID(TM), announced a definitive agreement to market an integrated version of their technologies to provide a unique multi-layered security for brand protection, anti-counterfeiting and logistic and provenance control. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:07:34 -0500 http://www.uticaod.com/archive/x383297472/13-year-old-charged-with-murder-in-Yorkville-childs-death http://www.uticaod.com/archive/x383297472/13-year-old-charged-with-murder-in-Yorkville-childs-death A 13-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of a 2-year-old child while he babysat her over the weekend at her Yorkville home, state police officials announced this afternoon. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:25:49 -0500 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/330854,yields-72-bone-fragments.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/330854,yields-72-bone-fragments.html Washington - Remains of victims have been discovered in the rubble of the World Trade Center nearly nine years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a news report said. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:22:41 -0500 http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/23/dogfighting.dna.database/ http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/23/dogfighting.dna.database/ (CNN) -- It's a familiar scenario: When clues are scarce, witnesses won't talk and police are stymied, they turn to DNA. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:22:19 -0500 http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15357241 http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15357241 SAN FRANCISCO—The manager of the San Francisco Police Department's backlogged DNA laboratory has resigned. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:21:39 -0500 http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/06/22/fbi-calif-hacker-extorted-racy-videos-from-female-victims/ http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/06/22/fbi-calif-hacker-extorted-racy-videos-from-female-victims/ In the eyes of authorities, Luis Mijangos was a skilled computer hacker on a rampage. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:17:31 -0500 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100622/0037549910.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100622/0037549910.shtml US Copyright Group, which is really DC-based law firm Dunlap, Grubb and Weaver, has made a lot of news recently for unleashing thousands of lawsuits on people it accuses of infringing on copyrights, in an effort not to stop infringement, but to send out "pre-settlement letters" to get people to pay up to avoid the lawsuits. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:16:10 -0500 http://www.timesleader.com/news/Man_says_he__lsquo_blanked_out_rsquo__during_shooting_06-23-2010.html http://www.timesleader.com/news/Man_says_he__lsquo_blanked_out_rsquo__during_shooting_06-23-2010.html W-B homicide defendant charged with killing his wife testifies that a loaded gun was kept in the house. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:14:46 -0500 http://sanjuan.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/sj062210.htm http://sanjuan.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/sj062210.htm WASHINGTON—Puerto Rico Senator Hector Martinez Maldonado and Juan Bravo Fernandez, the former president of one of the largest private security firms in Puerto Rico, have been charged in an indictment returned today by a federal grand jury in Puerto Rico for their alleged roles in a bribery scheme involving legislation beneficial to Bravo Fernandez’ business, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:13:42 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jun/22/rapists-going-free-doctors-errors http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jun/22/rapists-going-free-doctors-errors Vital clues being missed due to shortage of fully trained forensic experts, according to British Medical Association Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:13:08 -0500 http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/rumours-prompt-chip-shop-owner-fund-probe/article-2335041-detail/article.html http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/rumours-prompt-chip-shop-owner-fund-probe/article-2335041-detail/article.html BUSINESSMAN John Walker, whose chip shop restaurant was wrecked in the Dartmouth town centre blaze, has rejected rumours that the fire started in his shop. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:12:47 -0500 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/sandisk-sd-card-can-store-tamper-proof-photos-for-100-years/36151 http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/sandisk-sd-card-can-store-tamper-proof-photos-for-100-years/36151 SanDisk has started shipping a SD card that writes once and can store images and data for at least 100 years. The SD card is being used by police for tamper-proof forensic image archiving and SanDisk plans to target other industries. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:09:39 -0500 http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20008352-504083.html http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20008352-504083.html NEW YORK (CBS) Crime scene photos obtained by 48 Hours | Mystery and published exclusively by Crimesider show the crime scene in the Lima, Peru hotel room where Stephany Flores was murdered. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:22:30 -0500 http://mansfield.htnp.com/2010/06/22/attorney-general-leads-multistate-investigation-of-google%E2%80%99s-unauthorized-collection-of-data-broadcast-over-wifi-networks/ http://mansfield.htnp.com/2010/06/22/attorney-general-leads-multistate-investigation-of-google%E2%80%99s-unauthorized-collection-of-data-broadcast-over-wifi-networks/ Atty. General Richard Blumenthal announced Monday [June 21] that his office will lead a multistate investigation into Google Street Views’ unauthorized collection of personal data from wireless computer networks. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:21:17 -0500 http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100621-712072.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLEHeadlinesEurope http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100621-712072.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLEHeadlinesEurope WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)-- The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board said it has opened an investigation into the causes of the April 20 explosion of a drilling rig leased by BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) to explore for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:20:47 -0500 http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100622/NEWS/6220311 http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100622/NEWS/6220311 Seemingly done in by DNA recovered from a child molestation that he was sentenced to 45 years for last year, Dorris W. Merriweather III accepted a plea bargain with Allen County prosecutors Friday for a 2003 child molestation in which authorities say he left the victim for dead. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:19:22 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iszulffmDhkQRe_wbMMOZdjK1OwAD9GGB2U00 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iszulffmDhkQRe_wbMMOZdjK1OwAD9GGB2U00 ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson has proposed roughly doubling New York's DNA database to include samples from even low-level offenders, making it the first in the nation to so broadly collect and use this evidence to solve crimes and exonerate people wrongly convicted. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:18:15 -0500 http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/06/21/1089491/cheektowaga-man-exonerated-of.html http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/06/21/1089491/cheektowaga-man-exonerated-of.html It took 26 years for Douglas Pacyon to clear his name after being convicted of a 1984 rape and serving almost seven years in prison for an attack he didn't commit. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:15:42 -0500 http://www.itpro.co.uk/624499/cyber-crime-appears-to-fall-despite-world-cup http://www.itpro.co.uk/624499/cyber-crime-appears-to-fall-despite-world-cup MessageLabs' figures show levels of email-based cyber crime falling, but illicit online activity may not have dropped at all. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:14:15 -0500 http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225700914&subSection=News http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225700914&subSection=News SMBs rank information loss and online attacks as their leading worries with more than 40% losing data in the past year and more than 70% victimized by cyberattacks. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:13:55 -0500 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/06/ex-slaughterhouse-boss-sentenced-to-27-years-for-fraud/1 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/06/ex-slaughterhouse-boss-sentenced-to-27-years-for-fraud/1 The former boss of one of the nation's biggest kosher slaughterhouses is being sentenced to 27 years in prison and ordered to pay $31 million in restitution for his conviction on 86 charges of financial fraud. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:04:01 -0500 http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/2010/Jun/22/Accuity_Contributes_to_Internet_Fraud_Alert_Project_in_Support_of_NCFTA%27s_Ongoing_Fight_against_Online_Fraud.html http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/2010/Jun/22/Accuity_Contributes_to_Internet_Fraud_Alert_Project_in_Support_of_NCFTA%27s_Ongoing_Fight_against_Online_Fraud.html Industry Leaders Partner on Development of Early Reporting and Information Sharing Program for Compromised Data Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:03:01 -0500 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Ranchi/Handwriting-in-suicide-note-was-of-Nirupama-says-forensic-report/articleshow/6078505.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Ranchi/Handwriting-in-suicide-note-was-of-Nirupama-says-forensic-report/articleshow/6078505.cms RANCHI: Delhi journalist Nirupama Pathak, who was found dead in her Jharkhand home on April 29, had herself written her suicide note, the forensic report has confirmed. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:02:40 -0500 http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20100622_11_A9_TheTul428716 http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20100622_11_A9_TheTul428716 The Tulsa Police Department's forensic laboratory director was fired Friday on allegations of "incompetence, inefficiency and gross neglect of duty," police records show. Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20100622_11_A9_TheTul428716 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:01:52 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/health/newsid_10350000/newsid_10353100/10353130.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/health/newsid_10350000/newsid_10353100/10353130.stm Real ecstasy pills have almost vanished from Britain's clubs over the last two years, an investigation for Radio 1 Newsbeat suggests. Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:41:34 -0500 http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/forensicsoft-announces-release-of-safe-block-win7-and-safe-block-vista-96793979.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/forensicsoft-announces-release-of-safe-block-win7-and-safe-block-vista-96793979.html Today, ForensicSoft releases two new versions of its popular software write-blocking product SAFE Block, now available for Microsoft's Windows 7 and Vista operating systems. SAFE Block is a software write blocker that replaces all hardware write-blockers. By installing SAFE Block on your field and lab computers, you have a proven forensically-sound write-blocking solution with complete control over all connected disks. Used by federal, state, local and foreign law enforcement, military, intelligence, as well as private forensic examiners, consulting firms, IT security and litigation support professionals, SAFE Block facilitates the quick and safe acquisition and analysis of any disk or flash storage media attached to your Windows PCs. Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:40:52 -0500 http://www.pressdistribution.net/11153/forensic-loan-audits-help http://www.pressdistribution.net/11153/forensic-loan-audits-help It mау nοt bе іn thе headlines, bυt wе аƖƖ realize thе housing meltdown continues іn 2010. Foreclosure rates аrе stubbornly high, despite ѕο many efforts tο reduce thеm. Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:40:29 -0500 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/7843193/Mystery-of-Ned-Kellys-skull-to-be-solved-by-scientists.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/7843193/Mystery-of-Ned-Kellys-skull-to-be-solved-by-scientists.html Australians have been asked to help scientists determine whether a skull thought to belong to the outlaw Ned Kelly is genuine or not. Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:40:11 -0500 http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/96802729.html http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/96802729.html BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) -- DNA tests have cleared the name of Douglas Pacyon, who served a prison term in the 1980's for sexual assault. Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:39:47 -0500 http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE65G2TJ20100617 http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE65G2TJ20100617 REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - The remains of former chess champion Bobby Fischer, who died two years ago in Iceland, will be dug up to settle a paternity claim, Iceland's Supreme Court has ruled. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:07:23 -0500 http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/jun/17/non-violent-criminals-are-linked-dna-violent-crime/ http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/jun/17/non-violent-criminals-are-linked-dna-violent-crime/ SAN DIEGO — The California Attorney General's office says DNA samples, taken from people arrested for non-violent felonies, have helped police identify many violent criminals. This information could bolster the case for Proposition 69. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:07:07 -0500 http://www.whec.com/news/stories/s1609739.shtml http://www.whec.com/news/stories/s1609739.shtml A 77-year-old man from Florida was arraigned today for bludgeoning a blind Rochester woman to death back in 1972. The case also bridges two generations in the RPD. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:06:49 -0500 http://news.discovery.com/animals/dogfighting-dna-database-helps-nab-criminals.html http://news.discovery.com/animals/dogfighting-dna-database-helps-nab-criminals.html It’s rare to catch a dog fighter in the middle of an actual fight, so when investigators are trying to convict suspected dog fighters, they need all the evidence they can get. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:06:26 -0500 http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/wfo061610.htm http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/wfo061610.htm WASHINGTON—Lee Bentley Farkas, the former chairman of a private mortgage lending company, Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW), was arrested last night in Ocala, Fla., and charged in a 16-count indictment for his alleged role in a more than $1.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the failures of Colonial Bank, one of the 50 largest banks in the United States in 2009, and TBW, one of the largest privately held mortgage lending companies in the United States in 2009. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:04:31 -0500 http://www.indystar.com/article/20100617/NEWS02/6170404/1272/LIVING07/Body-found-buried-in-home-s-backyard http://www.indystar.com/article/20100617/NEWS02/6170404/1272/LIVING07/Body-found-buried-in-home-s-backyard Victim's sister had reported him missing; partner is arrested. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:04:07 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jun/16/caravaggio-italy-remains-ravenna-art http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jun/16/caravaggio-italy-remains-ravenna-art He killed a man, brawled constantly, rowed with patrons and fled justice while revolutionising painting with his chiaroscuro style. Now, as if to underline how dramatic Caravaggio's short life was, researchers say he may have quite literally died for his art. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:00:59 -0500 http://www.turnto23.com/news/23921998/detail.html http://www.turnto23.com/news/23921998/detail.html BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. on Wednesday, released a detailed forensic analysis showing that DNA collected at arrests -- even for non-violent offenses -- is "cracking cold cases" by providing positive identification of suspects in violent crimes such as rape, murder and robbery. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:00:32 -0500 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/17/BA7V1E04AJ.DTL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/17/BA7V1E04AJ.DTL (06-16) 14:17 PDT HILLSBOROUGH -- A Hillsborough man was arrested after he shot and killed a longtime friend, the first homicide in the wealthy Peninsula enclave in six years, police said Wednesday. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:53:23 -0500 http://newark.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nk061610.htm http://newark.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nk061610.htm Defendants from Eight New Jersey Counties Allegedly Attempted to Defraud Lenders out of $5.5 Million Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:50:46 -0500 http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/crime/s/1245281_villain_caught_redhanded_by_photograph http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/crime/s/1245281_villain_caught_redhanded_by_photograph A hapless villain was caught when forensic experts matched a picture of his hand holding stolen watches to his fingerprint record. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:41:33 -0500 http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1187666.html http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1187666.html Mentally ill man moves from IWK to forensic hospital, could get passes Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:39:24 -0500 http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/home_family/was-there-a-sexual-assault-were-drugs-involved-lab-tests-provide-some-answers-96513934.html http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/home_family/was-there-a-sexual-assault-were-drugs-involved-lab-tests-provide-some-answers-96513934.html TORONTO - Toxicological and DNA tests done on samples taken from people who suspect they were drugged and then sexually assaulted lend support to their belief. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:38:47 -0500 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7057319.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7057319.html Local law enforcement agencies that have had to wait six months or longer for forensic test results from overworked crime labs will soon be able to turn to a new crime lab in The Woodlands for help solving cases. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:21:30 -0500 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=critique-of-forensic-psychopathy-scale-delayed-by-lawsuit http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=critique-of-forensic-psychopathy-scale-delayed-by-lawsuit Does an academic's use of legal threats to stop a critical paper from being published subvert the peer review process, which is fundamental to modern scientific research? Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:20:27 -0500 http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100616/NEWS02/306169887 http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100616/NEWS02/306169887 The Erie County District Attorney's Office has located 42 sexual assault cases dating back to 2002 that involved the work of forensic examiner Rhonda Henderson, the Erie nurse whose findings have been drawn into question by national experts. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:20:00 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jpfQBqhC5e_k4rsYJi1nVM7_KNIQD9GCLGR00 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jpfQBqhC5e_k4rsYJi1nVM7_KNIQD9GCLGR00 NEW YORK — The ex-boyfriend of a police forensic investigator whose naked body was found tied to a bed in a pool of blood apologized to the woman's family before he was sentenced Wednesday to between 29 and 37 years in prison for killing her. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:19:01 -0500 http://www.nwda.co.uk/news--events/press-releases/201001/child-protection-for-msn.aspx http://www.nwda.co.uk/news--events/press-releases/201001/child-protection-for-msn.aspx Isis Forensics, a Lancaster University spin out company based in InfoLab21, with the support of the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and InfoLab21’s Knowledge Business Centre, has launched a £54,000 Research and Development project to develop next generation child protection technologies that can be run on mobile phones. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:49:48 -0500 http://www.thespec.com/News/CanadaWorld/article/789943 http://www.thespec.com/News/CanadaWorld/article/789943 Teen's independence the ultimate insult to domineering man Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:45:42 -0500 http://www.finextra.com/community/fullblog.aspx?id=4168 http://www.finextra.com/community/fullblog.aspx?id=4168 According to the January 2010 report from the National Fraud Authority, fraud now costs the UK an eye watering £30 billion a year. 58% of fraud is committed in the private sector with tax fraud hitting £15.2 billion, and, in the private sector, financial services companies and organisations are said to suffer yearly losses of £3.8 billion through crimes including mortgage and insurance fraud, online banking, cheque and card fraud. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:45:20 -0500 http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Sexual-abuse-workers-celebrate-20-years-in-the-525163.php http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Sexual-abuse-workers-celebrate-20-years-in-the-525163.php STAMFORD -- When Maureen Ornousky got her first sexual assault case as a young prosecutor in the state's attorney's office at state Superior Court in Stamford, there were no independent witnesses, no physical evidence and no timeline. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:41:59 -0500 http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/bexar_death_row_inmate_found_dead_96444184.html http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/bexar_death_row_inmate_found_dead_96444184.html Ronnie Neal, convicted in the November 2004 robbery, rape and death of Robbins Academy schoolteacher Diane Tilly, was found dead this weekend in his state prison cell, Bexar County officials confirmed Tuesday. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:41:03 -0500 http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/824133 http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/824133 Domineering father and son plead guilty to strangling rebellious teenager Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:38:48 -0500 http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=941284 http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=941284 TROY -- It was a grisly murder scene. Bloodstained walls. A dead drug dealer. His pretty young girlfriend, who may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, was found slain by his side. Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=941284#ixzz0r1UPBlqQ Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:37:46 -0500 http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100616/News01/6160371/-1/googleNews http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100616/News01/6160371/-1/googleNews Every month members of the Cass County Task Force get together for a day or two to sharpen their crime scene investigation skills. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:36:50 -0500 http://baltimore.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ba061510.htm http://baltimore.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ba061510.htm Took Sexually Explicit Photographs of Two Girls—One Learning Disabled and One Autistic Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:36:19 -0500 http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1996831,00.html?xid=rss-topstories http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1996831,00.html?xid=rss-topstories In a case in Wichita, Kansas which has garnered national attention, Dr. Stephen Schneider and his wife, Linda, the local doctor-and-nurse team are accused of running a large-scale "pill mill" and dispensing prescriptions that led to the drug-related deaths of 68 patients. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:22:21 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gTJioKmEcYR7qOaIAsX9CmwOy0VgD9GBQDS04 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gTJioKmEcYR7qOaIAsX9CmwOy0VgD9GBQDS04 LANGLEY, Ark. — The grim recovery of bodies after flash flooding tore through a western Arkansas campground was nearing its end Tuesday, as officials awaited DNA tests to confirm that a young girl killed by the rising waters was the final victim. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:49:16 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i3BQNDYIpp_Q-bxLeLJUOykdVbQAD9GBRL801 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i3BQNDYIpp_Q-bxLeLJUOykdVbQAD9GBRL801 DALLAS — A Texas judge has ordered DNA testing on a strand of hair that was the only physical evidence linking a death row inmate to the murder for which he was executed 10 years ago. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:48:59 -0500 http://www.executivegov.com/2010/06/lynn-cyber-attack-would-affect-u-s-canadian-links/ http://www.executivegov.com/2010/06/lynn-cyber-attack-would-affect-u-s-canadian-links/ Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III met with Canadian National Security Advisor Marie-Lucie Morin to discuss cooperation efforts for a cyber defense strategy between the two nations at a meeting in Ottowa, Canada. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:44:56 -0500 http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo061510.htm http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo061510.htm United States Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced today four separate indictments charging 17 individuals for their participation in health care fraud and money laundering schemes in the Eastern District of New York. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:44:20 -0500 http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/Saville-Report-Hazy-memories-make.6362778.jp http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/Saville-Report-Hazy-memories-make.6362778.jp Despite its expansive, expensive pursuit of the truth, Saville's pursuit of the truth is hampered by the limits of the human mind, writes SAM McBRIDE Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:43:17 -0500 http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dog-fighting-dna-database-breaks-new-ground-in-crackdown-on-animal-cruelty-96390719.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dog-fighting-dna-database-breaks-new-ground-in-crackdown-on-animal-cruelty-96390719.html NEW YORK, June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nation's first criminal dog-fighting DNA database has been established by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), The Humane Society of Missouri (HSMO) and the Louisiana SPCA (LA/SPCA), and will be maintained at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) Veterinary Genetics Laboratory. Known as the Canine CODIS (Combined DNA Index System), the database is designed to help the criminal justice system investigate and prosecute dog fighting cases and address the growing problem of dog fighting using 21st century technology. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:42:02 -0500 http://eon.businesswire.com/portal/site/eon/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100615006974&newsLang=en http://eon.businesswire.com/portal/site/eon/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100615006974&newsLang=en BURLINGTON, Mass.& REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Pixel Forensics, Inc., a leading provider of multimedia technologies and solutions, today announces the hiring of Jeff Karnes as Chief Executive Officer and the appointment of Paul Lego, Jay Allen Sears, and Richard Upton to its Board of Advisors. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:41:42 -0500 http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010/06/14/14389141.html http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010/06/14/14389141.html When the blood on the aluminum storm door was swabbed after a vicious attack on a London truck driver, London police had no idea it would be seven years before there would be a DNA match. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:14:04 -0500 http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/The-predator-you-know-523702.php http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/The-predator-you-know-523702.php DANBURY -- As child sex abuse cases go, it was an almost textbook investigation, Detective Sgt. Mark Williams recalled. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:12:36 -0500 http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2010/0614/Amanda-Knox-not-guilty-says-Italian-mafioso http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2010/0614/Amanda-Knox-not-guilty-says-Italian-mafioso Amanda Knox is serving a 26-year sentence for murder in Italy. Will new testimony – and forensic evidence – be enough to overturn her conviction? Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:11:15 -0500 http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/06/14/conroe_courier/news/forensic061510.txt http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/06/14/conroe_courier/news/forensic061510.txt Montgomery County leaders are looking into creating a medical examiner’s office now that the current forensic center is shutting its doors. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:09:24 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iF3DDnO9V_kd_YSo5gbZg8Pj7-8AD9G98D980 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iF3DDnO9V_kd_YSo5gbZg8Pj7-8AD9G98D980 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The FBI has arrested the alleged ringleader of a violent drug-trafficking ring suspected of ordering five recent murders, an agent said Friday. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:38:07 -0500 http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/handheld/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225600458&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/handheld/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225600458&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_News A formal request to preserve all documents related the disclosure of 114,000 email addresses of Apple iPad owners has been issued to Gawker as part of an FBI investigation. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:36:48 -0500 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-dnadatabase,0,523192.story http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-dnadatabase,0,523192.story WHEATON, Ill. — A state database is still missing about 20,000 DNA samples from convicted felons that could be key to solving crimes. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:36:04 -0500 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/06/sheriff-collecting-fewer-fingerprints-because-of-budget-cuts.html http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/06/sheriff-collecting-fewer-fingerprints-because-of-budget-cuts.html The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is collecting less fingerprint evidence because of budget cuts. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:26:41 -0500 http://republicanherald.com/news/cause-of-deer-lake-fire-still-under-investigation-1.844750 http://republicanherald.com/news/cause-of-deer-lake-fire-still-under-investigation-1.844750 DEER LAKE - The cause of a fatal fire late Saturday afternoon is under investigation, according to Troopers Mark Demko and Joseph Burns, state police fire marshals with the Frackville barracks. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:26:17 -0500 http://www.ocregister.com/news/cruelty-253197-link-animal.html http://www.ocregister.com/news/cruelty-253197-link-animal.html A mounting body of evidence points to a link between animal abuse “and serious crimes of more narrowly human concern, including illegal firearms possession, drug trafficking, gambling, spousal and child abuse, rape and homicide,” the New York Times Magazine reports today. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:25:57 -0500 http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100614/jsp/bengal/story_12563010.jsp http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100614/jsp/bengal/story_12563010.jsp Calcutta, June 13: The Central Forensic Laboratory has sought another set of blood samples from the next of kin of those assumed dead in the Jnaneswari Express tragedy, sparking fears of a further delay in identifying as many as 46 bodies. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:25:38 -0500 http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/96278563.html http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/96278563.html When he sexually assaulted her, the little girl's older male acquaintance also licked her body. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:21:37 -0500 http://durangoherald.com/sections/Features/Columnists/Coroners_Report/2010/06/14/Bite_mark_identification_questioned/ http://durangoherald.com/sections/Features/Columnists/Coroners_Report/2010/06/14/Bite_mark_identification_questioned/ I don't think Detective Mark Furman planted O.J. Simpson's glove at Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson's murder scene. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:21:15 -0500 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=5840 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=5840 The UN’s chief scientific advisor, who was senior forensics advisor for exhumations in both Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia in 1996 and subsequently directed investigations for the Special Court of Sierra Leone, has spoken at a conference on Forensics hosted by The University of Manchester. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:20:58 -0500 http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/headlines/8217535.New_evidence_in_20_year_taxi_driver_murder_mystery/ http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/headlines/8217535.New_evidence_in_20_year_taxi_driver_murder_mystery/ FRESH forensic evidence could lead detectives to the killer of an Oxford taxi driver two decades after he was murdered. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:20:25 -0500 http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/forensic-medicine-department-in-coma/181333.html http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/forensic-medicine-department-in-coma/181333.html CHENNAIl The largest mortuary in the State will easily qualify for being the worst maintained for housing the dead. Its badly-lit rooms, peeling walls, dripping roofs, primitive tools, poor cold storage facility, highly unsanitised environment and the gut-wrenching stench have turned the mortuary at the government general hospital (GGH) in Chennai into Hell’s Chamber. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:20:00 -0500 http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=940884&category=OPINION http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=940884&category=OPINION The June 6 editorial, "Surprise, you're a suspect," on "partial match" DNA raises two issues that I would like to address. Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=940884&category=OPINION#ixzz0qpim9SZU Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:19:40 -0500 http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2010/06/11/fbi-contacts-gawker-probe-atampt-ipad-data-breach http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2010/06/11/fbi-contacts-gawker-probe-atampt-ipad-data-breach New York - Valleywag blog publisher Gawker Media says that the FBI has contacted it with questions regarding its publishing of details of a security hole in AT&T's website that exposed the email addresses of some 114,000 Apple iPad owners. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:05:58 -0500 http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-business/australians-tricked-out-of-70m-in-scams-20100611-y2px.html http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-business/australians-tricked-out-of-70m-in-scams-20100611-y2px.html Australians were tricked out of almost $70 million in online scams such as the "phony porn ploy" last year. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:04:56 -0500 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2010/06/argentina-dirty-war-dna-tests.html http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2010/06/argentina-dirty-war-dna-tests.html Two siblings adopted by a powerful media family in Argentina are undergoing DNA testing against their will to determine whether their biological parents were victims of the country's dark "dirty war," The Times reports. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:03:06 -0500 http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100611/NEWS01/6110330/DNA+from+dead+suspect+solves+28-year-old+murder http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100611/NEWS01/6110330/DNA+from+dead+suspect+solves+28-year-old+murder The murder of an elderly Longmont woman found dead in Larimer County nearly 28 years ago has been solved, thanks to DNA evidence, according to an organization that tracks unsolved homicides in Colorado. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:02:20 -0500 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9G8KQ900.html http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9G8KQ900.html A judge threw out a motion Wednesday that sought depositions of Lubbock police who worked on the investigation that led to the wrongful rape conviction of a man who later died in prison. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:02:01 -0500 http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/06/10/14340201.html http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/06/10/14340201.html The Scarborough home where a Vietnamese gangster likely was murdered and then put in a cement-filled barrel has yielded fresh clues, Toronto Police say. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:59:57 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g_oEHZSGVWNYVu61y-69RrX48g6QD9G987J00 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g_oEHZSGVWNYVu61y-69RrX48g6QD9G987J00 GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A California woman faces charges Friday along with her Oregon son after body parts from her husband washed up on the banks of the Sacramento River over several months. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:57:33 -0500 http://www.stargazette.com/article/20100610/NEWS01/6100386/Corning+s+master+of+splatter+still+draws+eager+students http://www.stargazette.com/article/20100610/NEWS01/6100386/Corning+s+master+of+splatter+still+draws+eager+students CORNING -- Herbert MacDonell knows so much about blood, you might think he's a vampire. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:55:37 -0500 http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20100611/NEWS01/6110317/Remains-at-least-10-years-old http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20100611/NEWS01/6110317/Remains-at-least-10-years-old It could be months before Caddo authorities know the gender and possible age of the person whose remains were found scattered behind an office building near downtown Shreveport. But officials say the person has been dead at least 10 years. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:51:36 -0500 http://gantdaily.com/2010/06/11/pccd-awards-fra-funds-to-help-state-police-streamline-forensic-rape-kit-processing/ http://gantdaily.com/2010/06/11/pccd-awards-fra-funds-to-help-state-police-streamline-forensic-rape-kit-processing/ HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency has awarded $162,000 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to the Pennsylvania State Police for new equipment that will enable crime investigators to process and analyze forensic rape kits in a shorter period of time. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:50:17 -0500 http://govconwire.com/2010/06/fridays-featured-job-cyber-forensic-analyst-at-bae/ http://govconwire.com/2010/06/fridays-featured-job-cyber-forensic-analyst-at-bae/ BAE Systems is seeking a full time Cyber Forensics Analyst. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:49:45 -0500 http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-09/rothstein-gets-50-years-for-1-2-billion-fraud-update3-.html http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-09/rothstein-gets-50-years-for-1-2-billion-fraud-update3-.html June 9 (Bloomberg) -- Former South Florida lawyer Scott Rothstein was sentenced to 50 years in prison for using his law firm to run a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme that financed a lavish lifestyle, bankrolled his firm and bought political influence. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:23:27 -0500 http://www.allgov.com/Controversies/ViewNews/Surprise__FBI_Figures_Show_Border_Cities_Less_Violent_than_Rest_of_US_100610 http://www.allgov.com/Controversies/ViewNews/Surprise__FBI_Figures_Show_Border_Cities_Less_Violent_than_Rest_of_US_100610 Is the United States’ side of the border with Mexico a region of dwindling crime and violence, or an exploding threat to American national security? Statistics would say it’s the former, but political rhetoric the latter. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:08:25 -0500 http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/orange_county&id=7489410 http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/orange_county&id=7489410 SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- Officials are investigating whether an Orange County man suspected of rape in Arizona may have sexually assaulted other women across the country. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:00:47 -0500 http://www.thedailysound.com/061010DNA http://www.thedailysound.com/061010DNA A DNA match led to the arrest of a man suspected of brutally beating a woman and attempting to rape her three years ago in the bushes near Santa Barbara City College, authorities said. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:00:21 -0500 http://www.freep.com/article/20100610/NEWS04/6100429/Ex-con-arrested-in-killing-of-man-84 http://www.freep.com/article/20100610/NEWS04/6100429/Ex-con-arrested-in-killing-of-man-84 DNA evidence aids police in Feb. slaying Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:59:54 -0500 http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2010/06/07/next-in-forensics-bacterial-fingerprints.html http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2010/06/07/next-in-forensics-bacterial-fingerprints.html While its widespread application in law enforcement is still years away, scientists at the University of Colorado, Boulder have developed a technique that can match the “personal” bacteria on an individual’s hands and fingers with bacteria deposited on computer keyboards and mice. Once perfected, the process eventually could become another tool in the forensics arsenal, along with fingerprint and DNA analysis. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:54:49 -0500 http://www.northjersey.com/news/96029089_Police_officials_learn_about_cyber_crime.html http://www.northjersey.com/news/96029089_Police_officials_learn_about_cyber_crime.html The Saddle Brook Police Department and the United States Asian American Law Enforcement Foundation, Fairleigh Dickinson University held a police seminar on June 1 to discuss and educate police members about the realities of cyber crime. The event was run in coordination with the visiting of the Royal Thai police delegation over Memorial Day weekend. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:51:31 -0500 http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/atc-releases-a-mobile-version-of-p2p-marshal-called---field-edition-96043779.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/atc-releases-a-mobile-version-of-p2p-marshal-called---field-edition-96043779.html ITHACA, N.Y., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- ATC-NY has released its latest tool to fight cyber crime - P2P Marshal "Field Edition," which runs from a USB drive. P2P Marshal is a computer forensics tool which automatically detects, extracts and analyzes P2P evidence on hard drives. The software-only version, "Forensic Edition," is installed and runs on an investigator's workstation to analyze a mounted disk image. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:51:03 -0500 http://www.dailytech.com/More+Efficient+Sensors+Could+Lead+to+Advances+in+Crime+Scene+Forensics+Medical+Diagnostics+/article18651.htm http://www.dailytech.com/More+Efficient+Sensors+Could+Lead+to+Advances+in+Crime+Scene+Forensics+Medical+Diagnostics+/article18651.htm New method for detecting particles kicks the old technology to the curb. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:50:43 -0500 http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/no-forensic-exam-for-accused-murderer-todd-pink-20100609-ms http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/no-forensic-exam-for-accused-murderer-todd-pink-20100609-ms CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - He's charged with murdering his girlfriend with a gun and killing her little boy with a meat cleaver, but for now an insanity plea does not appear to be part of his defense strategy. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:10:13 -0500 http://kansascity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/kc060810.htm http://kansascity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/kc060810.htm KANSAS CITY, KS—Fifteen residents of Leavenworth, Kansas are charged with drug trafficking in two federal indictments unsealed Monday, U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch said today. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:07:30 -0500 http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo060810.htm http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo060810.htm NEW YORK—Sixteen defendants were charged today with various counts of kidnapping in aid of a racketeering enterprise, narcotics trafficking, robbery and firearms possession, announced Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Acting Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the FBI, and Raymond W. Kelly, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:06:07 -0500 http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/threat-cyber-war-exaggerated/2010-06-09 http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/threat-cyber-war-exaggerated/2010-06-09 Conflating cyber attacks with threat of cyber war runs the risk of turning over control of the Internet to the Defense Department or intelligence agencies, said Bruce Schneier, the well-known security technologist. Read more: Is the threat of cyber war exaggerated? - FierceGovernmentIT http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/threat-cyber-war-exaggerated/2010-06-09#ixzz0qObKUxh8 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:00:48 -0500 http://www.wbaltv.com/news/23845773/detail.html http://www.wbaltv.com/news/23845773/detail.html BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. -- Baltimore County police indicted a man who is already serving a life sentence in prison after DNA linked him to the 1997 rape of a 12-year-old girl. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:00:23 -0500 http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/09/williams.dna.test/?hpt=C1 http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/09/williams.dna.test/?hpt=C1 Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Almost 30 years ago, when Wayne Williams went on trial in two deaths that became known as the Atlanta child murders, DNA testing was not yet a staple of courtroom science. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:59:36 -0500 http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100609-708914.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100609-708914.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested seven people Wednesday in connection with an alleged "boiler room" operation in midtown Manhattan, including a purported member of the Bonnano organized crime family. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:58:51 -0500 http://www.wncftv.com/promos/95960719.html http://www.wncftv.com/promos/95960719.html WLTZ - Leaders are trying to make it quicker in getting results back. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:56:41 -0500 http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/uspto-awards-key-patent-to-adf-solutions-for-digital-forensics-95970944.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/uspto-awards-key-patent-to-adf-solutions-for-digital-forensics-95970944.html BETHESDA, Md., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- ADF Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of forensic triage tools for computers and peripherals, is pleased to announce that it has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office pertaining to methods of searching forensic data. The patent has critical applications for forensic triage, cyber-security, cyber-intelligence, digital forensics, and e-discovery. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:56:10 -0500 http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/23845512/detail.html http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/23845512/detail.html BOULDER, Colo. -- A year-long investigation has led to the arrest of a senior citizen who police said had child pornography on his computer. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:55:49 -0500 http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D9G7OAK80 http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D9G7OAK80 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal agents and a forensic accountant who played key roles in the investigation that brought down Minnesota businessman Tom Petters were honored Tuesday for their work in uncovering the $3.7 billion Ponzi scheme — the largest financial crime in state history. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:58:34 -0500 http://www.wiltonvillager.com/story/487465 http://www.wiltonvillager.com/story/487465 WILTON -- Scientifically, nothing more can be done with forensic evidence in the Nicholas Parisot homicide, according to Wilton Police. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:53:32 -0500 http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=468042 http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=468042 GENESEE COUNTY -- The man accused of torturing and murdering 4-year old Dominick Calhoun will head to trial. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:53:12 -0500 http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/06/08/hp-cyber-protection-system.aspx http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2010/06/08/hp-cyber-protection-system.aspx HP Enterprise Services will furnish the Air Force with a new command and control system capable of boosting its cyber defense capabilities under a one-year, $9 million contract. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:11:38 -0500 http://www.ydr.com/ci_15251181 http://www.ydr.com/ci_15251181 STATE COLLEGE, Pa.—A cybersecurity sweep at Penn State found the Social Security numbers of another 25,000 individuals may have been exposed to a security breach because of infected computers. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:11:22 -0500 http://cbs4denver.com/wireapnewsco/Wrongly.imprisoned.man.2.1739985.html http://cbs4denver.com/wireapnewsco/Wrongly.imprisoned.man.2.1739985.html FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) ― The city of Fort Collins has approved a $5.9 million lawsuit by a man who served nearly 10 years in prison for murder before he was released based on DNA evidence. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:09:33 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iKXxMr8bsqnMXwXSdngFnb7worpAD9G791P00 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iKXxMr8bsqnMXwXSdngFnb7worpAD9G791P00 TRENTON, N.J. — Preliminary DNA tests found no evidence of semen on a 7-year-old New Jersey girl who police said was gang-raped after her stepsister sold her for sex. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:08:49 -0500 http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/07/1999846/ex-fbi-agent-writes-about-the.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/07/1999846/ex-fbi-agent-writes-about-the.html In this stunning autobiography, former FBI undercover agent Robert K. Wittman details his 20-year career investigating the murky world of art theft. Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/07/1999846/ex-fbi-agent-writes-about-the.html#ixzz0qImO5YYS Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:07:04 -0500 http://www.corrections.com/news/article/24763-new-laboratory-contract-to-increase-efficiency-in-the-department-of-corrections-medical-forensics-division http://www.corrections.com/news/article/24763-new-laboratory-contract-to-increase-efficiency-in-the-department-of-corrections-medical-forensics-division (Concord, NH) The New Hampshire Department of Corrections announces that a new laboratory has been contracted to provide on-site testing and screening for all inmate medical and forensics examinations and diagnoses. In May, the Governor and Executive Council awarded the two-year contract to Spectra Laboratories, Inc., of Milpitas, California. Services began on June 1, 2010. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:05:52 -0500 http://cjonline.com/news/state/2010-06-07/expert_faults_autopsies_in_deaths http://cjonline.com/news/state/2010-06-07/expert_faults_autopsies_in_deaths WICHITA — The medical examiner's practice of only doing an external exam when a toxicology report showed evidence of drugs makes it impossible to determine the actual cause of numerous deaths for which prosecutors blame a Kansas doctor, another doctor testified Monday. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:04:55 -0500 http://www.wltz.com/news/local/95900314.html http://www.wltz.com/news/local/95900314.html The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences is down 18 scientist for a number of reasons. Michael Sparks, Director of the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, said they've had a budget decrease statewide because of the economy. The forensics department has 11 locations statewide, but its headquarters are located in Auburn. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:04:39 -0500 http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/bs060710.htm http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/bs060710.htm PROVIDENCE, RI—Three former North Providence, R.I., town councilmen pleaded not guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to indictments charging them with bribery and extortion, it was announced by U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha. Joseph S. Burchfield, Raymond L. Douglas III, and John A. Zambarano were indicted by a federal grand jury on May 27, 2010. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:01:13 -0500 http://houston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ho060410.htm http://houston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ho060410.htm HOUSTON—A former bank branch manager and an auto dealer have pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud a Houston-area bank of more than $2.5 million through a check kiting scheme, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:00:19 -0500 http://idm.net.au/blog/007876-accessdata-unveils-mobile-forensics http://idm.net.au/blog/007876-accessdata-unveils-mobile-forensics AccessData is giving computer forensics investigators a sneak peek at its new "Mobile Phone Examiner Plus" ("MPE +") touch screen field tablet at the Techno Security conference next week in California. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:59:10 -0500 http://www.energypublisher.com/article.asp?id=34374 http://www.energypublisher.com/article.asp?id=34374 In an abandoned mine in central Mexico, 77 bodies in an advanced state of decomposition were found. The mine shaft, near the famed city of Taxco in the state of Guerrero, is more than 450 feet deep and is located in the oldest mining center in the New World. According to Mexico’s Forensic Medical Service, most of the bodies showed signs of being bound by the hand and blindfolded. The bodies were found by authorities following the arrest of 15 hired killers in Iguala, Guerrero. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:57:29 -0500 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7145669.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7145669.ece Mexican police have discovered six bodies with their hearts cut out in an underground cave on the outskirts of Cancun, apparently victims of a wave of drug violence between rival cartels. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:10:47 -0500 http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2010/June/theuae_June210.xml&section=theuae http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2010/June/theuae_June210.xml&section=theuae SHARJAH - The police on Monday arrested the Bangladeshi girlfriend of a Pakistani man whose body parts were found in two suitcases dumped in a pickup van in Rolla Square on Saturday. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:09:59 -0500 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/sorenson-forensics-partners-with-trimega,1332023.shtml http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/sorenson-forensics-partners-with-trimega,1332023.shtml LONDON & SALT LAKE CITY - (Business Wire) Sorenson Forensics today announced that it is collaborating with Trimega Laboratories as part of its expert scientific team to genetically identify victims of the Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771, who died May 12, 2010 when the airline’s Airbus 330-200 plane crash-landed at Tripoli Airport. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:08:38 -0500 http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security/2010/06/07/scotland-opens-forensic-science-centre-40089154/ http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security/2010/06/07/scotland-opens-forensic-science-centre-40089154/ A £23.3m purpose-built forensic science centre, that will also be a base for 30 IT specialists, has opened in Dundee. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:07:36 -0500 http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2010/06/07/story15185504t0.shtm http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2010/06/07/story15185504t0.shtm The new £23.3 million police forensics lab in Dundee was officially opened today, providing cutting-edge facilities for over 130 crime analysis specialists (writes Graeme Bletcher). Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:53:33 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/10257399.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/10257399.stm A multi-million pound forensic laboratory providing many of the latest crime-fighting technologies has been opened in Dundee. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:48:53 -0500 http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=489954 http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=489954 Like most states, New York collects DNA from those convicted of serious criminal offenses. But Governor David Paterson wants to dramatically expand the practice to include those convicted of almost all offenses, including misdemeanors. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:48:30 -0500 http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/ponzi-schemer-scott-rothstein-says-hes-been-working-undercover-for-fbi/1100464 http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/ponzi-schemer-scott-rothstein-says-hes-been-working-undercover-for-fbi/1100464 Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, the Fort Lauderdale lawyer who spent the past five years handing out millions of dollars in campaign contributions to Florida politicians, says he has spent the past few months working undercover for the FBI. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:46:36 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/arts/design/07wittman.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/arts/design/07wittman.html For 15 years, until his retirement in 2008, Mr. Wittman — the author of a rollicking memoir, “Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures,” released last week by Crown Publishers — was the driving force behind the F.B.I.’s efforts to pursue art thieves, a fledgling program that grew into a formal Art Crime Team under his leadership, though the team is still tiny compared with its counterparts in Europe. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:46:09 -0500 http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/x1910028921/The-shooting-of-Bobby-Stacy-Case-is-a-forensic-puzzle-of-tire-tracks-bullet-paths http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/x1910028921/The-shooting-of-Bobby-Stacy-Case-is-a-forensic-puzzle-of-tire-tracks-bullet-paths This story was originally publsihed in The Joplin Globe on Sunday, June 6. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:51:18 -0500 http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/07/1667163/exhumed-bones-may-offer-clues.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/07/1667163/exhumed-bones-may-offer-clues.html Authorities have begun exhumations in Guatemala, hoping to provide answers to family members of those killed in the nation's civil war. Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/07/1667163/exhumed-bones-may-offer-clues.html#ixzz0qAuxLqfN Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:50:54 -0500 http://www.bioresearchonline.com/article.mvc/DNA-Free-Consumables-For-Forensic-Sample-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO http://www.bioresearchonline.com/article.mvc/DNA-Free-Consumables-For-Forensic-Sample-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO Micronic Europe BV has introduced a range of new storage tubes (0.50ml, 0.75ml, 1.10ml and 1.40ml) and capping products that absolutely secure the long term integrity of DNA samples for forensic analysis. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:50:22 -0500 http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article446616.ece http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article446616.ece Cyber security experts in the National Informatics Centre (NIC) were left red-faced and also silently impressed by a small time Desk Top Publishing operator, when he managed to dodge through the firewalls to hack into NIC servers. Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:33:36 -0500 http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2010/06/04/fbi-and-microsoft-team-snags-malware-providers/ http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2010/06/04/fbi-and-microsoft-team-snags-malware-providers/ Last week, the FBI announced indictments against individuals allegedly involved in the distribution of the WinFixer family of malware. Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:32:44 -0500 http://citizensvoice.com/news/fbi-contacts-more-local-school-districts-1.830014 http://citizensvoice.com/news/fbi-contacts-more-local-school-districts-1.830014 The FBI has contacted two additional Luzerne County school districts to ask about transportation providers, bringing the total to seven districts. Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:29:48 -0500 http://www.gpb.org/news/2010/06/04/fbi-expands-srs-lab http://www.gpb.org/news/2010/06/04/fbi-expands-srs-lab AUGUSTA, Ga. - The FBI has been working with the Savannah River lab since 2006, using the facility to do forensics on evidence that has been exposed to radiation. Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:29:04 -0500 http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2010/06/04/746752/police-dozens-of-guns-found-in.html http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2010/06/04/746752/police-dozens-of-guns-found-in.html COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Authorities have found dozens of guns in the home of a white South Carolina man accused of shooting and killing a black man, then dragging his body more than 10 miles down country roads, the state police chief said Friday. Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:28:23 -0500 http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/04/1992427/dna-hit-leads-to-statutory-rape.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/04/1992427/dna-hit-leads-to-statutory-rape.html A 26-year-old Lexington, Mo., man has been charged with statutory rape and sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl eight years ago in Independence. Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/04/1992427/dna-hit-leads-to-statutory-rape.html#ixzz0pufNoFfv Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:08:40 -0500 http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/060310-sex-abuse-investigations-more-efficient http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/060310-sex-abuse-investigations-more-efficient MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Some of the youngest victims in Shelby County won't be victims of the system anymore. The Memphis Child Advocacy Center is helping investigators of crimes against children be more efficient. Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:05:39 -0500 http://www.prlog.org/10715882-us-loan-auditors-dispels-confusion-in-the-marketplace-with-irvine-based-usa-loan-auditors.html http://www.prlog.org/10715882-us-loan-auditors-dispels-confusion-in-the-marketplace-with-irvine-based-usa-loan-auditors.html PR Log (Press Release) – Jun 03, 2010 – SACRAMENTO – US Loan Auditors, the premier forensic real estate loan auditing firm serving California residents, has received reports of confusion in the marketplace about a similarly named firm out of Irvine, Calif. doing business as USA Loan Auditors. Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:05:02 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/world/europe/04impunity.html?src=me http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/world/europe/04impunity.html?src=me MAGAS, Russia — Only one spectator showed up for the final hearing in the killing of Magomed Yevloyev. He was a broad-beamed, ruddy-faced man in a carefully pressed black suit, and once in the courtroom he removed his tall fur hat, set it on the bench beside him and waited for a chance to speak. Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:02:23 -0500 http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/crime/Who-put-womans-body-in-garbage-tote http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/crime/Who-put-womans-body-in-garbage-tote Autopsy continues, no conclusions reached yet Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:00:49 -0500 http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=581318&publicationSubCategoryId=200 http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=581318&publicationSubCategoryId=200 MANILA, Philippines - The examination of the controversial 60 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines will not delay the declaration of the next president and vice-president by next week. Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:00:26 -0500 http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/06/04/news/doc4c087f78199e9687424731.txt http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/06/04/news/doc4c087f78199e9687424731.txt ALBANY — A report by the state Inspector General accuses a forensic analyst from Averill Park of using her state computer to look up confidential information about others some 200 times, many of those in an effort to help a relative win a custody battle. Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:59:57 -0500 http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/02/1988894/jackson-appears-in-court-on-18.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/02/1988894/jackson-appears-in-court-on-18.html Bernard Jackson was arraigned Wednesday on 18 felonies stemming from four Waldo-area sexual assaults in the 1980s. Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/02/1988894/jackson-appears-in-court-on-18.html#ixzz0pndo4LCC Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:18:34 -0500 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Forensic-proof-helps-lifer-walk-out-of-prison/articleshow/6005588.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Forensic-proof-helps-lifer-walk-out-of-prison/articleshow/6005588.cms MUMBAI: Four years after a 50-year-old farm worker was arrested for the murder of his co-worker, modern scientific tools of investigation have come to his rescue. The Bombay high court recently relied on a chemical analyser test report to acquit and Jamsing Barela and quash the life imprisonment awarded to him by a trial court. Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:54:25 -0500 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/03/AR2010060301737.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/03/AR2010060301737.html TACOMA, Wash. -- A Washington state medical examiner says a gunman who killed a Tacoma teacher committed suicide and was not killed by a shot from a sheriff's deputy's gun. Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:53:46 -0500 http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=12584779 http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=12584779 LIVINGSTON, TX (KTRE) - Polk County prosecutors are fed up. Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:53:00 -0500 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/new-accessdata-mobile-phone-forensics,1327651.shtml http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/new-accessdata-mobile-phone-forensics,1327651.shtml Today, AccessData announced that it will be giving computer forensics investigators a sneak peek at its new "Mobile Phone Examiner Plus" ("MPE +") touch screen field tablet. Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:49:32 -0500 http://fcw.com/articles/2010/06/02/web-tsa-enterprise-cyber-forensics.aspx http://fcw.com/articles/2010/06/02/web-tsa-enterprise-cyber-forensics.aspx Agency wants data on enterprise cyber forensics system products Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:48:49 -0500 http://www.thestate.com/2010/06/03/1314825/fbi-expanding-forensic-lab-at.html http://www.thestate.com/2010/06/03/1314825/fbi-expanding-forensic-lab-at.html AIKEN, S.C. — The FBI is expanding its South Carolina lab used to examine radiological evidence. Read more: http://www.thestate.com/2010/06/03/1314825/fbi-expanding-forensic-lab-at.html#ixzz0pnUrXi3j Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:43:00 -0500 http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8198563.Tests_reveal_tissue_is_that_of_missing_Shelley/ http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8198563.Tests_reveal_tissue_is_that_of_missing_Shelley/ Police have revealed that human tissue recovered from the River Aire over the weekend is that of Bradford woman Shelley Armitage. Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:42:13 -0500 http://www.wbur.org/2010/06/02/dorchester-reaction http://www.wbur.org/2010/06/02/dorchester-reaction BOSTON — Nicole Macfarland was sitting on her front stoop Sunday with her family. Suddenly, she heard shots. She ran and found a boy bleeding on the ground. It was her neighbor. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:52:20 -0500 http://ifawebnews.com/2010/06/02/expert-20-percentof-deepwater-horizon-insurance-claims-could-be-phony/ http://ifawebnews.com/2010/06/02/expert-20-percentof-deepwater-horizon-insurance-claims-could-be-phony/ More than a decade ago, Steven A. Rosenthal was on the front lines of the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez spill, calculating losses from nearly 30,000 individual insurance claims. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:48:57 -0500 http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_15205164 http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_15205164 LOS ANGELES - Authorities Tuesday warned area residents to be wary of various mass-marketing scams, many of which originate in other countries and are often directed at the elderly. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:46:52 -0500 http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/779999 http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/779999 Advances in forensic sciences and DNA profiling eventually caught up with Robert Badgerow, says a Hamilton prosecutor who accuses the Binbrook man of raping, strangling and drowning a 23-year-old nurse in 1981. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:09:18 -0500 http://springfield.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/si060110.htm http://springfield.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/si060110.htm A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on June 1, 2010, ANTONIO C. MCWHERTER, age 47, of Shiloh, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis for deprivation of civil rights. MCWHERTER pled guilty to the offense on May 27, 2010. MCWHERTER received three years’ probation with four months of home detention, fined $5,000, ordered to pay a $25 special assessment, and was ordered to pay restitution to the victim in the amount of $3,489. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:52:45 -0500 http://www.timminspress.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2604667 http://www.timminspress.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2604667 Forensic analysis of a rope found near Ronald Godin's slain body and of a hair found in the blood-stained trunk of the victim's car failed to match the DNA profile of the accused killer, a jury in Timmins Superior Court heard Tuesday. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:38:07 -0500 http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/jun/02/police-pore-over-bones-fragments-for-clues/ http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/jun/02/police-pore-over-bones-fragments-for-clues/ Chattanooga police officers spent the day sifting through dirt for bone fragments after informant tips led them to an Arlington Avenue yard. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:36:19 -0500 http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/06/the-forensic-astronomer-donald-olson.php http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2010/06/the-forensic-astronomer-donald-olson.php Donald Olson, a physicist at Texas State University, is the world's leading practitioner of forensic astronomy - examining classic works of art and literature that include references to celestial phenomena. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:35:51 -0500 http://www.prweb.com/releases/SIRS-2/parinc/prweb4078234.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/SIRS-2/parinc/prweb4078234.htm It just became easier to identify prisoners, juvenile offenders and other members of forensic populations who are exaggerating mental disorders for personal gain. The recently released Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms, 2nd Edition (SIRS-2), evaluates feigning of psychiatric symptoms and the manner in which it is likely to occur. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:34:47 -0500 http://www.policeone.com/police-products/investigation/DNA-forensics/articles/2075234-Sorenson-passing-forensics-knowledge-on-to-Nigerian-police/ http://www.policeone.com/police-products/investigation/DNA-forensics/articles/2075234-Sorenson-passing-forensics-knowledge-on-to-Nigerian-police/ SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah — Over the past four years, Sorenson Forensics has gained a reputation among law enforcers as the place for groundbreaking work in forensic technology and for solving cold cases using sophisticated DNA identification procedures. Now, Sorenson is passing on its knowledge to other police departments around the world. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:33:43 -0500 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/01/enf_met_police/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/01/enf_met_police/ Police scientists have hailed a new technique that recently played a pivotal role in securing a murder conviction as the most significant development in audio forensics since Watergate. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:57:25 -0500 http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/02/stories/2010060253491500.htm http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/02/stories/2010060253491500.htm MANGALORE: The families of 12 persons, out of the 158 killed in the May 22 Air India Express crash, will never get the opportunity to perform the last rites of their departed kin as per their faiths. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:45:22 -0500 http://charlotte.news14.com/content/local_news/triangle/626562/house-judicial-committee-approved-dna-testing-bill http://charlotte.news14.com/content/local_news/triangle/626562/house-judicial-committee-approved-dna-testing-bill RALEIGH – North Carolina legislators are one step closer to passing a law that would allow DNA testing at the time of an arrest. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:44:08 -0500 http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/06/fmri-lie-detection-in-court/ http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/06/fmri-lie-detection-in-court/ A landmark decision has excluded fMRI lie-detection evidence from a federal court case in Tennessee. Read More http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/06/fmri-lie-detection-in-court/#ixzz0pdVQnNYs Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:42:36 -0500 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10648946 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10648946 Backing his four-by-four into his garage one night in 2006, after returning from a drunken party in the Swiss canton of Bern, a man crushed his wife against the garage's rear wall. He called an ambulance, but she died before it reached the hospital. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:41:49 -0500 http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2601896 http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2601896 Provincial police say a "significant" portion of a man's dismembered body could be still out there somewhere, waiting to be found. And with it could come answers. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:40:57 -0500 http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/Application-Notes/2010/05/Standing-Up-in-a-Court-of-Law-Artel/ http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/Application-Notes/2010/05/Standing-Up-in-a-Court-of-Law-Artel/ Private forensic testing laboratory ensures data integrity with advanced calibration systems. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:39:02 -0500 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/crime/stories/060110dnmetdnacars.1ccd5ec.html http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/crime/stories/060110dnmetdnacars.1ccd5ec.html The Forensic Evidence Auto Recovery task force will deliver its first DNA samples next week to the lab as part of a study using genetic evidence to catch thieves involved in car theft rings. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:38:36 -0500 http://www.loansafe.org/ftc-broadens-case-against-mortgage-relief-scheme-charges-that-forensic-audits-were-unlikely-to-help-homeowners http://www.loansafe.org/ftc-broadens-case-against-mortgage-relief-scheme-charges-that-forensic-audits-were-unlikely-to-help-homeowners (LoanSafe.org) – The Federal Trade Commission has named several new defendants and added new charges concerning so-called “forensic audits” to its lawsuit against an operation that allegedly bilked homeowners who were trying to lower their mortgage payments. The action is part of an ongoing crackdown on scams that target consumers who are behind in their mortgage payments or at risk of foreclosure. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:37:39 -0500 http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/article481582.ece/DA--Forensic-backlog-turning-toxic http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/article481582.ece/DA--Forensic-backlog-turning-toxic DA health spokesman Mike Waters says the country's three state forensic chemistry laboratories have "all but collapsed". Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:36:48 -0500 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7140951.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7140951.ece Bones found in a river where police are searching for two Bradford prostitutes allegedly murdered by a serial killer are not human, it was revealed yesterday. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:36:17 -0500 http://www.usmarshals.gov/news/chron/2010/052710.htm http://www.usmarshals.gov/news/chron/2010/052710.htm Cleveland, Ohio – U.S. Marshal Peter J. Elliott announces the creation of the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force’s Most Wanted list, nicknamed the “Dangerous Dozen”. Fri, 28 May 2010 10:18:17 -0500 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/May/10-crm-626.html http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/May/10-crm-626.html WASHINGTON – Two securities broker-dealers were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged roles in a securities fraud scheme involving several publicly traded companies, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. Fri, 28 May 2010 10:04:38 -0500 http://www.startribune.com/local/94966324.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU http://www.startribune.com/local/94966324.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU I recently returned from a short trip to our country's southern border. One of the things that stood out -- in a very sad way -- was the sense of resignation among townspeople just across the Rio Grande in Mexico that corruption among their leaders is inescapable. Thu, 27 May 2010 08:45:39 -0500 http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/blog/2010/05/fbi_record_cache_of_porn_found.html http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/blog/2010/05/fbi_record_cache_of_porn_found.html Federal authorities are describing a bust of a 27-year-old Parkville man as the largest ever haul of child pornography ever seized in Maryland. Thu, 27 May 2010 08:44:49 -0500 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/DNA-test-results-balm-for-some-victim-families--distress-for-others/624369 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/DNA-test-results-balm-for-some-victim-families--distress-for-others/624369 Saturday’s tragedy in Mangalore might just have been compounded for the families of some victims because of mistakes in identifying bodies extracted from the destroyed aircraft. Thu, 27 May 2010 08:43:07 -0500 http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/event/article/id/95271/publisher_ID/19/ http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/event/article/id/95271/publisher_ID/19/ A man convicted of killing a Milwaukee prostitute 12 years ago will soon be freed, after a new DNA test shows that he didn’t do it. Thu, 27 May 2010 08:41:44 -0500 http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/05/27/1202800/dna-match-clinches-arrest-in-rape.html http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/05/27/1202800/dna-match-clinches-arrest-in-rape.html A DNA hit led to an arrest Tuesday in a rape of a teen on Vashon Island in January. Read more: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/05/27/1202800/dna-match-clinches-arrest-in-rape.html#ixzz0p8XyEfih Thu, 27 May 2010 08:38:08 -0500 http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/zyg/zyg108.html http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/zyg/zyg108.html Zygem has acquired Microlab Diagnostics and developed a microfluidic/DNA extraction device for rapid DNA testing in forensics, biodefence, point-of-care diagnostics and food pathogen testing. Thu, 27 May 2010 08:36:16 -0500 http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/race+against+time+to+find+serial+killer+clues/3661187 http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/race+against+time+to+find+serial+killer+clues/3661187 The detective who led the investigation into the Soham murders tells Channel 4 News that police in Bradford will be trawling CCTV footage and eagerly awaiting the results of forensic tests as the clock ticks down over the time allowed to question the suspect. Thu, 27 May 2010 08:35:54 -0500 http://www.prlog.org/10700300-paraben-corporation-releases-link2-software-product.html http://www.prlog.org/10700300-paraben-corporation-releases-link2-software-product.html Paraben Corporation, a provider of digital forensics solutions, has announced the release of Paraben’s Link2; a link analysis tool for Digital Forensics investigations. Thu, 27 May 2010 08:33:45 -0500 http://www.rfid-ready.com/201005273022/bode-technology-revolutionizes-forensic-control-and-processing-of-specimens-with-proprietary-rfid-system.html http://www.rfid-ready.com/201005273022/bode-technology-revolutionizes-forensic-control-and-processing-of-specimens-with-proprietary-rfid-system.html Provider of Forensic Analysis and Services Securely Tags and Tracks Forensic Samples and Evidence from Crime Scene to Courtroom Thu, 27 May 2010 08:32:27 -0500 http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=2608&dir=2010/May/Wednesday26 http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=2608&dir=2010/May/Wednesday26 The Botswana Police Service has only one Motswana forensic pathologist and like the rest of the Southern African region, it is experiencing a shortage of forensic pathologists. The police rely heavily on developed countries for the training of these experts. Thu, 27 May 2010 08:31:43 -0500 http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/may/26/forensic-technician-fired-after-14-month-olds-body-ar-89401/ http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/may/26/forensic-technician-fired-after-14-month-olds-body-ar-89401/ COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A coroner's office employee is terminated Wednesday after a young child's body was erroneously cremated. Thu, 27 May 2010 08:31:18 -0500 http://allafrica.com/stories/201005270068.html http://allafrica.com/stories/201005270068.html The Libyan government has enlisted the help of Dutch forensic experts to identify victims from the recent plane crash that claimed the lives of two Zimbabweans in Tripoli. Thu, 27 May 2010 08:30:56 -0500 http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Murder+trial+hangs+forensics/3076931/story.html http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Murder+trial+hangs+forensics/3076931/story.html DNA , blood from victims linked to man accused of slaying two sex-trade workers, prosecutor says Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Murder+trial+hangs+forensics/3076931/story.html#ixzz0p8VyeT34 Thu, 27 May 2010 08:30:22 -0500 http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202458817357&How_Well_Does_Forensic_Evidence_Stand_Alone http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202458817357&How_Well_Does_Forensic_Evidence_Stand_Alone When the principal, and perhaps sole, proof of guilt is a forensic test, such as DNA or fingerprint matching, there is a risk that credibility inflation or a "CSI" effect might unduly influence the jury.[FOOTNOTE 1] This is a cautionary tale about the dangers of allowing convictions to rest primarily on a single type of forensic identification evidence without meaningful corroboration. Thu, 27 May 2010 08:29:58 -0500 http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2010/05/24/daily22.html http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2010/05/24/daily22.html A federal grand jury has issued a 20-count indictment charging five doctors and six others with conspiracy to commit health care fraud in Sacramento and the East Bay. Read more: Local doctors indicted for health care fraud - Sacramento Business Journal Wed, 26 May 2010 13:23:19 -0500 http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=12544597 http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=12544597 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (KSLA) – A Florida woman is being charged with credit card fraud after allegedly stealing another woman's identity, and then using it to pay for bigger breasts. Wed, 26 May 2010 13:22:20 -0500 http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/entertainment&id=7460826 http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/entertainment&id=7460826 LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An autopsy is scheduled Tuesday for the husband of the late actress Brittany Murphy. Wed, 26 May 2010 13:18:53 -0500 http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7463158 http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7463158 FAYETTEVILLE (WTVD) -- Cumberland County authorities focused their search for 42-year-old Kent Jacobs in an area off of Highway 301 near Brooklyn Circle in Fayetteville Wednesday. Jacobs was last seen on March 10, 2002. Wed, 26 May 2010 13:18:24 -0500 http://romenewswire.com/2010/05/25/fbi-violent-crime-rate-in-the-u-s-drops-for-third-year-in-a-row/ http://romenewswire.com/2010/05/25/fbi-violent-crime-rate-in-the-u-s-drops-for-third-year-in-a-row/ The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released preliminary data that indicates, for the third year in a row, that the rate of violent crime in the United States is down. Wed, 26 May 2010 10:43:24 -0500 http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100526-709877.html http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100526-709877.html NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--A former Walt Disney Co. (DIS) employee and a friend have been arrested for allegedly trying to sell early access to the company's earnings, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday. Wed, 26 May 2010 10:42:40 -0500 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/05/solera-networks-launches-forensics-tool-donation-program/1 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/05/solera-networks-launches-forensics-tool-donation-program/1 Solera Networks announced today that it will donate a cutting-edge forensics tool, valued at $10,000, to any university or college running an accredited program to train cybersecurity professionals. Wed, 26 May 2010 10:40:33 -0500 http://www.gazettebw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6556:police-only-have-one-motswana-pathologist-&catid=18:headlines&Itemid=2 http://www.gazettebw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6556:police-only-have-one-motswana-pathologist-&catid=18:headlines&Itemid=2 The Deputy Commissioner of Police Kenny Kapinga has acknowledged that Forensic Pathology is a scarce skill. Wed, 26 May 2010 09:01:22 -0500 http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/features/Examining-ways-to-a-career.6318803.jp http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/features/Examining-ways-to-a-career.6318803.jp UP and down the country, many pupils and students are in the process of doing their exams, be it GCSEs, A-levels or degrees. Some of them may wish to pursue a career in forensic sciences, though this is notoriously difficult to get in to, because for every one vacancy, there are hundreds, even thousands, of applicants. Wed, 26 May 2010 09:00:28 -0500 http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/may/26/forensic-riddles/ http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/may/26/forensic-riddles/ Murray K. Marks, Ph. D., a forensic anthropologist with the Knox County Medical Examiner’s Office, discusses his work with bones in the Regional Forensics Center at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Wed, 26 May 2010 08:59:07 -0500 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bode-technology-revolutionizes-forensic-control-and-processing-of-specimens-with-proprietary-rfid-system-2010-05-26?reflink=MW_news_stmp http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bode-technology-revolutionizes-forensic-control-and-processing-of-specimens-with-proprietary-rfid-system-2010-05-26?reflink=MW_news_stmp Leading Provider of Forensic Analysis and Services Securely Tags and Tracks Forensic Samples and Evidence from Crime Scene to Courtroom Wed, 26 May 2010 08:58:34 -0500 http://www.wbng.com/news/local/94869134.html http://www.wbng.com/news/local/94869134.html A forensic pathologist and the lead investigator testify in the case of a Johnson City police officer, accused of mail fraud. Wed, 26 May 2010 08:58:02 -0500 http://milwaukee.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/mw052510.htm http://milwaukee.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/mw052510.htm MADISON, WI—Stephen P. Sinnott, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Derrick Rapley, 31, Detroit, MI, was sentenced yesterday to 13 years in prison without parole by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb. Rapley previously pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to distribute crack cocaine on St. Croix tribal lands from approximately April 2006 to June 2008. Tue, 25 May 2010 16:58:33 -0500 http://www.ky3.com/news/local/94775229.html http://www.ky3.com/news/local/94775229.html SPRINGFIFELD, Mo. -- A scam is hitting the Springfield area hard. It comes in the form of telephone calls on landlines and cellular telephones with warnings that sound somewhat legitimate. The scam tries to steal people's account information by making them think it's already been stolen. Tue, 25 May 2010 13:12:02 -0500 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_682824.html http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_682824.html Pittsburgh has become a safer city for the third consecutive year, according to an FBI report. Tue, 25 May 2010 13:08:07 -0500 http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Black-Box-Recovered-from-Indian-Jet-Crash--94809684.html http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Black-Box-Recovered-from-Indian-Jet-Crash--94809684.html Searchers in southern India have found the flight data recorder of the Air India Express plane that crashed last week killing 158 people. Tue, 25 May 2010 13:06:37 -0500 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/fox-it-products-support-etsi-lawful-interception-standard,1316131.shtml http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/fox-it-products-support-etsi-lawful-interception-standard,1316131.shtml DELFT, Netherlands - (Business Wire) Fox-IT, a specialist in solutions for IT security, lawful interception and digital forensics, today announced that its Fox DataDiode product for secure, one-way data transmission between networks fully supports the European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s (ETSI) lawful intercept standard TS 102 232, further enhancing the security levels of classified networks that receive data from CSPs and distribute information to LEAs. Tue, 25 May 2010 13:06:13 -0500 http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/legal-business/2010/05/25/business-profile-forensic-accountant-paul-slater-65233-26517567/ http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/legal-business/2010/05/25/business-profile-forensic-accountant-paul-slater-65233-26517567/ Tom Scotney talks to policeman turned forensic accountant Paul Slater about data mining, the SFO and why the new bribery bill will mean a new era of ‘ethical business’. Tue, 25 May 2010 13:05:41 -0500 http://www.newschannel34.com/news/local/story/New-BCC-Computer-Security-and-Forensics-Program/fwk5s8GX2ES2YOzxcfSC-w.cspx http://www.newschannel34.com/news/local/story/New-BCC-Computer-Security-and-Forensics-Program/fwk5s8GX2ES2YOzxcfSC-w.cspx Broome Community College is highlighting its new Computer Security and Forensics Program. Tue, 25 May 2010 13:04:15 -0500 http://thecrimereport.org/2010/05/25/milwaukee-reviewing-2100-homicide-cases-for-possible-new-dna-tests/ http://thecrimereport.org/2010/05/25/milwaukee-reviewing-2100-homicide-cases-for-possible-new-dna-tests/ Milwaukee County prosecutors and national experts will review the 2,100 homicide prosecutions filed in the county since 1992 in an effort to identity cases in which further DNA testing could either confirm or cast doubt upon the defendant’s guilt, District Attorney John Chisholm said yesterday, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Tue, 25 May 2010 09:20:44 -0500 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-scotus_25nat.ART.State.Edition1.9e45cc.html http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-scotus_25nat.ART.State.Edition1.9e45cc.html The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a Texas death row inmate should have access to evidence for DNA testing he says could clear him of three murders. Tue, 25 May 2010 09:20:11 -0500 http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/kearny/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1274768708167080.xml&coll=3 http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/kearny/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1274768708167080.xml&coll=3 KEARNY - FBI agents arrested a Kearny man Friday for allegedly returning to his former vocation as a bank robber, officials said. Tue, 25 May 2010 09:17:23 -0500 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64L1FL20100524 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64L1FL20100524 PARIS/MARSEILLE (Reuters) - France has asked Interpol for help in tracking down five paintings stolen in a 100 million euro ($125 million) art heist at a Paris museum, suggesting the artworks have already left the country. Tue, 25 May 2010 09:07:51 -0500 Regional crime lab considered by city, county Regional crime lab considered by city, county HOUSTON (KTRK) -- From a backlog of cases, to evidence sending the wrong person going to jail, for years, we've been telling you about problems at Houston's crime lab. Tue, 25 May 2010 09:06:09 -0500 http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/Nationally-Known-Pathologist-At-Widmer-Retrial/1Er8sltoaEO6QsbgpmwkMA.cspx http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/Nationally-Known-Pathologist-At-Widmer-Retrial/1Er8sltoaEO6QsbgpmwkMA.cspx LEBANON, Ohio -- After hearing from friends and family last week, the Ryan Widmer retrial gets deeper into the forensic and technical arguments Monday. Mon, 24 May 2010 11:09:38 -0500 http://www.executivegov.com/2010/05/fbi-announces-new-assistant-director-of-resource-planning-office/ http://www.executivegov.com/2010/05/fbi-announces-new-assistant-director-of-resource-planning-office/ The FBI announced last week that David Schlendorf will serve as the new assistant director of the Resource Planning Office, where he will lead the formulation and execution of enterprise-wide performance management and strategic planning efforts. Mon, 24 May 2010 11:07:47 -0500 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2984508/FBI-agent-who-inspired-The-Silence-Of-The-Lambs-heroine.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=Features http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2984508/FBI-agent-who-inspired-The-Silence-Of-The-Lambs-heroine.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=Features SHE'S the tough, blonde FBI agent who inspired Jodie Foster's character in chilling movie classic The Silence Of The Lambs. Mon, 24 May 2010 11:07:22 -0500 http://newyorknewsbreak.com/fbi-clark-rockefellers-identity-revealed-093778 http://newyorknewsbreak.com/fbi-clark-rockefellers-identity-revealed-093778 The FBI says it has conclusively identified the kidnapping suspect who calls himself Clark Rockefeller as a German man who came to the US as a youth and later adopted several aliases. (Aug. 15) Mon, 24 May 2010 11:02:59 -0500 http://www.oclnn.com/orange-county/2010-05-24/courts-crime/fbi-irvine-still-nations-safest-city-santa-ana-leads-oc-in-violent-crime http://www.oclnn.com/orange-county/2010-05-24/courts-crime/fbi-irvine-still-nations-safest-city-santa-ana-leads-oc-in-violent-crime Irvine is still the safest large city in the nation – and the city now boasts the lowest serious crime rate in its history, according to new numbers released by the FBI. Mon, 24 May 2010 10:58:15 -0500 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1280669/FBI-issue-unusual-wanted-poster-hunt-mob-killer-girlfriend-faulty-breast-implant.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1280669/FBI-issue-unusual-wanted-poster-hunt-mob-killer-girlfriend-faulty-breast-implant.html They usually pass their days doing nothing more risky than fixing crooked noses and smoothing furrowed brows. But Britain's plastic surgeons have taken on a far more dangerous challenge - helping the FBI capture one of America's Most Wanted. Mon, 24 May 2010 10:57:30 -0500 http://www.corrections.com/news/article/24500-facts-and-fiction-about-sex-offenders http://www.corrections.com/news/article/24500-facts-and-fiction-about-sex-offenders An Ohio prison intake report on sex offenders imprisoned in 1992 revealed that 2.2 percent of child molesters were strangers to their victims, and 89 percent of perpetrators had never been convicted before. Mon, 24 May 2010 10:36:43 -0500 http://topnews.us/content/220465-babies-blood-samples-used-create-dna-database http://topnews.us/content/220465-babies-blood-samples-used-create-dna-database After obtaining the proper consent of the parents of millions of newborn babies, hospitals have stored their DNA, taking blood samples in heel-prick tests to screen for serious conditions, and which held for years by some hospitals, can subsequently be accessed by the police to identify involvement in crimes. Mon, 24 May 2010 10:31:07 -0500 http://www.wxow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12531126 http://www.wxow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12531126 MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Milwaukee man might be freed from prison after new DNA evidence suggests he's innocent. Mon, 24 May 2010 10:28:04 -0500 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/May/10-enrd-603.html http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/May/10-enrd-603.html WASHINGTON—Aksat Denizcilik Ve Ticaret A.S., a Turkish corporation that operated the commercial ship M/T Kerim, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tampa, Fla., to two felony counts for knowingly failing to fully and accurately maintain an oil record book, which tracks pollutant discharge, the Justice Department announced. Mon, 24 May 2010 08:41:25 -0500 http://www.zigwheels.com/News/Nano-fire-mystery-solved-Car-comes-clean/Nano_20100524-1-1 http://www.zigwheels.com/News/Nano-fire-mystery-solved-Car-comes-clean/Nano_20100524-1-1 Independent forensic experts and 20-member Tata Motors team conclude that fires were isolated incidents - no recalls initiated. Safety inspections on customer cars begin from May 24 Mon, 24 May 2010 08:40:33 -0500 http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/201005230335 http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/201005230335 SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Soraya McClung didn't grow up dreaming to one day be a forensics scientist but, given where she's from, some might say it was destined to be. Mon, 24 May 2010 08:39:51 -0500 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/24/2907120.htm?section=justin http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/24/2907120.htm?section=justin Forensic experts are trying to identify the remaining bodies from the Air India Express crash that killed 158 people on Saturday. Mon, 24 May 2010 08:39:29 -0500 http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/topten_052110.htm http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/topten_052110.htm Press release. Mon, 24 May 2010 08:39:08 -0500 http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12530407 http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12530407 (NBC) - DNA testing that for years helped solve violent crimes is getting another use in a wheels on the ground program in Dallas, Texas Mon, 24 May 2010 08:31:00 -0500 http://www.isria.com/pages/20_May_2010_288.php http://www.isria.com/pages/20_May_2010_288.php Chairwoman McCaskill, Ranking Member Brown, and other distinguished Senators. Thank you for your invitation to discuss U.S. foreign assistance programs that have and currently do support counternarcotics efforts in Central and South America. Fri, 21 May 2010 14:13:14 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/10137458.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/10137458.stm Levels of reported crime in central Scotland has fallen for the third year running, police have confirmed. Fri, 21 May 2010 13:19:53 -0500 http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE64K42R20100521 http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE64K42R20100521 BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Hundreds of Bosnian police officers raided more than 100 locations and seized large quantities of drugs and weapons, in one of the country's largest actions against organized crime, officials said Friday. Fri, 21 May 2010 13:18:09 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jUEje8gCHQv2QeHsv4o5Y4MGT7_AD9FR9FB80 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jUEje8gCHQv2QeHsv4o5Y4MGT7_AD9FR9FB80 ROME — Italian organized crime prosecutors received a boost Friday from a top U.S. justice official in their campaign against a bill designed by Premier Silvio Berlusconi's government to drastically tighten restrictions on electronic eavesdropping. Fri, 21 May 2010 13:12:24 -0500 http://gothamist.com/2010/05/21/ex-boyfriend_pleads_guilty_to_killi.php http://gothamist.com/2010/05/21/ex-boyfriend_pleads_guilty_to_killi.php Queens DA Richard Brown announced that the ex-boyfriend of a NYPD criminologist who was found dead in her Sunnyside apartment last year pleaded guilty to her murder. Gary McGurk, 24, told a judge yesterday, "I struck the victim Michelle Lee in the head with a hammer" four times, and, when asked what his relationship was with her, he answered, "Long-time friends, you honor." Fri, 21 May 2010 13:11:59 -0500 http://www.examiner.com/x-28218-Mortgage-Examiner~y2010m5d21-Financial-Fraud-one-of-the-most-glaring-threats-facing-the-US-economy http://www.examiner.com/x-28218-Mortgage-Examiner~y2010m5d21-Financial-Fraud-one-of-the-most-glaring-threats-facing-the-US-economy Mortgage fraud investigations by the FBI increased 400% in 2009, according to an Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) report on fraud and insider abuse. Fri, 21 May 2010 13:09:50 -0500 http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0521/fbi-probed-sfs-harvey-milk-george-moscone-prior-murders/ http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0521/fbi-probed-sfs-harvey-milk-george-moscone-prior-murders/ Federal agents were investigating the late San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and the late mayor of San Francisco George Moscone for alleged political corruption when both men were murdered in November 1978, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation files. Fri, 21 May 2010 13:08:29 -0500 http://www.lohud.com/article/20100521/NEWS04/5210324/-1/newsfront/DNA-from-toothbrush-implicates-man-in-Kent-burglary http://www.lohud.com/article/20100521/NEWS04/5210324/-1/newsfront/DNA-from-toothbrush-implicates-man-in-Kent-burglary KENT — Town police used a toothbrush to charge a suspect in a burglary. Fri, 21 May 2010 13:07:58 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gzwgi2SbsUG6momSmI0oRvUhcIQwD9FQOKJO0 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gzwgi2SbsUG6momSmI0oRvUhcIQwD9FQOKJO0 ZAGREB, Croatia — A month ago, a mother and father identified a body in a morgue as their daughter's. A funeral was held and the family mourned its loss. But it turned out that 39-year-old Tea Buric was still alive. This week police found her when they showed up at an apartment in the southern city of Split to investigate a report of domestic violence. Fri, 21 May 2010 13:06:38 -0500 http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2588475 http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2588475 A forensic scientist found no gunshot residue in a Cadillac linked to an alleged narcotics distributor, the jury of a murder trial heard Thursday. Fri, 21 May 2010 13:06:17 -0500 http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/george-s-behonick-phd-dabft-honored-for-accomplishments-in-forensic-toxicology-152436.php http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/george-s-behonick-phd-dabft-honored-for-accomplishments-in-forensic-toxicology-152436.php INDIANAPOLIS, IN, May 21, 2010 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- George S. Behonick, Ph.D., DABFT, Toxicologist for AIT Laboratories, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of forensic toxicology. Fri, 21 May 2010 13:05:53 -0500 http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-fbi-crime-fighters-use-digital-data-story,0,5514701.story http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-fbi-crime-fighters-use-digital-data-story,0,5514701.story Go inside the North Texas Regional Computer Forensics Lab Fri, 21 May 2010 13:05:17 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jpfQBqhC5e_k4rsYJi1nVM7_KNIQD9FQQOS00 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jpfQBqhC5e_k4rsYJi1nVM7_KNIQD9FQQOS00 NEW YORK — The ex-boyfriend of a police forensic investigator whose naked body was found tied to a bed in a pool of blood pleaded guilty Thursday to manslaughter in her death. Fri, 21 May 2010 12:54:27 -0500 http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/8817/forensics-advances-change-korean-living-standards-and-justice-system-expectations-within- http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/8817/forensics-advances-change-korean-living-standards-and-justice-system-expectations-within- Research that will refine the science of forensics in Korea is geared to receive a substantial increase. A new division will be created by The National Institute of Scientific Investigation (NISI) to complement their announced 48.5 billion won spending to refine Korea's criminal investigation techniques and raise the standard of DNA analysis for this science. Wed, 19 May 2010 09:06:39 -0500 http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=12505749 http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=12505749 LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - More and more police departments are using the Internet to help bolster their resources by letting folks report crime online. Lubbock Police Captain Greg Stevens tells us there are a lot of benefits to getting an online reporting system, and it's definitely a goal at the department. Wed, 19 May 2010 09:02:28 -0500 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7011468.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7011468.html Violent crimes including murder, rape and robbery are down in Houston during the first four months of the year, but burglaries and theft continue to increase despite a citywide public awareness campaign in March by Houston police. Wed, 19 May 2010 08:59:28 -0500 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/national_world&id=7449787 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/national_world&id=7449787 PENNSYLVANIA (KGO) -- A Pennsylvania family has a very good reason to let their 8-year-old son watch as much TV as he wants. What he learned by watching the tube may have saved his little sister's life. Wed, 19 May 2010 08:59:07 -0500 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=7446157 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=7446157 SAN JOSE, CA (KGO) -- There are new accusations in the case of a young woman who claims she was raped by members of a South Bay college baseball team. Wed, 19 May 2010 08:58:22 -0500 http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20100519/COMMUNITIES02/5200340 http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20100519/COMMUNITIES02/5200340 Jeff Thompson, associate professor of biology at Denison University, was awarded a $317,852 grant from the National Institutes of Health, with funds provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Wed, 19 May 2010 08:52:48 -0500 http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-100518-chaunte-ott,0,7408855.story http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-100518-chaunte-ott,0,7408855.story WITI-TV, MILWAUKEE - The state will pay $25,000 to a man who spent 13 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. $25,000 is the maximum amount the state allows. In the case of Chaunte Ott, who spend 13 years in prison, that amounts to less than $2,000 a year. Wed, 19 May 2010 08:50:17 -0500 http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_15114475 http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_15114475 EL PASO - The U.S. House of Representatives passed "Katie's Law," a bill intended to help police collect DNA evidence and named for a NMSU student murdered in 2003 . Wed, 19 May 2010 08:38:28 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/education/19dna.html?src=mv http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/education/19dna.html?src=mv Instead of the usual required summer-reading book, this year’s incoming freshmen at the University of California, Berkeley, will get something quite different: a cotton swab on which they can, if they choose, send in a DNA sample. Wed, 19 May 2010 08:38:04 -0500 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100519/NEWS0802/5190313/1026/news12/Details-emerge-in-toddler-killing-trial http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100519/NEWS0802/5190313/1026/news12/Details-emerge-in-toddler-killing-trial The mother of a 20-month-old boy beat the child so severely that his lower intestine ruptured, causing him to suffer a slow and painful death over two days from blood poisoning, a prosecutor told a jury Tuesday. Wed, 19 May 2010 08:28:39 -0500 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/defence-prosecution-split-on-need-for-forensic-hair-testing/article1573633/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/defence-prosecution-split-on-need-for-forensic-hair-testing/article1573633/ Man convicted of first-degree murder argues tests could prove his innocence Wed, 19 May 2010 08:19:09 -0500 http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100519/NEWS25/5190344/Remains+at+construction+site+are+confirmed+as+human http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100519/NEWS25/5190344/Remains+at+construction+site+are+confirmed+as+human A forensic anthropologist has confirmed that remains found by Army contractors Friday at a Schofield Barracks construction site were human remains, the Army said yesterday. Wed, 19 May 2010 08:17:53 -0500 http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=39879 http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=39879 A forensic examination of a skeleton discovered in Lenasia is due to begin within days. Tue, 18 May 2010 16:22:35 -0500 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/crime/jamie-letson-30-year-old-cold-case-heads-to-trial http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/crime/jamie-letson-30-year-old-cold-case-heads-to-trial Jamie Letson accused of killing Katherine Foster Tue, 18 May 2010 10:16:36 -0500 http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1056750 http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1056750 MONCTON - A 63-year-old man charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the cold-case killings of a mother and her 12-year-old son made a dramatic appearance in Moncton provincial court on Monday. Tue, 18 May 2010 10:16:18 -0500 http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/Rates-Of-Unsolved-Murders-In-Tri-State-On-The-Rise/FurW4_qKc0ub2JGUgau_0A.cspx http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/Rates-Of-Unsolved-Murders-In-Tri-State-On-The-Rise/FurW4_qKc0ub2JGUgau_0A.cspx CINCINNATI -- An editorial writer puts it this way: Americans are getting away with murder. Tue, 18 May 2010 10:15:56 -0500 http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=851154 http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=851154 BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. -- Police arrested a Brooklyn Center man after they say DNA linked him to a sexual assault in Brooklyn Park last September. Tue, 18 May 2010 10:10:52 -0500 http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/17/dna-power-computers/ http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/17/dna-power-computers/ Engineers have long dreamed of using DNA as the backbone for the next generation of computer circuits. New research shows just how it might be done. Tue, 18 May 2010 10:09:59 -0500 http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12495216 http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12495216 Taylor County (Press Release) - Monday, District Attorney Karl Kelz announced the Taylor County Multidisciplinary Team has been awarded a grant of $9,222 to equip a new video recording room as well as an observation/monitoring room to enhance the video recording capability of child forensic interviews for Taylor County. Tue, 18 May 2010 10:08:57 -0500 http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2582767 http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2582767 A 22-year-old Tilbury man faces charges after police used DNA analysis in an investigation of an attempted robbery in Wheatley last year. Tue, 18 May 2010 10:08:40 -0500 http://www.theday.com/article/20100518/OP01/305189953 http://www.theday.com/article/20100518/OP01/305189953 The region has seen a remarkable string of "cold case" crimes solved recently, a tribute to tenacious police work and modern forensic technology. Tue, 18 May 2010 10:08:09 -0500 http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/education_2_1725/forensics_team_scours_park_after_body_is_pulled_from_river_1_634721 http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/education_2_1725/forensics_team_scours_park_after_body_is_pulled_from_river_1_634721 A BODY has been pulled from the River Witham in Wyndham Park, Grantham. Tue, 18 May 2010 10:06:41 -0500 http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/health&id=7447092 http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/health&id=7447092 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- More than three a day -- that's how many sexual assaults were investigated in Houston and Harris County just last year. One key to solving them is Houston's forensic nurses team. It's the first in the state. Tue, 18 May 2010 10:06:23 -0500 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/two-new-applied-biosystems-forensic-kits-approved-for-use-by-the-national-dna-index-system-2010-05-18?reflink=MW_news_stmp http://www.marketwatch.com/story/two-new-applied-biosystems-forensic-kits-approved-for-use-by-the-national-dna-index-system-2010-05-18?reflink=MW_news_stmp Enables New Era of Efficiency and Effectiveness for Forensic DNA Laboratories Tue, 18 May 2010 10:06:04 -0500 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Forensic-report-says-Nirupama-was-killed/articleshow/5942628.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Forensic-report-says-Nirupama-was-killed/articleshow/5942628.cms RANCHI/NEW DELHI: A preliminary report submitted by the Jharkhand State Forensic Science Laboratory to the state director general of police and additional director general (crime investigation) has concluded that Delhi-based journalist Nirupama Pathak was murdered. Mon, 17 May 2010 16:34:40 -0500 http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/policy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224900055&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/policy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224900055&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All Attorney General Eric Holder says stiffer penalties and improved data systems are helping the federal government crack down on healthcare fraud cases. Mon, 17 May 2010 13:22:24 -0500 http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/hi_16/archive/2010/05/17/hhs-and-doj-team-up-on-fraud-prevention.aspx http://community.advanceweb.com/blogs/hi_16/archive/2010/05/17/hhs-and-doj-team-up-on-fraud-prevention.aspx HHS and DOJ Team Up on Fraud Prevention Mon, 17 May 2010 13:21:36 -0500 http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/20100514.html http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/20100514.html May 14, 2010 - The U.S. Senate this week confirmed Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander to lead the new U.S. Cyber Command, which the Defense Department created in response to increasing threats to its computer networks. The command is charged with giving early warning about cyber threats to the U.S. military and responding to them. Mon, 17 May 2010 13:18:06 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/17/nato-faces-cyber-attacks-study http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/17/nato-faces-cyber-attacks-study There are 'serious gaps' in Nato's cyber defences, according to military experts, who warn an attack on the alliance could come via a fibre-optic cable. Mon, 17 May 2010 13:17:45 -0500 http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/05/someone_sent_cocaine_to_the_ma.html http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/05/someone_sent_cocaine_to_the_ma.html A woman working at the Marc Jacobs store on Mercer Street received a package from California containing a white powder. She called the police thinking it was anthrax, but the FBI agents who came to the scene determined it wasn't. Mon, 17 May 2010 12:50:57 -0500 http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20004943-504083.html http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20004943-504083.html NEW YORK (CBS/AP) A violent home invasion and stabbing death in Houston. The rape of a handicapped woman in her home in Indiana. What's the common thread linking these reported crimes? Mon, 17 May 2010 12:50:31 -0500 http://laist.com/2010/05/17/improvised_nuclear_device_subject_o.php http://laist.com/2010/05/17/improvised_nuclear_device_subject_o.php The FBI and other local agencies are conducting a three-day training exercise beginning today and are letting the public know, hoping to "prevent unnecessary concern," according to the LAPD. Today's training will test those agencies on their "ability to respond to a terrorist attack involving an improvised nuclear device" and will mostly occur in Los Angeles, Burbank and far-out Barstow (yeah, sounds like "24"). Mon, 17 May 2010 12:50:11 -0500 http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=12488676 http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=12488676 BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) – The Homewood Police Department may be reopening a decade-old homicide case after three UAB students spent several months examining evidence. Mon, 17 May 2010 08:52:18 -0500 http://gantdaily.com/2010/05/17/new-method-developed-to-capture-fingerprints-on-difficult-surfaces/ http://gantdaily.com/2010/05/17/new-method-developed-to-capture-fingerprints-on-difficult-surfaces/ UNIVERSITY PARK – CSI notwithstanding, forensics experts cannot always retrieve fingerprints from objects, but a conformal coating process developed by Penn State professors can reveal hard-to-develop fingerprints on nonporous surfaces without altering the chemistry of the print. Mon, 17 May 2010 08:51:59 -0500 http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1738602?UserKey= http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1738602?UserKey= Expert who has worked on high-profile cases will be a main speaker at event Read more: http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1738602?UserKey=#ixzz0oC7qp6wi Mon, 17 May 2010 08:50:49 -0500 http://wjz.com/local/Police.Identify.Body.2.1697838.html http://wjz.com/local/Police.Identify.Body.2.1697838.html Maryland State Police say the body of a Baltimore man reported missing five weeks ago has been found in a shallow grave in Patapsco State Park. Mon, 17 May 2010 08:50:17 -0500 http://www.allgov.com/Unusual_News/ViewNews/FBI_Runs_Ad_in_Plastic_Surgery_Newsletter_in_Search_for_Mobster_Murderer_100514 http://www.allgov.com/Unusual_News/ViewNews/FBI_Runs_Ad_in_Plastic_Surgery_Newsletter_in_Search_for_Mobster_Murderer_100514 With the trail of gangster James “Whitey” Bulger gone cold, the FBI is now trying a novel approach to locate the fugitive by pursuing his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, who’s had some nip-tuck over the years. Fri, 14 May 2010 13:12:07 -0500 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/obama-praises-nypd-fbi-arrests-times-square-case/story?id=10640275 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/obama-praises-nypd-fbi-arrests-times-square-case/story?id=10640275 Agents in Northeast Track 'Possible Cell' Implicated by Bomb Suspect Faisal Shahzad, Follow Money Trail of 'Hawalas' Fri, 14 May 2010 13:11:47 -0500 http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20100514/WCT01/100514012 http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20100514/WCT01/100514012 OCEAN CITY — Nearly two years after it happened, Ocean City police say they've arrested a man in an unsolved rape case. Fri, 14 May 2010 13:10:18 -0500 http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=10051467-new-forensics-research-will-help-identify-remains-children http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=10051467-new-forensics-research-will-help-identify-remains-children New research from North Carolina State University is now giving forensic scientists a tool that can be used to help identify the remains of children, and may contribute to resolving missing-persons cases, among other uses. Identifying skeletal remains can be a key step in solving crimes, but traditionally it has been exceptionally difficult to identify the skeletal remains of children. Fri, 14 May 2010 13:07:58 -0500 http://www.stategazette.com/story/1634744.html http://www.stategazette.com/story/1634744.html DNA preserved in two 25-year-old blood samples was enough Thursday afternoon to send a 45-year-old man to prison for life. Fri, 14 May 2010 13:07:37 -0500 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/May/10-crm-567.html http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/May/10-crm-567.html Former Patient Recruiter/Clinic Owner Pleads Guilty to Paying Kickbacks and Billing Medicare for Services That Were Never Performed or Medically Unnecessary Fri, 14 May 2010 11:07:19 -0500 http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/investigators_confirm_gun_used.html http://blog.al.com/live/2010/05/investigators_confirm_gun_used.html GULF SHORES, Ala. Police investigating the shooting death of Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine's girlfriend have confirmed that she owned the gun that was used but have not determined who pulled the trigger. Fri, 14 May 2010 11:06:49 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/may/13/forensic-science-human-rights http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/may/13/forensic-science-human-rights Science is helping to bring a former Argentine dictator to justice with expertise that will haunt perpetrators of state violence Fri, 14 May 2010 11:06:29 -0500 http://erstarnews.com/content/view/12407/26/ http://erstarnews.com/content/view/12407/26/ With the Tri-County Regional Crime Lab, forensic evidence is being processed faster, which could mean getting criminals off the streets and behind bars sooner. Fri, 14 May 2010 11:06:10 -0500 http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=12479508 http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=12479508 CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - Want to see CSI here in the Heartland? Look no further than the Southern Illinois Forensic Science Center in Carbondale. Fri, 14 May 2010 11:05:45 -0500 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-admits-raping-teenager-24-years-ago-1973633.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-admits-raping-teenager-24-years-ago-1973633.html A rapist pleaded guilty today to a horrific sex attack on an 18-year-old woman on waste ground 24 years ago. Fri, 14 May 2010 11:05:15 -0500 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/05/12/exonerated-ex-inmate-gets-vip-treatment-at-cavs-game.html?sid=101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/05/12/exonerated-ex-inmate-gets-vip-treatment-at-cavs-game.html?sid=101 CLEVELAND - Every day for nearly three decades, Ray Towler stood in a lineup with the other inmates as prison guards accounted for everyone in the cellblock. Thu, 13 May 2010 09:33:44 -0500 http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2994476/georgia_teacher_tonya_craft_exonerated.html http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2994476/georgia_teacher_tonya_craft_exonerated.html Tonya Craft, a 37-year-old former Chickamauga Elementary School teacher, was exonerated on Tuesday of all 22 charges of child molestation, aggravated child molestation, and aggravated sexual assault, according to the Chattanooga Times-Free Press. Having already lost her job, her children, and her home, Tonya has spent almost two years facing the rest of her life in prison. Her trial has had the North Georgia and Chattanooga area riveted for the past three weeks. Thu, 13 May 2010 09:33:22 -0500 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aCRHKKzcfdlE http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aCRHKKzcfdlE May 13 (Bloomberg) -- Banks and money services in the U.K. are no longer distributing 500-euro notes after a report showed that 90 percent of the demand for the bill came from criminals, the Serious Organised Crime Agency said today. Thu, 13 May 2010 09:20:58 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gVyFvPO6tDLsg228D_xK6c123SvAD9FLT46O0 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gVyFvPO6tDLsg228D_xK6c123SvAD9FLT46O0 WASHINGTON — The government says it recovered $2.5 billion in overpayments for the Medicare trust fund last year as the Obama administration focused attention on fraud enforcement efforts in the health care industry. Thu, 13 May 2010 09:20:05 -0500 http://washingtonindependent.com/84716/fbi-interrogators-urge-obama-to-keep-miranda-warnings-intact http://washingtonindependent.com/84716/fbi-interrogators-urge-obama-to-keep-miranda-warnings-intact Three veteran FBI interrogators, concerned by Attorney General Eric Holder’s proposal to expand the “public safety” exceptions in the Miranda warning during terrorism investigations, have written to President Obama warning him of the dangers to relaxing Miranda. Thu, 13 May 2010 09:13:42 -0500 http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33093:organised-crime-demands-new-defences&catid=69&Itemid=58 http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33093:organised-crime-demands-new-defences&catid=69&Itemid=58 Organised crime is gaining the upper hand over security vendors, as the traditional model of desktop ant-virus for securing endpoints, data, and people is no longer sufficient. Thu, 13 May 2010 09:12:33 -0500 http://www.laredosun.us/notas.asp?id=7102 http://www.laredosun.us/notas.asp?id=7102 "Parents should avoid having computers in children's bedrooms, it should be in an open area where they can monitor them," Cuellar expressed. Thu, 13 May 2010 09:11:56 -0500 http://www.theage.com.au/world/sale-of-dna-test-halted-20100513-v1ny.html http://www.theage.com.au/world/sale-of-dna-test-halted-20100513-v1ny.html The largest pharmacy chain in the US has backed out of plans to sell a saliva test that promised to scan customers' DNA to assess the risk of various diseases. Thu, 13 May 2010 09:08:17 -0500 http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/05/13/1429133/turning-battered-bikes-into-forensic.html http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/05/13/1429133/turning-battered-bikes-into-forensic.html SAN JOSE, Calif. In the bowels of a cluttered bicycle repair shop in downtown San Jose, Alex LaRiviere caresses Exhibit A with pudgy fingers covered in axle grease. It's a red Mongoose Rockadile that has seen better days. Its handlebars are MIA. Its spokes are pretzeled. Read more: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/05/13/1429133/turning-battered-bikes-into-forensic.html#ixzz0nonqHZjx Thu, 13 May 2010 09:06:55 -0500 http://www.genengnews.com/industry-updates/new-forensics-research-will-help-identify-remains-of-children/82991256/ http://www.genengnews.com/industry-updates/new-forensics-research-will-help-identify-remains-of-children/82991256/ New research from North Carolina State University is now giving forensic scientists a tool that can be used to help identify the remains of children, and may contribute to resolving missing-persons cases, among other uses. Identifying skeletal remains can be a key step in solving crimes, but traditionally it has been exceptionally difficult to identify the skeletal remains of children. Thu, 13 May 2010 09:06:33 -0500 http://www.lvrj.com/news/1997-homicide-victim-to-be-exhumed-as-part-of-forensic-science-project-93337869.html http://www.lvrj.com/news/1997-homicide-victim-to-be-exhumed-as-part-of-forensic-science-project-93337869.html An unidentified homicide victim from 1997 will be exhumed Wednesday as part of a Clark County forensic science project to solve John and Jane Doe cases, according to the county coroner's office. Thu, 13 May 2010 09:02:18 -0500 http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?681883 http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?681883 Goa Police will send the stock of drugs seized in the past one decade for forensic test to Hyderabad within the next couple of days, police sources said today. Thu, 13 May 2010 09:02:01 -0500 http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33054:smartphones-are-easy-targets&catid=147&Itemid=68 http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33054:smartphones-are-easy-targets&catid=147&Itemid=68 Smartphones have made it a whole lot easier for hackers to exploit and steal personal information, without the user even knowing their smartphone has been compromised. Wed, 12 May 2010 09:41:09 -0500 http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Suffolk-Moving-to-Curb-Cyber-Bullying-93458074.html http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Suffolk-Moving-to-Curb-Cyber-Bullying-93458074.html Fourteen-year-old Jamie Isaacs was the star witness Tuesday afternoon in an effort to pass a new law on cyber-bullying. Wed, 12 May 2010 09:38:49 -0500 http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/11/1624617/regulators-stock-market-plunge.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/11/1624617/regulators-stock-market-plunge.html WASHINGTON -- The nation's top financial-market regulators Tuesday all but ruled out the possibility that cyber-terrorism, computer hackers or a so-called fat finger trade were behind last week's sudden, unprecedented drop of the Dow Jones Industrial Average by nearly 1,000 points. Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/11/1624617/regulators-stock-market-plunge.html#ixzz0nj5Da6Mo Wed, 12 May 2010 09:38:20 -0500 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-chicago-cop-bribery-scam-20100510,0,5647655.story http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-chicago-cop-bribery-scam-20100510,0,5647655.story Officer arrested in alleged scheme to try to fix Police Board case Wed, 12 May 2010 09:37:46 -0500 http://heraldnet.com/article/20100512/NEWS01/705129809/-1/news01 http://heraldnet.com/article/20100512/NEWS01/705129809/-1/news01 It's unlikely that Jerry Hugh Christy and his wife, Georgia, were patrons of the fine arts. Still, they had their eyes on Rembrandt, Picasso, Renoir and a catalog of famous Northwest artists, FBI officials said. Wed, 12 May 2010 09:36:01 -0500 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703565804575238531980928488.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703565804575238531980928488.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop The FBI is planning a major prosecution to bust up the operations that cyber criminals use to turn funds stolen online into hard cash, a top bureau official said Tuesday. Wed, 12 May 2010 09:35:34 -0500 http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/nbn/nbn106.html http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/nbn/nbn106.html Biomatrica Connect is a solution-centric programme established to advance technologies for ambient room temperature storage and management of nucleic acids in fields such as forensic science. Wed, 12 May 2010 09:34:31 -0500 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20100512/ARTICLES/5125006/1011/NEWS?Title=Seminar-focuses-on-infant-deaths http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20100512/ARTICLES/5125006/1011/NEWS?Title=Seminar-focuses-on-infant-deaths TUSCUMBIA - Historically, an unexplained infant death frequently is attributed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Wed, 12 May 2010 09:33:58 -0500 http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/11/1940164/body-parts-in-new-mexico-case.html http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/11/1940164/body-parts-in-new-mexico-case.html ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. | A state forensics lab is helping to identify human remains in an investigation of a New Mexico company after heads and other body parts traced to the firm were discovered at a Kansas medical waste facility. Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/11/1940164/body-parts-in-new-mexico-case.html#ixzz0nj3sG4TW Wed, 12 May 2010 09:33:02 -0500 http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/8158857.Building_a_centre_to_give_rape_victims_the_best_chance_of_recovery/ http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/8158857.Building_a_centre_to_give_rape_victims_the_best_chance_of_recovery/ WHEN a person is sexually assaulted or raped, the experience can inevitably leave them scarred for life. Wed, 12 May 2010 09:30:30 -0500 http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/8161515.Kate_Prout_search_update___police_find_no_body/ http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/8161515.Kate_Prout_search_update___police_find_no_body/ POLICE have left a farm near Ledbury after they could not find anything in the search for a murdered woman. Wed, 12 May 2010 09:30:00 -0500 http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-act/im-innocent-im-no-killer-i-did-not-kill-michelle-beets/story-e6freuzi-1225865741460 http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-act/im-innocent-im-no-killer-i-did-not-kill-michelle-beets/story-e6freuzi-1225865741460 IT'S the murder that has shocked Sydney. A popular, hardworking and inspirational nurse brutally stabbed to death on the veranda of her North Shore home. Wed, 12 May 2010 09:29:38 -0500 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/May/10-crm-555.html http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/May/10-crm-555.html A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted two men late yesterday on kidnapping charges for abducting a Van Nuys, Calif., man who was shot, shocked with a taser and held captive for five days while his kidnappers attempted to negotiate a $1 million ransom payment, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr., for the Central District of California. The jury convicted the two men after approximately two days of deliberation. Tue, 11 May 2010 16:55:03 -0500 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/May/10-ag-554.html http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/May/10-ag-554.html Hazim Gaber, 22, of Edmonton, Canada, pleaded guilty today in Phoenix before U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward C. Voss to selling counterfeit cancer drugs using the Internet, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke for the District of Arizona and FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Field Office Nathan T. Gray. Tue, 11 May 2010 16:54:31 -0500 http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/breaking/As_oil_gushes_out__damage_claims_pour_in-93399414.html http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/breaking/As_oil_gushes_out__damage_claims_pour_in-93399414.html Even as oil continues to gush out of the damaged Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, everyone from Louisiana fisherman to Florida condo owners are already beginning to vie for compensation from oil company BP. Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/breaking/As_oil_gushes_out__damage_claims_pour_in-93399414.html#ixzz0ndq5P9Wj Tue, 11 May 2010 12:06:50 -0500 http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1553259.shtml?cat=504 http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1553259.shtml?cat=504 Forensic scientists with the Dept. of Public Safety are pitching in to help medical investigators with the complex task of identifying body parts seized from Bio Care, the nonprofit that handled donated corpses for medical research. Tue, 11 May 2010 12:05:58 -0500 http://www.freep.com/article/20100511/NEWS03/5110311/Mentally-ill-mother-acquitted-baby-killed-because-of-insanity http://www.freep.com/article/20100511/NEWS03/5110311/Mentally-ill-mother-acquitted-baby-killed-because-of-insanity Jurors acquitted a former Oakland University honor student Monday in the smothering death of her 9-month-old daughter, finding her not guilty by reason of insanity. Tue, 11 May 2010 12:05:00 -0500 http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_dna-forensic-markers-force-drastic-drop-in-burglaries_1381806 http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_dna-forensic-markers-force-drastic-drop-in-burglaries_1381806 Sydney: Burglaries in a New Zealand suburb dropped drastically by more than 60 percent during a recently completed trial of the theft-deterrent product SelectaDNA. Tue, 11 May 2010 12:04:17 -0500 http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/fallenagents051110.htm http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/fallenagents051110.htm Today the FBI held a memorial service to honor the 53 FBI special agents killed in the line of duty. FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III and Deputy Director John S. Pistole participated in today’s ceremony, held each year as part of National Police Week to honor the sacrifices of the fallen special agents and their families. Tue, 11 May 2010 12:01:55 -0500 http://www.news-press.com/article/20100511/NEWS0101/5110353/1003/ACC/Cape-Coral-slaying-case-far-from-cold http://www.news-press.com/article/20100511/NEWS0101/5110353/1003/ACC/Cape-Coral-slaying-case-far-from-cold Double-killing was 20 years ago Tue, 11 May 2010 08:20:22 -0500 http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/may/11/blood-tied-to-marker-only/news-regional/ http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/may/11/blood-tied-to-marker-only/news-regional/ Evidence in the 1995 Silk Plant Forest assault case that went untested for years doesn't definitely say who besides the victim, Jill Marker, might have been at the store when she was attacked. Tue, 11 May 2010 08:12:58 -0500 http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/may/11/vegas-coroner-to-exhume-bodies-for-dna-searches/ http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/may/11/vegas-coroner-to-exhume-bodies-for-dna-searches/ The Clark County coroner plans to exhume the body of a 1997 homicide victim for DNA testing to try to identify him and return his remains to his family. Tue, 11 May 2010 08:11:38 -0500 http://www.wisn.com/news/23511737/detail.html http://www.wisn.com/news/23511737/detail.html MILWAUKEE -- After 23 years behind watch towers and fences topped with razor wire, Robert Lee Stinson can finally hold his head high. Tue, 11 May 2010 08:11:05 -0500 http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo051010.htm http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo051010.htm NEW YORK—Mario Ernesto Villanueva Madrid, the former governor of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, was extradited from Mexico on charges that he accepted millions of dollars in bribes from the notorious Juarez Cartel, in exchange for assisting in the importation of over 200 tons of cocaine onto American streets. Tue, 11 May 2010 08:09:54 -0500 http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/wfo051010.htm http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/wfo051010.htm WASHINGTON—The former ABN AMRO Bank N.V., now named the Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., has agreed to forfeit $500 million to the United States in connection with a conspiracy to defraud the United States, to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and to violate the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA), as well as a violation of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., for the District of Columbia. Tue, 11 May 2010 08:09:23 -0500 http://towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/1956/1/ http://towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/1956/1/ Before the massive oil drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, experts and politicians confidently said that it couldn’t happen. Or, if something did go wrong, the impacts would be swiftly contained with minimal leaking. Tue, 11 May 2010 08:08:09 -0500 http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/05/uab_students_help_with_cold_ca.html http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/05/uab_students_help_with_cold_ca.html Not every investigator gets the chance to try to crack a cold murder case, especially when they aren't investigators yet. At least not officially. Tue, 11 May 2010 08:06:31 -0500 http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TheLaw/georgia-kindergarten-teacher-tonya-craft-accused-child-molestation/story?id=10610046 http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TheLaw/georgia-kindergarten-teacher-tonya-craft-accused-child-molestation/story?id=10610046 Children Take Stand in Dramatic Testimony, Expert Says They're Especially Vulnerable to False Memories Tue, 11 May 2010 08:06:09 -0500 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=9275 http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=9275 Xplico is an open source Network Forensic Analysis Tool. Its goal is to extract from an Internet traffic capture the applications data contained. Tue, 11 May 2010 08:05:41 -0500 http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/2102_may_10_2010/2102_ernest.html http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/2102_may_10_2010/2102_ernest.html [Vano Merabishvili and Robert Mueller] FBI Director Robert Mueller paid his first visit to Georgia on May 6. During it he held meetings with Minister of Internal Affairs Vano Merabishvili and Ministry of Justice Zurab Adeishvili. Mon, 10 May 2010 08:50:35 -0500 http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3442/better-%E2%80%98wildlife-forensics%E2%80%99-needed-stop-illegal-trade http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3442/better-%E2%80%98wildlife-forensics%E2%80%99-needed-stop-illegal-trade LOS BANOS: Better reporting and more investigation are needed in threatened wildlife trading, say scientists who point to suspicious exports of frogs. Mon, 10 May 2010 08:47:38 -0500 http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978225806 http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978225806 Two forensics experts now say that someone ordered National Guard troops to prepare to fire on students during a Vietnam War protest at Kent State University in 1970. Mon, 10 May 2010 08:47:16 -0500 http://www.pr.com/press-release/232316 http://www.pr.com/press-release/232316 London, United Kingdom, May 10, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Digital Forensics Magazine, the online resource for IT security specialists and practitioners of digital forensics in this quarter's edition contains an article about establishing a digital forensics laboratory. Mon, 10 May 2010 08:46:03 -0500 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/Goldman-may-pay-1-billion-fine-to-settle-fraud-allegations/articleshow/5913535.cms http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/Goldman-may-pay-1-billion-fine-to-settle-fraud-allegations/articleshow/5913535.cms LONDON: Goldman Sachs could end up paying a $1 billion (670 million pounds) fine if it wants to settle the criminal lawsuit with the US regulator Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a media report. Mon, 10 May 2010 08:44:21 -0500 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/guidance-software-acquires-assets-of-forensic-hardware-leader-tableau-llc-2010-05-10?reflink=MW_news_stmp http://www.marketwatch.com/story/guidance-software-acquires-assets-of-forensic-hardware-leader-tableau-llc-2010-05-10?reflink=MW_news_stmp Tableau President to Lead Dedicated Business Unit Focused on Forensic Software and Hardware Mon, 10 May 2010 08:42:02 -0500 http://www.rivertowns.net/event/article/id/26232/publisher_ID/18/ http://www.rivertowns.net/event/article/id/26232/publisher_ID/18/ MADISON - Judge will be able to compel former convicts to surrender DNA samples under a bill signed by the governor yesterday. Mon, 10 May 2010 08:39:35 -0500 http://www.rgj.com/article/20100508/NEWS01/5090332/-1/CARSON/Secret-Witness-call-pointed-investigators-to-Biela-DNA-clinched-arrest http://www.rgj.com/article/20100508/NEWS01/5090332/-1/CARSON/Secret-Witness-call-pointed-investigators-to-Biela-DNA-clinched-arrest The first thing the detective noticed when he met with James Biela was his discomfort. Mon, 10 May 2010 08:39:18 -0500 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7120167.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7120167.ece Raymond Towler, who spent more than half his life in prison for a crime he did not commit, hugs family members Deborah Settles, left, and Clarance Settles, after being told that he was a free man Mon, 10 May 2010 08:38:56 -0500 http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20004505-245.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20004505-245.html When Joe Weiss goes to cybersecurity conferences, he rubs elbows with world dignitaries, law enforcement officials, and large corporations, but usually he's the lone representative from the industrial critical infrastructures. Mon, 10 May 2010 08:37:45 -0500 http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/editorial/2010/05/10/13891561.html http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/editorial/2010/05/10/13891561.html The Tories' relaunch of tough-on-crime legislation -- their sights aimed at white-collar criminals -- is akin to taking a knife to a gun fight. Mon, 10 May 2010 08:36:31 -0500 http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/10/grace.coldlcase.green/ http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/10/grace.coldlcase.green/ New York (CNN) -- The only picture Donna Green ever had of her son, Raymond, was in her mind. Mon, 10 May 2010 08:35:47 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8671805.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8671805.stm Police believe they know the identity of a man who stabbed a 19-year-old to death after a row on a bus. Mon, 10 May 2010 08:35:22 -0500 http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/05/10/1424147/for-forensic-sketch-artist-theres.html http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/05/10/1424147/for-forensic-sketch-artist-theres.html FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. The first thing they notice is the eyes. Victims will never forget the eyes. Then down to the nose and mouth. Crooked or gold teeth tend to stick in one's memory. The head is the final shape perceived. All this takes place within seconds through the eyes' rapid movements. Read more: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/05/10/1424147/for-forensic-sketch-artist-theres.html#ixzz0nX8GnOMf Mon, 10 May 2010 08:35:03 -0500 http://news.discovery.com/human/dna-frees-innocent-man-but-what-about-eyewitnesses.html http://news.discovery.com/human/dna-frees-innocent-man-but-what-about-eyewitnesses.html Earlier this week, a man named Raymond Towler was released from prison after DNA evidence exonerated him. Towler had been convicted in 1981 of raping an 11-year-old girl in a Cleveland park and given a life sentence; he spent nearly 30 years in prison before a group called The Innocent Project took up his case and requested that DNA evidence be re-evaluated. Fri, 07 May 2010 16:56:36 -0500 http://www.wesh.com/news/23488564/detail.html http://www.wesh.com/news/23488564/detail.html Demings Defends Program After I-Drive Attacks Fri, 07 May 2010 16:55:46 -0500 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/05/07/2010-05-07_cop_was_down_with_drug_thugs__feds.html http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/05/07/2010-05-07_cop_was_down_with_drug_thugs__feds.html An NYPD officer sold out his badge - and handed over his gun and other police equipment - to a crime crew that posed as cops to rob drug dealers, the feds charged Thursday. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/05/07/2010-05-07_cop_was_down_with_drug_thugs__feds.html#ixzz0nHcZTcsK Fri, 07 May 2010 16:55:24 -0500 http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.35441 http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.35441 Users of wireless internet connection have been urged to use triangulation with multiple access points in order to ensure their network is secure. Fri, 07 May 2010 14:58:14 -0500 http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/ic3_050710.htm http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/ic3_050710.htm Internet Crime Complaint Center Receives More Than 1.5 Million Complaints Fri, 07 May 2010 14:56:21 -0500 http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/05/_christopher_m.html http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/05/_christopher_m.html Christopher M. McCowen deserves a new trial because DNA evidence linking him to murder victim Christa Worthington was improperly presented to the Cape Cod jury that convicted McCowen of first-degree murder, an attorney told the state's high court today. Fri, 07 May 2010 14:54:27 -0500 http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Rapes-homicides-given-top-priority-at-SFs-crime-lab-93048569.html#ixzz0nH7scQAq http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Rapes-homicides-given-top-priority-at-SFs-crime-lab-93048569.html#ixzz0nH7scQAq The Police Department has reversed a policy at the DNA-testing portion of its crime lab that used to prioritize cases based on whether there was a suspect, giving crimes such as homicides and rape the highest priority, police Chief George Gascón told the Police Commission. Fri, 07 May 2010 14:54:00 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1253139&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view.bg?articleid=1253139&srvc=rss CLEVELAND — An Ohio man exonerated after spending nearly 29 years in prison for a rape he didn’t commit is getting VIP treatment from the Cleveland Cavaliers. Fri, 07 May 2010 14:53:00 -0500 http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.aspx?id=10352 http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.aspx?id=10352 New forensic research has made it possible to identify minute traces of cocaine at a level which would easily have been missed by other techniques. Fri, 07 May 2010 14:36:45 -0500 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/050610-forensic-tool.html http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/050610-forensic-tool.html New computer forensic tools will make it possible to recover more data from corrupted hard drives so long as the missing filles haven't been overwritten. Fri, 07 May 2010 14:35:57 -0500 http://www.delmartimes.net/life/269202-classical-mystery-forensic-concert-will-examine-beethovens-cause--of-death http://www.delmartimes.net/life/269202-classical-mystery-forensic-concert-will-examine-beethovens-cause--of-death Maestro Jung-Ho Pak with a few of the musicians of Orchestra Nova. Classical music will meet up with cutting-edge forensic technology for three out-of-the-ordinary concerts by Orchestra Nova on May 7, 8 and 10. But what does classical music and modern forensic science have in common? Fri, 07 May 2010 14:35:20 -0500 http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/dna_analysis_links_suspect_to.html http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/dna_analysis_links_suspect_to.html Defense attorney Roy Greenman, left, questions Melessa Johns, a forensic scientist with the NJ State Police about the posibiltity of cross contamination of evidence as she testifies about DNA during the murder trial of Rodolfo Godinez. Johns testified that one of the two bottles found at the scene of the triple schoolyard murders in Newark provided DNA linking Godinez to the murders. Fri, 07 May 2010 14:34:47 -0500 http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/legal/eye-colour-genes-may-help-forensic-investigations_456296.html http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/legal/eye-colour-genes-may-help-forensic-investigations_456296.html Scientists have identified three new genes that determine subtle variations in human eye colour -- clues that could help forensic investigators using DNA left at a crime scene to track down criminal suspects. Fri, 07 May 2010 14:34:13 -0500 http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4096964 http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4096964 --The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department has received the donation of new vehicle that will help the department in the event of a desert homicide. Thu, 06 May 2010 15:57:24 -0500 http://rcpmag.com/articles/2010/05/06/two-critical-fixes-coming-tuesday.aspx http://rcpmag.com/articles/2010/05/06/two-critical-fixes-coming-tuesday.aspx Microsoft expects to deliver just two critical fixes in its May security update, arriving this Tuesday. Thu, 06 May 2010 15:56:09 -0500 http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/forensic_scientist_reveals_dna.html http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/forensic_scientist_reveals_dna.html NEWARK -- Rodolfo Godinez smoked the same cigarette and drank from the same bottle of beer discovered inside a Newark schoolyard hours after four friends were robbed then shot in the head nearly three years ago. Thu, 06 May 2010 15:55:45 -0500 http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/craigslist-diamond-murder-protect/story?id=10568167 http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/craigslist-diamond-murder-protect/story?id=10568167 Jim Sanders, 43, Was Killed in Home Invasion After Listing a Diamond Ring on Craigslist Thu, 06 May 2010 08:22:22 -0500 http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15023487 http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15023487 LOS ANGELES—Fraudsters did more than nickel-and-dime California taxpayers. They trucked millions of cans and bottles into the state from Nevada and Arizona so they could recycle the containers and collect state redemption money, authorities said Wednesday. Thu, 06 May 2010 08:18:43 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/8664923.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/8664923.stm Forensic scientists examining the bones of a woman found on a Manchester building site have extracted a DNA profile. Thu, 06 May 2010 08:17:11 -0500 http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15026205 http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15026205 SANTA CRUZ - FBI crime scene analysts found Elias Sorokin's hair and blood in the garage of a Felix Street home where investigators suspect the Los Angeles businessman was badly beaten during a botched drug deal in July, according to evidence presented in court Wednesday. Thu, 06 May 2010 08:16:29 -0500 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/05/MNO81D9UMM.DTL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/05/MNO81D9UMM.DTL The San Francisco Police Department will close its scandal-marred drug lab permanently and use outside testers to analyze narcotics evidence, Police Chief George Gascón said Wednesday. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/05/MNO81D9UMM.DTL#ixzz0n9exEkh5 Thu, 06 May 2010 08:14:29 -0500 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-05-06-dna_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-05-06-dna_N.htm The last time Raymond Towler was a free man, the burgeoning musician was playing a lot of disco. Thu, 06 May 2010 08:14:00 -0500 http://www.mmail.com.my/content/35665-handguns-kelantan-prince-and-bodyguards-be-checked-ballistic-tests http://www.mmail.com.my/content/35665-handguns-kelantan-prince-and-bodyguards-be-checked-ballistic-tests KUALA LUMPUR: Police will conduct ballistic testing on handguns seized on Tuesday night in Kota Baru from a Kelantan prince and his bodyguards. The ballistic testing is to be done at the police Forensics laboratory in Cheras, here. Thu, 06 May 2010 08:11:04 -0500 http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100506/ARTICLES/5061002/1006/NEWS?Title=Solving-crimes-with-creepy-crawlers http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100506/ARTICLES/5061002/1006/NEWS?Title=Solving-crimes-with-creepy-crawlers Instead of living vicariously through TV's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," viewers starting Saturday will get the chance to actually solve crimes using forensics. Thu, 06 May 2010 08:10:18 -0500 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/US+News/56677/FDNY%3A-Cause-Of-7-Alarm-Blaze-Determined.html http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/US+News/56677/FDNY%3A-Cause-Of-7-Alarm-Blaze-Determined.html Following an exhaustive three-week investigation, FDNY Fire Marshals have determined that an overheated electrical junction box caused the seven-alarm fire that broke out at 283 Grand Street in Manhattan on the evening of April 11. One civilian was killed in the fire and 30 firefighters and EMTs were injured along with three civilians. Thu, 06 May 2010 08:08:04 -0500 http://www.wpcva.com/articles/2010/05/06/altavista/news/news18.txt http://www.wpcva.com/articles/2010/05/06/altavista/news/news18.txt A clothesline hung with T-shirts wound around the Historic Courthouse in Rustburg April 22. The T-shirts carried messages about domestic violence and child abuse, with words such as "Don't ask why she stays. But ask why he does it." Victims of domestic violence and child abuse decorated the T-shirts, said Pam Cooke, director of the Campbell County Victim/Witness Assistance Program. Thu, 06 May 2010 08:07:34 -0500 http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Two-held-in-counterfeit-bank.6278278.jp http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Two-held-in-counterfeit-bank.6278278.jp Police forensic teams and experts from the Bank of England were today investigating the production of counterfeit bank notes. Thu, 06 May 2010 08:06:38 -0500 http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_523414.html http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_523414.html LONDON - SCIENTISTS have identified three new genes that determine subtle variations in human eye colour - clues that could help forensic investigators using DNA left at a crime scene to track down criminal suspects. Thu, 06 May 2010 08:06:12 -0500 http://www.timminspress.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2566819 http://www.timminspress.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2566819 A Superior Court justice has ruled that a forensic computer examiner -independent of the Timmins Police Service -be appointed by the court to examine the contents of a computer belonging to a Timmins lawyer charged with possessing child pornography. Thu, 06 May 2010 08:05:54 -0500 http://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/watkins-26762-forensics-trial.html http://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/watkins-26762-forensics-trial.html Estranged wife cannot be excluded from smaller amount on gun, testimony shows Wed, 05 May 2010 09:15:16 -0500 http://wdef.com/news/online_safety_too_much_information/05/2010 http://wdef.com/news/online_safety_too_much_information/05/2010 A new survey says millions of users of social networking sites leave themselves vulnerable to identity theft, cybercrimes, and even home invasions. Are you posting too much? Karin Caifa explains why you should take care with what you share, in today's Consumer Watch. Wed, 05 May 2010 08:58:58 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8661197.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8661197.stm The number of victims of cyber crime in Wales has more than doubled since last year, an online safety group says. Wed, 05 May 2010 08:57:01 -0500 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/27/AR2010042704843.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/27/AR2010042704843.html Legislation introduced in Congress on Tuesday would weaken the District's gun-control laws and restrict the D.C. Council from regulating firearms. Wed, 05 May 2010 08:49:11 -0500 http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2010/05/03/daily52.html http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2010/05/03/daily52.html A Miami man has been convicted in connection with a $5.8 million Medicare fraud scheme that prosecutors said involved his HIV/AIDS infusion clinic. Read more: Miami HIV clinic owner convicted in $5.8M fraud - South Florida Business Journal: Wed, 05 May 2010 08:46:07 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10125/1055581-84.stm http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10125/1055581-84.stm WASHINGTON -- Capitalizing on widespread public revulsion for Wall Street traders who sold customers elaborate financial products they had no confidence in, Sen. Arlen Specter is pushing for more criminal penalties for financial crimes as part of the financial reform bill. Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10125/1055581-84.stm#ixzz0n3w5Kmdv Wed, 05 May 2010 08:44:50 -0500 http://www.thestclairtimes.com/view/full_story/7302787/article-Suspect-arrested-in-18-year-old-murder?instance=home_news_bullet http://www.thestclairtimes.com/view/full_story/7302787/article-Suspect-arrested-in-18-year-old-murder?instance=home_news_bullet PELL CITY — The prime suspect in an 18-year-old murder case from Columbus, Ga. was arrested Monday night in Pell City on Hamilton Road. Wed, 05 May 2010 08:35:34 -0500 Real Estate Appraiser, Closing Attorney Also Sentenced to Prison Real Estate Appraiser, Closing Attorney Also Sentenced to Prison ATLANTA—EDWARD WILLIAM FARLEY, 47, of Hoschton, Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. to serve 25 years in federal prison on charges of bank fraud and conspiracy involving mortgage fraud, a real estate investment “Ponzi” scheme with over 100 victims, a check-kiting scheme, and bankruptcy fraud. WALTER JULIUS HERMANN, 41, of Dunwoody, Georgia, was also sentenced by Judge Batten to serve over two years in federal prison on charge of bank fraud involving real estate appraisals he submitted in the FARLEY mortgage fraud scheme. Tue, 04 May 2010 16:45:58 -0500 http://kansascity.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/kc050410.htm http://kansascity.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/kc050410.htm KANSAS CITY, MO—Chief James Person, Belton Police Department and FBI Special Agent in Charge Brian Truchon announced today a $50,000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of missing teen Kara Kopetsky. The announcement of this reward is in addition to any other reward monies being offered. Tue, 04 May 2010 16:45:18 -0500 http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/759431 http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/759431 A recent survey indicates high levels of distrust between the private and public sectors when it comes to cyber-security, as well as a general unease using social media. Tue, 04 May 2010 10:08:35 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8660003.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8660003.stm Scotland's failure to successfully prosecute anyone for people trafficking is "startling", a senior police officer has admitted. Tue, 04 May 2010 10:03:07 -0500 http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212299486.shtml http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212299486.shtml A U.S. scientist is supporting a theory that has been widely dismissed as a personal obsession of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez: that his hero Simon Bolivar might have died from arsenic poisoning. Tue, 04 May 2010 10:01:32 -0500 http://www.ajc.com/news/boys-4-and-7-517305.html http://www.ajc.com/news/boys-4-and-7-517305.html Three people -- two of them small children -- are dead after an apparent double murder and suicide in Jackson County northeast of Atlanta. Tue, 04 May 2010 09:58:00 -0500 http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/dc-principal-betts-murder-third-arrest-050410 http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/dc-principal-betts-murder-third-arrest-050410 WASHINGTON - Authorities have arrested and charged several people in connection with the murder of D.C. school principal Brian Betts. Tue, 04 May 2010 09:56:54 -0500 http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/0503/Times-Square-bomb-plot-CSI-methods-could-crack-the-case http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/0503/Times-Square-bomb-plot-CSI-methods-could-crack-the-case Video cameras, fingerprints, and chemical clues could all come into play as authorities try to identify who drove an explosives-laden vehicle into Times Square. The bomb plot left behind plenty of evidence. Tue, 04 May 2010 09:54:03 -0500 http://thestatecolumn.com/articles/05_04/new_hampshire_to_require_dna_felons_7234.php http://thestatecolumn.com/articles/05_04/new_hampshire_to_require_dna_felons_7234.php The state of New Hampshire may soon require DNA testing of all its convicted felons. Tue, 04 May 2010 09:50:15 -0500 http://www.wfrv.com/news/local/92724604.html http://www.wfrv.com/news/local/92724604.html GREEN BAY (WFRV) – Ashwaubenon Public Safety says DNA led them to a suspect in an acrmed robbery at the Golden Shell gas station. Tue, 04 May 2010 09:48:42 -0500 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/05/canada-again-tops-special-us-piracy-watchlist.ars http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/05/canada-again-tops-special-us-piracy-watchlist.ars Every year, the US issues its "Special 301" to name and shame those countries that don't do enough to protect intellectual property rights. Once again, Canada is a member of the top bracket, the "Priority Watch List." Tue, 04 May 2010 09:45:41 -0500 http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/FBI-searches-home-of-suspected-bomber-473341.php http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/FBI-searches-home-of-suspected-bomber-473341.php Law enforcement search a home where Faisal Shahzad lived and the neighboring property, in Bridgeport, Conn., Tuesday, May 4, 2010. Shahzad was taken into custody late Monday by FBI agents and New York Police Department detectives while trying to leave the country. Tue, 04 May 2010 09:42:51 -0500 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64327W20100504 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64327W20100504 POLITICO (Washington) - The number from a disposable cellphone led FBI agents to the suspect arrested Monday night for allegedly driving a car bomb into Times Square on Saturday evening, according to a senior official. Tue, 04 May 2010 09:41:27 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126483945 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126483945 To find out more about the forensics behind the attempted bombing in Times Square, Robert Siegel talks to Lawrence Kobilinsky, a professor of forensic science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at City University in New York. Tue, 04 May 2010 09:34:15 -0500 http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2010/5/4/bodies-make-last-stop-me-office/ http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2010/5/4/bodies-make-last-stop-me-office/ The work of a forensic technician is a 24/7/365 operation, forensic investigator Dori Burke said. Tue, 04 May 2010 09:33:14 -0500 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6988298.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6988298.html Texas defense lawyers took aim at the state's Forensic Science Commission Monday, charging that the group — now probing the possibly botched arson investigations that sent an East Texas man to his execution — is in danger of being “permanently tainted and derailed by politics.” Tue, 04 May 2010 09:32:32 -0500 http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/forensic-team-at-journalists-home-to-probe-murder-23124.php?u=1828 http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/forensic-team-at-journalists-home-to-probe-murder-23124.php?u=1828 Twenty three-year-old Delhi journalist, Nirupama Pathak, was killed for daring to fall in love outside her caste. While her mother has been arrested for the murder, a forensic team is now at her home in Jharkhand to try and piece together just what happened. Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/forensic-team-at-journalists-home-to-probe-murder-23124.php?u=1828&cp Tue, 04 May 2010 09:32:06 -0500 http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/nyc/times-square-suv-at-nypd-forensics-lab-20100503 http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/nyc/times-square-suv-at-nypd-forensics-lab-20100503 MYFOXNY.COM - The NYPD is processing and examining the Nissan pathfinder SUV that was packed with explosives in Times Square inside the department's forensic lab and garage in Jamaica, Queens. Tue, 04 May 2010 09:25:22 -0500 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Loudoun-police-take-new-forensics-shot-at-old-murder-92546804.html http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Loudoun-police-take-new-forensics-shot-at-old-murder-92546804.html Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, inspired by the developments of new forensics technologies, has reopened the 21-year-old homicide case of a former Prince George's County man. Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Loudoun-police-take-new-forensics-shot-at-old-murder-92546804.html#ixzz0mtD3lolU Mon, 03 May 2010 12:43:25 -0500 http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20100503/NEWS/305039987 http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20100503/NEWS/305039987 Identity theft is the fastest-growing type of theft in the United States, with an estimated 9.9 million victims. And not only are thieves stealing your personal information to spend your money, but also to receive services such as medical care. Mon, 03 May 2010 12:39:48 -0500 http://www.itwire.com/it-industry-news/market/38741-changing-security-landscape-for-internet-users http://www.itwire.com/it-industry-news/market/38741-changing-security-landscape-for-internet-users A new security report from Verizon claims that cybersecurity breaches worldwide are starting to level off, with the communications vendor forecasting that the next 10 years will see security protection become more effective and widespread as organisations band together to fight cybercrime. Mon, 03 May 2010 12:37:47 -0500 http://www2.counton2.com/cbd/news/consumer/article/vitamin_sales_linked_to_insurance_fraud/134715/ http://www2.counton2.com/cbd/news/consumer/article/vitamin_sales_linked_to_insurance_fraud/134715/ A health insurance carrier is warning that a company selling nutritional supplements is really committing insurance fraud. Once you buy, you could end up paying for a lot more than just vitamins. Mon, 03 May 2010 08:47:01 -0500 http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100503-704212.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLEHeadlinesMideast http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100503-704212.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLEHeadlinesMideast DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)--Lawyers representing former Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB.DFM), or DIB, executive Omair Mooraj filed Monday a civil suit against the lender's ex-chairman and three other executives for allegedly concealing fraud, according to a copy of the filing. Mon, 03 May 2010 08:45:26 -0500 http://www.ny1.com/5-manhattan-news-content/top_stories/117984/officials-still-seeking-leads-in-times-square-car-bomb-incident http://www.ny1.com/5-manhattan-news-content/top_stories/117984/officials-still-seeking-leads-in-times-square-car-bomb-incident The mayor and police commissioner are stressing that the investigation into Saturday’s car bomb incident in Times Square is still ongoing, after video showing a possible suspect was released last night. Mon, 03 May 2010 08:30:21 -0500 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/05/03/2010-05-03_plate_led_fbi_to_his_junkyard.html http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/05/03/2010-05-03_plate_led_fbi_to_his_junkyard.html Junkyard owner Wayne LeBlanc didn't catch the news on Saturday night because he was busy watching "Old Yeller" with his grandkids. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/05/03/2010-05-03_plate_led_fbi_to_his_junkyard.html#ixzz0msABagli Mon, 03 May 2010 08:25:35 -0500 http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-02/fbi-probe-of-massey-coal-is-said-to-focus-on-possible-bribery.html http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-02/fbi-probe-of-massey-coal-is-said-to-focus-on-possible-bribery.html May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Massey Energy Co., dealing with the death of 29 miners at one of its West Virginia coal mines, is being investigated by the FBI for possible bribery of state and federal inspectors, a person familiar with the probe said. Mon, 03 May 2010 08:24:52 -0500 http://www.mediaite.com/tv/nyc-police-commish-examining-video-showing-white-male-in-his-40s/ http://www.mediaite.com/tv/nyc-police-commish-examining-video-showing-white-male-in-his-40s/ Police Commissioner Ray Kelly (who apparently likes to attend a lot of black tie events in his spare time…future mayoral run, anyone?) just gave a press conference on the latest developments in yesterdays Time Square car bomb scare. Some updates: Mon, 03 May 2010 08:24:07 -0500 http://www.ottawacitizen.com/police+they+really/2979274/story.html http://www.ottawacitizen.com/police+they+really/2979274/story.html Investigators are increasingly confronted with civilians who think crimes can be solved in less than an hour, Douglas Quan writes. Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/police+they+really/2979274/story.html#ixzz0ms9VsOeN Mon, 03 May 2010 08:23:39 -0500 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/net-is-closing-on-murderer-of-nurse-michelle-beets/story-e6frf7l6-1225861373029 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/net-is-closing-on-murderer-of-nurse-michelle-beets/story-e6frf7l6-1225861373029 ALMOST a week after Michelle Beets' killing, police are said to be closing in on an offender as forensic evidence builds a chilling picture of her murderer. Mon, 03 May 2010 08:11:54 -0500 http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12408437 http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12408437 Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) - Odds are you or someone you know is desperate to save a home from foreclosure. But as you know, many offers for assistance are simply too good to be true. Mon, 03 May 2010 08:11:20 -0500 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/05/02/national/Ex-policeman-in-custody-for-grenade-attack-30128411.html http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/05/02/national/Ex-policeman-in-custody-for-grenade-attack-30128411.html The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) yesterday brought an ex-policeman, arrested for the rocket-propelled grenade attack on the Defence Ministry on March 20, to apply for an initial 12 days of detention. Sat, 01 May 2010 12:34:49 -0500 http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/School+issued+laptop+secretly+snaps+photos+inside+teen+home/2971541/story.html http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/School+issued+laptop+secretly+snaps+photos+inside+teen+home/2971541/story.html PHILADELPHIA -- You can think what you want, said Holly Robbins, but it's not about the money. Robbins said that she didn't want to sue the Lower Merion School District when she discovered in November that her 15-year-old son's school-issued laptop was secretly snapping pictures inside their home. Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/School+issued+laptop+secretly+snaps+photos+inside+teen+home/2971541/story.html#ixzz0mhTCQVq9 Sat, 01 May 2010 12:32:03 -0500 http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/2200074,3_1_EL26_04FORENSICS_S1-100426.article http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/2200074,3_1_EL26_04FORENSICS_S1-100426.article ELGIN -- It was a clue that easily could have been overlooked, locked away forever in the young murder victim's laptop computer. Sat, 01 May 2010 12:29:45 -0500 http://gcn.com/articles/2010/04/30/international-security-framework.aspx http://gcn.com/articles/2010/04/30/international-security-framework.aspx Government and industry experts say that an international cybersecurity framework that reflects the borderless nature of the Internet is needed to combat cybercrime. Sat, 01 May 2010 12:29:04 -0500 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-robberson_0502edi.State.Edition1.28454cb.html http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-robberson_0502edi.State.Edition1.28454cb.html The decision to hit the fire button at any moment during his workday – unleashing a smart bomb that can kill dozens of people – depends on the interplay between U.S. troops, intelligence operatives and remotely placed cameras and listening devices, all connected by an intricate computer network. Before the button is pushed, networked consultations typically occur among officials at the Pentagon, White House, CIA and National Security Agency. Sat, 01 May 2010 12:28:28 -0500 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/April/10-crm-509.html http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/April/10-crm-509.html David C. Kernell, 22, was convicted by a federal jury in Knoxville, Tenn., today for intentionally accessing without authorization the e-mail account of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and obstruction of justice, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney James R. Dedrick for the Eastern District of Tennessee announced. Sat, 01 May 2010 12:27:18 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ikox2w8uO1e80g1mndtiJU16gobQD9FDKCB00 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ikox2w8uO1e80g1mndtiJU16gobQD9FDKCB00 NORFOLK, Va. — Nine Somali men accused of attacking two U.S. Navy ships off the coast of Africa pleaded not guilty Friday to piracy, plundering and weapons charges. Sat, 01 May 2010 12:26:34 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igqxtmj3xozZ9WAJNpCNZJdXVipAD9FE57AG2 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igqxtmj3xozZ9WAJNpCNZJdXVipAD9FE57AG2 Moved by a huge tide of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress, Congress has pressured the Department of Veterans Affairs to settle their disability claims — quickly, humanely, and mostly in the vets' favor. Sat, 01 May 2010 12:26:13 -0500 http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2010/04/30/cyber-crime-unit-for-europe/ http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2010/04/30/cyber-crime-unit-for-europe/ Ministers in Europe are considering establishing a unit that will call for international cooperation to protect nations and citizens from cyber crime and other technology-related problems. Sat, 01 May 2010 12:25:36 -0500 http://www.pottsmerc.com/articles/2010/05/01/news/srv0000008169816.txt http://www.pottsmerc.com/articles/2010/05/01/news/srv0000008169816.txt READING — Although the question of who murdered two sisters at an Amity motel earlier this week has been answered, the motive behind the brutal shotgun slayings remains a mystery. Sat, 01 May 2010 12:25:17 -0500 http://elpaso.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ep042910a.htm http://elpaso.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ep042910a.htm United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that 29-year-old Ismael Acosta Juarez, of Odessa, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for his role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy. Sat, 01 May 2010 12:23:56 -0500 http://atlanta.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/atl042910.htm http://atlanta.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/atl042910.htm Cooperating Defendants Edgar Beaudreault and Howard Sperling Going to Prison Sat, 01 May 2010 12:22:58 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view/201004309_somalis_plead_not_guilty_to_us_piracy_charges/srvc=home&position=recent http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view/201004309_somalis_plead_not_guilty_to_us_piracy_charges/srvc=home&position=recent NORFOLK, Va. - Nine Somali men accused of attacking two U.S. Navy ships off the coast of Africa pleaded not guilty Friday to piracy, plundering and weapons charges. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:57:41 -0500 http://www.spamfighter.com/News-14295-Hackers-Using-Gullible-Computer-Owners-as-%27Malware-Mules%27.htm http://www.spamfighter.com/News-14295-Hackers-Using-Gullible-Computer-Owners-as-%27Malware-Mules%27.htm Security vendor Symantec said that to infect other computer users with viruses, the hackers are exploiting unwary Web users as 'malware mules', as per the news published by PC ADVISOR on April 20, 2010. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:54:34 -0500 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10642053 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10642053 The FBI has been asked to help police investigate an international cyber-crime syndicate that hacked into a council-owned carpark to steal credit card details from thousands of customers. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:18:35 -0500 http://www.guampdn.com/article/20100501/NEWS01/5010308 http://www.guampdn.com/article/20100501/NEWS01/5010308 Some lawmakers yesterday raised privacy concerns over having to submit their fingerprints for a federal background check, prompting Sen. Adolpho Palacios to propose nixing that election-filing requirement. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:16:19 -0500 http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-30/google-disney-fbi-are-top-choices-for-college-graduates.html http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-30/google-disney-fbi-are-top-choices-for-college-graduates.html April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Money matters, even to the idealistic Millennial generation. The recession and job market might be causing a shift in priorities among the next wave of Millennials to enter the workforce, according to the latest annual survey of college students conducted by Universum USA, a research firm based in Stockholm with U.S. headquarters in Philadelphia. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:02:27 -0500 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/04/30/FBI-wants-tape-of-police-beating-teen/UPI-85941272648923/ http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/04/30/FBI-wants-tape-of-police-beating-teen/UPI-85941272648923/ HOUSTON, April 30 (UPI) -- The FBI has requested videotape footage of Houston police officers allegedly beating and kicking a handcuffed teenager, a community activist said. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:00:12 -0500 http://www.whtm.com/news/stories/0410/731028.html http://www.whtm.com/news/stories/0410/731028.html Dillsburg, Pa. - A York County couple charged in the death of the seven-year-old boy they adopted from Russia will remain in prison until their trial. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:51:06 -0500 http://www.kansas.com/2010/04/30/1292608/coroner-saw-31-of-schneiders-patients.html http://www.kansas.com/2010/04/30/1292608/coroner-saw-31-of-schneiders-patients.html Jaime Oeberst said she kept having to examine the patients of a Haysville doctor. Read more: http://www.kansas.com/2010/04/30/1292608/coroner-saw-31-of-schneiders-patients.html#ixzz0mcBX2G8b Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:50:38 -0500 http://stlouis.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/sl042910.htm http://stlouis.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/sl042910.htm At approximately 10:45 a.m, a man robbed the First Community National Bank in Cuba, Missouri. Due to the quick response by a number of law enforcement agencies, including the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a suspect fitting the robber’s description was stopped and is being held for questioning. The suspect has not been charged. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:46:21 -0500 http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/laworder/story/C8570081D25948EF86257715000A6177?OpenDocument http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/laworder/story/C8570081D25948EF86257715000A6177?OpenDocument WASHINGTON PARK — Forensic evidence, officials said, led prosecutors to file a murder charge this week against a man who had earlier been held as a suspect in the killing of Washington Park Mayor John Thornton. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:41:32 -0500 http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100419/NEWS02/4190308/-1/NEWSMAP http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100419/NEWS02/4190308/-1/NEWSMAP International in scope, organized crime networks that smuggle tusks, hides, caviar and other illegal products from endangered species can rake in millions of dollars — and hire very expensive defense lawyers if they get caught. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:56:00 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jr89j6xfDmrsadbjym06p0VWcz2wD9FCAJJ81 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jr89j6xfDmrsadbjym06p0VWcz2wD9FCAJJ81 BANGOR, Maine — A former Air Force intelligence specialist showed signs of paranoia aboard a trans-Atlantic flight and told federal air marshals that he had dynamite in his boots and laptop computer, forcing the plane to be diverted to Maine, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:48:56 -0500 http://gcn.com/articles/2010/05/03/cybereye-sloppy-cybercriminals.aspx http://gcn.com/articles/2010/05/03/cybereye-sloppy-cybercriminals.aspx Cyber crime is a growing problem, but at least the bad guys aren't super villains Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:47:38 -0500 http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?sid=1945786&nid=19 http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?sid=1945786&nid=19 The Pentagon's computers experience more than five thousand attacks every day, according to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which is part of the Department of Energy. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:47:17 -0500 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/245001 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/245001 RICHMOND -- Gov. Bob McDonnell has directed the Virginia State Police to rescind a policy requiring volunteer chaplains to deliver nondenominational prayers at department-sanctioned public events. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:46:19 -0500 http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Branford-Officer-Honored-92376214.html http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Branford-Officer-Honored-92376214.html As he drove by in his police car, officer Joseph Peterson looked Lishan Wang directly in the eye and thought to himself, this is the guy who shot and killed the Yale doctor. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:45:58 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jkQX3rHI_nmlQENRnoh-c_1e6qEQD9FC9QB00 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jkQX3rHI_nmlQENRnoh-c_1e6qEQD9FC9QB00 DALLAS — Police searched Wednesday for a Texas man authorities say used two chain saws to decapitate his wife before leaving her body in the street near their suburban Dallas home. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:44:38 -0500 http://www.wiscnews.com/portagedailyregister/news/local/article_81be90e2-5345-11df-b3fd-001cc4c002e0.html http://www.wiscnews.com/portagedailyregister/news/local/article_81be90e2-5345-11df-b3fd-001cc4c002e0.html A ruling on the eve of the trial in the 1980 murder of Marilyn McIntyre could limit the prosecution's case against Curtis Forbes. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:44:14 -0500 http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=4&id=35070 http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=4&id=35070 YONKERS, New York (AP) — A former Brooklyn resident now accused of raping and strangling three women in a New York suburb starting 21 years ago was never even suspected until he submitted a DNA sample after a drunken-driving arrest last year, officials said last week. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:43:55 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jygYMIHdWhx4sXUNTidQIxY7NF3QD9FCAKAO0 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jygYMIHdWhx4sXUNTidQIxY7NF3QD9FCAKAO0 ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A former truck driver who spent nearly 19 years behind bars for a 1988 slaying he didn't commit walked free Wednesday after DNA testing exonerated him and instead pointed to a man who strangled a 4-year-old girl in 1994. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:43:34 -0500 http://www.yumasun.com/news/cloud-58090-sell-murder.html http://www.yumasun.com/news/cloud-58090-sell-murder.html The capital murder trial of Lois Kay Cloud, accused in the 1997 murder of her husband, continued Wednesday with testimony from a forensic accountant. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:41:53 -0500 http://news.sc/2010/04/29/south-carolina-man-pleads-guilty-to-killing-disabled-veteran/ http://news.sc/2010/04/29/south-carolina-man-pleads-guilty-to-killing-disabled-veteran/ A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping and murder of a disabled war veteran. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:41:32 -0500 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2010/04/29/dresden-human-remains-well-100429.html http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2010/04/29/dresden-human-remains-well-100429.html A man doing renovations to his Dresden, Ont., home has unearthed a human skeleton, and possibly the answer to a decades old mystery. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2010/04/29/dresden-human-remains-well-100429.html#ixzz0mUmbskZa Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:27:38 -0500 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/28/AR2010042802038.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/28/AR2010042802038.html ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- An organization that uses DNA evidence to clear people wrongfully convicted of crimes says prosecutors will ask a New York judge to free a man imprisoned for killing a woman in 1988. Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:34:26 -0500 http://www.indystar.com/article/20100428/LOCAL/4280334/DNA-links-prisoners-contraband http://www.indystar.com/article/20100428/LOCAL/4280334/DNA-links-prisoners-contraband Corrections officials hope science reduces phone, weapon use Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:34:06 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/parties_and_issues/8649321.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/parties_and_issues/8649321.stm Home Secretary Alan Johnson has said the Conservative Party is "seeking to restrict the police's ability" to solve crimes. Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:33:47 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iCDKyqlYJDinqSYYmIjxlGmQBCXg http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iCDKyqlYJDinqSYYmIjxlGmQBCXg PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. — In the end, even the man who killed his own children during a paranoid episode admitted he shouldn't be released to the public. Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:32:06 -0500 http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12389692 http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12389692 NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A convicted felon has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath that led to a police cover-up. Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:30:46 -0500 http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/27/wikipedia-child-porn-larry-sanger-fbi/ http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/27/wikipedia-child-porn-larry-sanger-fbi/ The parent company of Wikipedia is knowingly distributing child pornography, the co-founder of the online encyclopedia says, and he's imploring the FBI to investigate. Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:28:26 -0500 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471204575210674060942894.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471204575210674060942894.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5 A West Hollywood art dealer pleaded guilty today to selling a fake Pablo Picasso drawing of a woman in a blue hat for $2 million, according to the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles. Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:27:59 -0500 http://sacramento.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/sc042610.htm http://sacramento.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/sc042610.htm SACRAMENTO—United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Marc M. Keyser, 66, of Sacramento, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. in Sacramento. Calling him a danger to the community, Judge Damrell ordered Keyser remanded into custody to commence serving his prison sentence. A further hearing is set to determine the restitution owed by Keyser for the costs of responding to the hoax letter. Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:27:00 -0500 http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/bs042710.htm http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/bs042710.htm United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch announced today that they have formed and held the first meeting of the Rhode Island Mortgage Fraud Task Force, an initiative linking federal and state agencies in the fight against mortgage fraud. Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:14:52 -0500 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Fingerprinting-goes-digital-/articleshow/5865476.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Fingerprinting-goes-digital-/articleshow/5865476.cms AHMEDABAD: Getting database of crime suspects will now be on the investigator's fingertips, literally. Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:08:07 -0500 http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=449330 http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=449330 The defense attorney for the man accused of killing 4-year-old Dominick Calhoun in Argentine Township earlier this month shared chilling details of 24-year-old Brandon Hayes' mental health history in court. Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:07:48 -0500 http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/04/firm_finds_5400_deleted_e-mail.html http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/04/firm_finds_5400_deleted_e-mail.html A computer forensics firm hired by Mayor Ray Nagin to locate the bulk of his e-mail messages from 2008 has turned up nearly 5,400 files that the administration said had been deleted, according to the firm's final report to the city. Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:07:25 -0500 http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2010/04/28/story14965772t0.shtm http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2010/04/28/story14965772t0.shtm The brutal murder of a Perthshire woman nearly 150 years ago is Scotland’s oldest unsolved killing, records released under Freedom of Information legislation show (writes Kirsten Johnson). Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:04:45 -0500 http://houston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ho042610.htm http://houston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ho042610.htm Department of Justice Press Release Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:32:21 -0500 http://www.techtremor.com/2010/04/26/hacker-is-selling-1-5-million-facebook-accounts/ http://www.techtremor.com/2010/04/26/hacker-is-selling-1-5-million-facebook-accounts/ Kirllos, a hacker who preys upon Facebook users, has reportedly offered up 1.5 million Facebook usernames and passwords. If you do the math you have a 1 in 300 chance of being on the hackers lists. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:24:13 -0500 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2363041,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2363041,00.asp Each new iteration of Microsoft software also marks a new chapter in the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between software counterfeiters and Microsoft's own enforcement team. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:18:53 -0500 http://www.mybanktracker.com/bank-news/2010/04/27/mortgage-fraud-rises-for-fifth-consecutive-year/ http://www.mybanktracker.com/bank-news/2010/04/27/mortgage-fraud-rises-for-fifth-consecutive-year/ Mortgage fraud increased in the U.S. for the fifth consecutive year, according to the Appraisal Institute. The institute, an organization of 25,000 real estate appraisers, reported a 7% increase in fraud reports from 2008 to 2009. The increase was sizable but much smaller than the 20%-plus jumps the market saw each year from 2005 to 2008. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:17:23 -0500 http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/2203606,CST-EDT-edit27.article http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/2203606,CST-EDT-edit27.article The National Guard can seem like the natural answer to any urban emergency. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:15:26 -0500 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/26/BAJO1D58I9.DTL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/26/BAJO1D58I9.DTL Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi plans to introduce an ordinance today that would take the city's beleaguered crime lab out of the hands of the San Francisco Police Department. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:14:50 -0500 http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2010/04/27/ipad-users-hit-by-scammers/ http://www.thenewnewinternet.com/2010/04/27/ipad-users-hit-by-scammers/ iPad Users Hit by Scammers Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:11:40 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/scotland_politics/8644987.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/scotland_politics/8644987.stm A move to allow Scottish police forces to hold the DNA of innocent people for up to six years has been thrown out by a committee of MSPs. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:09:52 -0500 http://www.aolnews.com/crime/article/remains-found-of-laura-garza-dancer-who-vanished-from-nyc/19455568 http://www.aolnews.com/crime/article/remains-found-of-laura-garza-dancer-who-vanished-from-nyc/19455568 (April 27) -- Laura Garza moved from Texas to New York City nearly two years ago with dreams of making it big as a dancer. Several months later, on Dec. 3, 2008, the 25-year-old woman left a Manhattan bar with a registered sex offender and was never seen again. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:09:22 -0500 http://www.khou.com/home/related/Police-Resume-Hunt-for-Killer-24-Years-Later-92110859.html http://www.khou.com/home/related/Police-Resume-Hunt-for-Killer-24-Years-Later-92110859.html HOUSTON—Hindsight tells us that forensic miscues and misinterpreted evidence led to a 24-year delay in the identification of a murder victim in south Houston. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:09:04 -0500 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/7638607/British-forensic-expert-threatened-in-Malaysia.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/7638607/British-forensic-expert-threatened-in-Malaysia.html A leading British forensic expert who testified at the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, is living in fear of his safety in Malaysia after being called in to help investigate the death of a government aide. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:08:28 -0500 http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/04/judge_orders_forensic_exam_for.html http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/04/judge_orders_forensic_exam_for.html FLINT, Michigan — A judge this morning ordered a forensic exam for Brandon Hayes, the man accused of torturing Dominick Calhoun, 4. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:07:54 -0500 http://www.aolnews.com/crime/article/chicago-pols-want-national-guard-to-help-fight-crime-wave/19453978 http://www.aolnews.com/crime/article/chicago-pols-want-national-guard-to-help-fight-crime-wave/19453978 (April 26) -- Two Chicago lawmakers want the National Guard brought in to help fight a surge of violent crime in the city, saying there is a "war" in Chicago that warrants the same kind of deployment as the U.S. has in the streets of Iraq and Afghanistan. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:47:57 -0500 http://www.castanet.net/news/Penticton/54155/Human-remains-found-in-sunken-car http://www.castanet.net/news/Penticton/54155/Human-remains-found-in-sunken-car It was a grim discovery on what was an otherwise lovely day. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:40:49 -0500 http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20003284-504083.html http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20003284-504083.html NEW YORK (CBS/AP) A Yonkers, NY cold case detective says he finally got his man after "nine long years" of looking at over 100 suspects in connection with the deaths of three women who were raped and strangled in 1989, 1991, and 1996 - and he owes it all to one convict's desire to be let out on parole. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:39:17 -0500 http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/article_d68b13d2-4fd2-11df-9857-001cc4c03286.html http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/article_d68b13d2-4fd2-11df-9857-001cc4c03286.html Authorities may have found the infant allegedly thrown off a bridge by her father two months ago. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:38:37 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/weekinreview/25harmon.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/weekinreview/25harmon.html The cultural gap between the impoverished Havasupai Indians who view their blood as sacred and the Arizona State University researchers who helicoptered in to their Grand Canyon home to collect it was at the heart of a lawsuit over the scope of a genetic study that ended last week with a settlement for the tribe. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:38:08 -0500 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/04/27/national/Victims-on-both-sides-hit-by-high-velocity-bullets-30128020.html http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/04/27/national/Victims-on-both-sides-hit-by-high-velocity-bullets-30128020.html Some 25 people lost their lives during bloody clashes between soldiers and red-shirt demonstrators in Bangkok on April 10. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:32:25 -0500 http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12371928 http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12371928 LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Lafayette nurses trained to look for evidence of abuse or sexual assault have expanded their program to children less than 12 years old. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:31:54 -0500 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6975752.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6975752.html Mistakes, misunderstandings and missed opportunities by authorities left the mystery of Angela Faye Phillips' disappearance unsolved for more than two decades. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:31:30 -0500 http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/4/26/nation/20100426215151&sec=nation http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/4/26/nation/20100426215151&sec=nation SHAH ALAM: British forensics expert Professor Dr Peter Vanezis testified at the coroner’s court Monday that political aide Teoh Beng Hock was not unconscious when he plunged to his death. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:30:52 -0500 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100426school_stabbing_trial_winding_down/srvc=home&position=also http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100426school_stabbing_trial_winding_down/srvc=home&position=also A forensic psychiatrist retained by the defense testified today that accused killer John Odgren gave varying accounts of the fatal Lincoln Sudbury High School stabbing to cope with what happened. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:30:24 -0500 http://ksax.com/article/stories/S1525528.shtml?cat=10230 http://ksax.com/article/stories/S1525528.shtml?cat=10230 SWIFT COUNTY, MINN. - Two Alabama men were taken into custody and one has been charged in connection with burglarizing several pharmacies in the upper Midwest in late 2009, according to the Benson Police Department. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:00:22 -0500 http://www.statepress.com/2010/04/22/exonerated-inmate-touts-importance-of-dna-evidence/ http://www.statepress.com/2010/04/22/exonerated-inmate-touts-importance-of-dna-evidence/ On March 8, 1985, Kirk Bloodsworth was sentenced to death for the murder of a 9-year-old girl in Baltimore County, Md. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:59:37 -0500 http://phoenix.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/px042110.htm http://phoenix.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/px042110.htm PHOENIX—A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a four-count indictment against Dwayne Warren Bogan, a.k.a. “King Flavor,” 47, of Las Vegas, Nevada, for violations of sex trafficking of a minor; sex trafficking through force, fraud, or coercion; transporting a minor across state lines for purposes of prostitution; and transporting a person across state lines for purposes of prostitution. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:58:25 -0500 http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo042210.htm http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo042210.htm PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the indictment late yesterday of ANTHONY DIGATI on charges of attempting to extort approximately $200,000 or more from New York Life Insurance Company ("New York Life"). DIGATI allegedly threatened in e-mails and on a website he created to make false public statements and transmit millions of spam e-mails in an effort to damage the reputation of New York Life and cost the company millions of dollars in revenue. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:58:04 -0500 http://dallas.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/dl042110a.htm http://dallas.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/dl042110a.htm DALLAS—A federal grand jury in Dallas returned an indictment late yesterday charging Erlyndon J. Lo, 27, with offenses related to his threat to use deadly force to stop an abortion at the Southwestern Women’s Surgery Center (SWSC) in Dallas, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Lo has been in custody since his arrest on April 3, 2010, at his home in Plano, Texas, on related charges outlined in a criminal complaint. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:57:38 -0500 http://dallas.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/dl042110.htm http://dallas.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/dl042110.htm Computer Repairman Discovered Child Pornography on Defendant’s Computer Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:56:43 -0500 http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14937858 http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14937858 West Jordan » Five shell casings found outside the Sandy Village Inn Restaurant where Kenneth Dolezsar was killed three years ago were fired from the same gun as a single casing found at Eugene Christopher Wright's Salt Lake City home, an expert testified Thursday during Wright's murder trial. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:48:08 -0500 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/22/eveningnews/main6422768.shtml?tag=contentBody;featuredPost-PE http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/22/eveningnews/main6422768.shtml?tag=contentBody;featuredPost-PE Where America Stands: Increasingly Computer-Based Nation Faces off Daily Against Hackers, with No International Rule of Law Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:45:16 -0500 http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20003198-501465.html http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20003198-501465.html Within security circles, they refer to the practice as social engineering, shorthand for a con game where unsuspecting employees get tricked into divulging important corporate information. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:44:47 -0500 http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/48068.cfm http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/48068.cfm BANGKOK, April 23 (TNA) - The director of Thailand's Justice Ministry's Central Institute of Forensic Science inspected the grenade hit area at Sala Daeng intersection and adjacent areas of Silom Road but declined to give further details or comment. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:25:45 -0500 http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100423/A_NEWS/4230317 http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100423/A_NEWS/4230317 A state-run crime lab in Ripon that serves law enforcement agencies in five Central Valley counties is under investigation after a discrepancy between recorded weights of methamphetamine evidence samples was discovered earlier this month. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:23:30 -0500 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/22/mexican-drug-cartel-loses-4-leaders-to-dea/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/22/mexican-drug-cartel-loses-4-leaders-to-dea/ Men plead guilty to coordinating distribution, sales in Texas Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:02:22 -0500 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/22/mexican-drug-cartel-loses-4-leaders-to-dea/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/22/mexican-drug-cartel-loses-4-leaders-to-dea/ (April 21) -- In a dramatic bid to end fraud, identity theft and illegal immigration, Puerto Rico is voiding all birth certificates issued before July 1, 2010 -- forcing more than 5 million people to apply for new ones. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:55:22 -0500 http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/puerto-rican-officials-scrap-millions-of-birth-certificates/19448645 http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/puerto-rican-officials-scrap-millions-of-birth-certificates/19448645 (April 21) -- In a dramatic bid to end fraud, identity theft and illegal immigration, Puerto Rico is voiding all birth certificates issued before July 1, 2010 -- forcing more than 5 million people to apply for new ones. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:51:41 -0500 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/04/22/why-you-never-see-a-college-rapists-name-in-a-campus-crime-alert/ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/04/22/why-you-never-see-a-college-rapists-name-in-a-campus-crime-alert/ Three recent crimes reported to the George Washington University, and how the university identified their perpetrators to students and staff: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:33:17 -0500 http://theweek.com/article/index/202036/Floridas_Minority_Report_crime_prediction_software http://theweek.com/article/index/202036/Floridas_Minority_Report_crime_prediction_software Florida has adopted forecasting software, produced by IBM, to target high-risk youths. Is this the beginning of a "Minority Report" future? Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:30:59 -0500 http://www.smh.com.au/technology/identity-crime-computer-system-a-flop-20100422-tg2h.html http://www.smh.com.au/technology/identity-crime-computer-system-a-flop-20100422-tg2h.html A $28 million Howard government plan to create a high-tech system to address identity crime has been plagued by technical difficulties and failed to achieve its aims, the Australian National Audit Office says. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:30:26 -0500 http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2010/04/22/703134/tbi-improved-dna-testing-helped.html http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2010/04/22/703134/tbi-improved-dna-testing-helped.html Improved DNA technology has helped police solve a 20-year-old West Tennessee murder case. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:21:13 -0500 http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15949089 http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15949089 OPENING a new training centre in forensic science (pictured above) at the University of Glamorgan in South Wales recently, Bernard Knight, formerly one of Britain’s chief pathologists, said that because of television crime dramas, jurors today expect more categorical proof than forensic science is capable of delivering. And when it comes to the gulf between reality and fiction, Dr Knight knows what he is talking about: besides 43 years’ experience of attending crime scenes, he has also written dozens of crime novels. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:20:40 -0500 http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/fbi-drunk-woman-on-480873.html http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/fbi-drunk-woman-on-480873.html An intoxicated woman on a flight from Atlanta to New York yelled racial epithets at a pregnant woman and bit a federal agent, according to the FBI. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:16:47 -0500 http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=2453 http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=2453 Indictment: ACH Transactions Used to Move Money for Internet Gambling Operations Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:49:26 -0500 http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-community-news.asp?aID=8765 http://www.akron.com/akron-ohio-community-news.asp?aID=8765 COPLEY — Have you ever wondered what police officers do when they aren’t writing traffic tickets? Why it takes so long to investigate a traffic accident? Or what it feels like to be hit with a Taser? Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:18:28 -0500 http://www.vancouversun.com/news/year+charged+with+murder+nursing+home+death/2935721/story.html http://www.vancouversun.com/news/year+charged+with+murder+nursing+home+death/2935721/story.html OTTAWA — Six months after the killing of an 88-year-old man at an Ottawa long-term care home, the resident who lived in the next room has been charged with second-degree murder. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:17:04 -0500 Washington officials call it a program to separate the barkers from the biters Washington officials call it a program to separate the barkers from the biters Even before four officers were gunned down over their morning coffee in a suburban Tacoma cafe late last year, Washington police had their eye on a computer program designed by an ex-B.C. RCMP officer that would assess the threat posed by the individual who killed them. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:16:38 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/8637626.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/8637626.stm A man whose dog's DNA was used to link him to an armed carjacking has been jailed for at least four years. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:15:53 -0500 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/body-found-outside-police-station-14778208.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/body-found-outside-police-station-14778208.html A murder investigation was launched today after the discovery of a man’s body in the shadow of a police station in west Belfast. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:15:32 -0500 http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/apr/22/second-forensic-interviewer-testifies-in/?local http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/apr/22/second-forensic-interviewer-testifies-in/?local With red marker in hand and a whiteboard in front of him, a defense attorney in the child molestation case against a kindergarten teacher asks his witness: "Could that be a suggestion?" Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:14:16 -0500 http://cbs2chicago.com/local/human.remains.tattoos.2.1648204.html http://cbs2chicago.com/local/human.remains.tattoos.2.1648204.html Police Seek Public's Help In Identifying Body Found In Arlington Heights Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:56:04 -0500 http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=12352061 http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=12352061 MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) - A Texas lab has confirmed that a leg discovered on the banks of the Willamette River belonged to a 58-year-old Corvallis woman who was reported as missing and suicidal in May 2007. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:55:23 -0500 http://www.startribune.com/local/91753144.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUJ http://www.startribune.com/local/91753144.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUJ Preston Arnold was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder over the naked, partially frozen body found on railroad tracks. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:54:29 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/us/22dnaside.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/us/22dnaside.html A settlement between 41 members of the Havasupai Indian tribe and Arizona State University highlights the risk researchers take when they fail to secure what is known as “informed consent,” fully informing research participants how their DNA may be used, legal experts and civil rights advocates said. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:53:52 -0500 http://newark.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nk042110.htm http://newark.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nk042110.htm NEWARK, NJ—The former owner and chief executive officer of Capitol Investments USA, Inc., a purported wholesale grocery distribution business, was charged today in a criminal complaint with operating a $880 million Ponzi scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:52:10 -0500 http://atlanta.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/at042110.htm http://atlanta.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/at042110.htm Pimp Known as “Candyman” Brought a 16-Year-Old Girl to Georgia from South Carolina for the Purpose of Causing Her to Engage in Prostitution Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:51:38 -0500 http://www.exploreeverything.com/2010/04/21/cybercrime-has-not-experienced-the-crisis-in-2009/ http://www.exploreeverything.com/2010/04/21/cybercrime-has-not-experienced-the-crisis-in-2009/ According to the publisher, which publishes its 15th annual report on IT security, attacks are constantly increasing. France, she recoils from the 8th to 13th among the countries most affected. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:50:02 -0500 http://springfield-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/policing-goes-hi-tech/ http://springfield-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/policing-goes-hi-tech/ SPRINGFIELD: You may have watched CSI Miami but how much do you know about what police forensics teams do to catch criminals? Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:48:10 -0500 http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=115716 http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=115716 Forensic Laboratory enhances the value of suspect to evidence comparison in Y-STR mixtures. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:47:44 -0500 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/04/prweb3904454.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/04/prweb3904454.htm Flashback Data is the first ever non-governmental lab accredited for computer forensics under ASCLD/LAB International Accreditation Program. The company joins a short list of digital evidence laboratories accredited under the program, including those owned by the F.B.I. and state and county law enforcement. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:46:31 -0500 http://journalstar.com/news/local/article_a71319dc-4cbd-11df-b1bd-001cc4c03286.html http://journalstar.com/news/local/article_a71319dc-4cbd-11df-b1bd-001cc4c03286.html In November 2008, a woman told Lincoln police an acquaintance had raped her in his car. Several days later, police found the car and got permission to look for evidence. They found a substance -- possibly semen -- on the front passenger seat. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:45:55 -0500 http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=116675&catid=2 http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=116675&catid=2 VASSALBORO, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A Maine based computer forensics company is providing law enforcement agencies worldwide with the tools to combat computer crimes. BitSec Global Forensics, which is headquartered in Augusta, teaches police, government and corporate investigators how to find files that criminals do not want recovered. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:45:03 -0500 http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/Application-Notes/2010/04/Automated-Forensic-DNA-Methods--Relieving-the-Pain-of-Validation/ http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/Application-Notes/2010/04/Automated-Forensic-DNA-Methods--Relieving-the-Pain-of-Validation/ Automation can increase a forensics lab's sample processing capacity, but it can also add to the complexity of system verification and validation. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:43:57 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9kDNd-J5ZlT5PkFqbAY4-BLkfwQD9F70E781 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9kDNd-J5ZlT5PkFqbAY4-BLkfwQD9F70E781 HARRISONVILLE, Mo. — A 47-year-old man accused of impregnating his daughter four times and causing the death of one of the babies was convicted of second-degree murder and other charges on Tuesday. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:03:18 -0500 http://www.9wsyr.com/content/news/breakingnews/Man-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-Ithaca-murder/QKuHatnOXEeFZwA4nvy9Vg.cspx http://www.9wsyr.com/content/news/breakingnews/Man-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-Ithaca-murder/QKuHatnOXEeFZwA4nvy9Vg.cspx Ithaca (WSYR-TV) - A jury has found Cornell University doctoral student Blazej Kot guilty on all charges including murder, arson and tampering with physical evidence. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:02:57 -0500 http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_14921430?nclick_check=1 http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_14921430?nclick_check=1 SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Siding with law enforcement authorities, California lawmakers on Tuesday advanced legislation that would make it illegal to openly carry a gun in public, even if it's unloaded. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:53:17 -0500 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/20/authorities-arrest-282-in-gang-sweep/ http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/20/authorities-arrest-282-in-gang-sweep/ A multiagency operation devised to disrupt and ultimately destroy gangs involved in cross-border crimes like drug and human smuggling resulted in the arrest of 282 people over the weekend, officials announced Monday. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:52:24 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hJA8p94Lr06-84VG7vVBc4VTSKgQD9F70BR02 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hJA8p94Lr06-84VG7vVBc4VTSKgQD9F70BR02 PHILADELPHIA — DNA evidence in an alleged sexual assault at a township building matches that of a sergeant who led a sex crimes unit in suburban Philadelphia, a district attorney said Tuesday. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:50:43 -0500 http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo042010.htm http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nyfo042010.htm Department of Justice Press Release Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:50:20 -0500 http://www.broadbandgenie.co.uk/news/20100420-cybercrime-rise-100-attacks-second-worldwide http://www.broadbandgenie.co.uk/news/20100420-cybercrime-rise-100-attacks-second-worldwide Cyber-crime is on the increase, with criminals attempting over 100 attacks every second worldwide, according to a new report. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:49:33 -0500 By all indications, a shallow grave in Lower Windsor Township appeared to have been dug for a baby or toddler. By all indications, a shallow grave in Lower Windsor Township appeared to have been dug for a baby or toddler. A baby blanket and toys at the grave 'weren't good signs,' Lower Windsor Police chief said. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:47:54 -0500 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/google-hackers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/google-hackers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29 The hackers who breached Google’s network last year were able to nab the source code for the company’s global password system, according to The New York Times. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:47:31 -0500 http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/49443-microsoft-takes-on-software-pirates-with-regional-crime-labs http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/49443-microsoft-takes-on-software-pirates-with-regional-crime-labs Microsoft has established nine regional crime labs around the world to counter the supposed scourge of software counterfeiting. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:46:39 -0500 http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=848458&catid=14 http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=848458&catid=14 ANOKA, Minn.-- There is no doubt that Ming Sen Shiue carried out brutal crimes - kidnapping, rape, and murder. Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:46:12 -0500 http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7444506/ http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7444506/ Raleigh, N.C. — Police used DNA evidence to identify a Raleigh man as a suspect in the slaying of State Board of Education member Kathy Taft, sources told WRAL News. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:28:37 -0500 http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=15&sid=1937286 http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=15&sid=1937286 Cybersecurity Update - Tune in weekdays at 30 minutes past the hour for the latest cybersecurity news on The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Jane Norris (6-10 a.m.) and The Daily Debrief with Chris Dorobek and Amy Morris (3-7 p.m.). Listen live at FederalNewsRadio.com or on the radio at 1500 and 820 AM in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:27:03 -0500 http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/8836/fbi-director-requests-more-cybersecurity-staff/ http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/8836/fbi-director-requests-more-cybersecurity-staff/ The FBI has submitted its fiscal year 2011 budget demands to Congress, requesting additional resources for several cybersecurity concerns, including computer intrusions and counterintelligence. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:25:59 -0500 http://stlouis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/sl041610.htm http://stlouis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/sl041610.htm ST. LOUIS, MO—The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that David Russell Darr, Jr., was indicted on federal charges of production of child pornography. The indictment alleges that in October 2009, Darr videotaped himself and a minor child engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:24:38 -0500 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/April/10-crm-442.html http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/April/10-crm-442.html Longest Prison Sentence Ever Imposed Related to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Violations Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:23:32 -0500 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0419/breaking67.html http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0419/breaking67.html More than 500 sexual assault victims from young teens to the elderly were cared for at specialist units last year, new figures revealed today. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:22:55 -0500 http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20100419/NEWS01/100419013/Skeletal-remains-identified-as-Jackson-woman-missing-since-2008 http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20100419/NEWS01/100419013/Skeletal-remains-identified-as-Jackson-woman-missing-since-2008 The Jackson woman whose skeletal remains were found off Cobb Road last week had been missing since June 2008, according to a news release today from the Madison County Sheriff's Office. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:21:51 -0500 http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100419/NEWS07/4190328/-1/NEWSMAP http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100419/NEWS07/4190328/-1/NEWSMAP More than 100 wildlife forensics scientists from around the world are at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Forensics Laboratory in Ashland this week for a conference. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:21:08 -0500 http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/topten_041610.htm http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/topten_041610.htm Press Release Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:03:02 -0500 http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/mephedrone-drug-illegal-from-today-1.696968?referrerPath=news/ http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/mephedrone-drug-illegal-from-today-1.696968?referrerPath=news/ PARTY drug mephedrone is banned from today and anyone caught selling it could be jailed for 14 years. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:47:49 -0500 http://www.tgdaily.com/security-features/49401-hackers-explooit-adobe-vulnerability http://www.tgdaily.com/security-features/49401-hackers-explooit-adobe-vulnerability Hackers have been attempting to exploit an unpatched hole in Adobe Reader's PDF document format using a variant of the infamous Zeus bot. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:45:50 -0500 http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/04/16/2d_hacker_in_tjx_case_sentenced_to_5_years/ http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/04/16/2d_hacker_in_tjx_case_sentenced_to_5_years/ Another hacker involved in the TJX credit card theft case, Damon Patrick Toey, has been sent to prison. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:45:17 -0500 http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=aerospacedaily&id=news/asd/2010/04/16/09.xml&headline=Gaps%20In%20Cyber-Policy%20Confound%20Congress http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=aerospacedaily&id=news/asd/2010/04/16/09.xml&headline=Gaps%20In%20Cyber-Policy%20Confound%20Congress The ability to operate in cyberspace — in particular to attack networks — has “outpaced the development of policy, law and precedent to guide and control those operations,” says Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:44:55 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8624783.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8624783.stm Police in Edinburgh said thousands of homes could have been left without power after thieves tried to steal metal from an electricity sub-station. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:26:07 -0500 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/April/10-crt-425.html http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/April/10-crt-425.html WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that Paul Schlesselman was sentenced today on federal charges for conspiring to murder dozens of African-Americans, including then-Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama, because of their race. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:09:14 -0500 http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/violent-crime-victims-use-art-to-cope-april-15-2010 http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/violent-crime-victims-use-art-to-cope-april-15-2010 MINNEAPOLIS - Victims of violent crimes have very different ways of healing. Some turn to drugs or alcohol, while some people in Minnesota turn to art. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:06:24 -0500 http://www.dailymail.com/News/201004150809 http://www.dailymail.com/News/201004150809 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The FBI has decided on a location for its new Charleston facility, officials said Thursday. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:05:42 -0500 http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20100415/NEWS/100419781/1044 http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20100415/NEWS/100419781/1044 Hoping to attract more tips, the FBI today announced a doubling of the reward for information in the Kayleah Wilson case, and also gave hints about the behavior of a possible abductor. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:02:38 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/apr/16/dna-database-dividing-line http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/apr/16/dna-database-dividing-line Gordon Brown has said the DNA database is a dividing line of the election, but the real divide is between integrity and cynicism Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:02:00 -0500 http://news.ph.msn.com/newsweek/technology/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4032316 http://news.ph.msn.com/newsweek/technology/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4032316 It's great that the 47 nations at last week's nuclear--security summit pledged to safeguard their nuclear materials so terrorists can't, say, nuke Times Square or set off a dirty bomb in the Tokyo subway. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:56:14 -0500 http://cincinnati.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ci041510.htm http://cincinnati.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ci041510.htm COLUMBUS—Henry B. Rutland, 65, of Westerville was sentenced in United States District Court here today to 12 months and one day in prison for subscribing to child pornography websites. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:41:06 -0500 http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/bs041510.htm http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/bs041510.htm BOSTON—Late yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the conviction and prison sentence of a one time Massachusetts state prosecutor. The case arose from the 1978 theft of seven paintings from Stockbridge, Massachusetts—the largest burglary from a private residence in Massachusetts history and one of the largest art thefts in the U.S. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:40:44 -0500 http://indianapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ip041510.htm http://indianapolis.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ip041510.htm TERRE HAUTE, IN—The indictment of 19 alleged methamphetamine traffickers was unsealed today in U.S. District Court in Terre Haute. Law enforcement officers from the region participated in the execution of arrest and search warrants related to the investigation on persons and residences in the Terre Haute area. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:40:13 -0500 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-hermann-police-new-laws-20100416,0,5718859.story http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-hermann-police-new-laws-20100416,0,5718859.story Keeping violent and repeat sex offenders and gang bangers in prison longer is an easy sell, with the abduction and slaying of 11-year-old Eastern Shore girl and the killing of a Crofton boy still registering outrage. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:50:10 -0500 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/dna-identifies-owner-of-dismembered-foot/story-e6frf7jx-1225854030610 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/dna-identifies-owner-of-dismembered-foot/story-e6frf7jx-1225854030610 A hyman foot found by teenagers alongside abandoned railroad tracks in Ohio has been identified as belonging to a local woman missing since March. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:44:15 -0500 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/04/14/DNA-appeal-hangs-over-Ohio-execution/UPI-25131271283968/ http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/04/14/DNA-appeal-hangs-over-Ohio-execution/UPI-25131271283968/ COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 14 (UPI) -- Activist lawyers have gone to federal court to try to head off the impending execution of a death-row inmate in Ohio. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:43:43 -0500 http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/290640 http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/290640 A Washington state police officer is suing Burger King over a Whopper he ordered that he said one of their workers then spat on. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:43:01 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h1wM6SYdL59_9bWuIqkrWtjfD7SQD9F3MKDO1 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h1wM6SYdL59_9bWuIqkrWtjfD7SQD9F3MKDO1 FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A military jury on Thursday sentenced a soldier to die for the murders of a North Carolina mother and her two children in 1985. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:41:28 -0500 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/April/10-crm-416.html http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/April/10-crm-416.html A federal grand jury in the District of Maryland has returned a 10-count indictment charging former National Security Agency (NSA) senior executive Thomas A. Drake with the willful retention of classified information, obstruction of justice and making false statements, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:56:17 -0500 http://www2.nbc4i.com/cmh/news/crime/article/expert_strong_odor_at_home_with_body_parts/35155/ http://www2.nbc4i.com/cmh/news/crime/article/expert_strong_odor_at_home_with_body_parts/35155/ CINCINNATI—A forensic anthropologist testifying in the trial of an Ohio man accused of killing his wife and cutting up her body says bone fragments from a human thigh bone were found in the couple’s yard. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:52:54 -0500 http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20100415/NEWS01/100415011/1002/Forensic+anthropologist+called+in+to+study+human+remains http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20100415/NEWS01/100415011/1002/Forensic+anthropologist+called+in+to+study+human+remains A team from the Nashville forensic center, including anthropologist Dr. Hugh Berryman, has been dispatched to help with the investigation of human skeletal remains found in east Madison County on Wednesday. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:52:29 -0500 http://kansascity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/kc041310.htm http://kansascity.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/kc041310.htm JEFFERSON CITY, MO—Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that five Columbia, Mo., men have been sentenced for their involvement in illegal drug trafficking and firearms in association with the Cut Throats gang. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:20:04 -0500 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_103220457.html?keyword=secondarystory http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_103220457.html?keyword=secondarystory SWAMPSCOTT — School officials have acted pre-emptively to curtail cyber bullying after a middle school student was the victim of "rude" and "inappropriate" words on Facebook. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:01:11 -0500 http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20100414/NEWS01/4140309 http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20100414/NEWS01/4140309 Witness testimony and crime scene photos were the focus of the second day of Gary Heavygun's trial on deliberate homicide and other charges. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:57:58 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jATLd9Qzrn-ioGcLQ4oDf99TgscAD9F2T3GO0 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jATLd9Qzrn-ioGcLQ4oDf99TgscAD9F2T3GO0 WASHINGTON — The U.S. should counter computer-based attacks swiftly and strongly and act to thwart or disable a threat even when the attacker's identity is unknown, the director of the National Security Agency told Congress. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:56:42 -0500 http://cincinnati.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/ci041310.htm http://cincinnati.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/ci041310.htm Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Cincinnati Office Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Keith Bennett; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Columbus Field Division SAC Christopher Sadowski; FBI Louisville Office SAC Elizabeth Fries; and ATF Louisville SAC Paul Vido announced that on April 13, 2010, FBI and ATF agents arrested three individuals on federal charges that they illegally possessed and delivered explosives. In addition, agents executed four federal search warrants in Ohio and one in Kentucky as the result of the same investigation. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:55:19 -0500 http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/90791514.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/90791514.html Madison — Felons would still have to submit DNA samples missing from a state database even if they have already served their sentences, under a bill the Senate passed Tuesday. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:52:52 -0500 http://phoenix.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/px041310.htm http://phoenix.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/px041310.htm PHOENIX—Julio Cesar Feliciano, Jr., 46, of Phoenix, was sentenced here yesterday by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to over 106 years in federal prison. Feliciano was found guilty by a federal jury in November 2009 of five counts of armed bank robbery, four counts of use of a firearm during a crime of violence, and conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery and use of a firearm during a crime of violence. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:52:27 -0500 http://crimevoice.com/dna-match-may-have-cracked-yearlong-mystery-in-ventura-triple-murder-3411/ http://crimevoice.com/dna-match-may-have-cracked-yearlong-mystery-in-ventura-triple-murder-3411/ VENTURA — Just as hope was beginning to wane in a yearlong investigation into a brutal triple-murder, a DNA sample in an unrelated crime may have revealed the man behind the fatal stabbing of a Ventura County man and his pregnant wife. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:51:49 -0500 http://houston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ho041310.htm http://houston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/ho041310.htm HOUSTON—Four Houston men convicted of conspiring to rob a Garda Cash Logistics Southwest Inc. armored car have been sentenced to prison terms without parole, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:51:01 -0500 http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/cumbria-police-storing-dna-samples-from-people-never-charged-with-crime-1.695234?referrerPath=home http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/cumbria-police-storing-dna-samples-from-people-never-charged-with-crime-1.695234?referrerPath=home Cumbria police has kept DNA samples from more than 1,300 people who were never charged with a crime. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:49:23 -0500 http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=12305779 http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=12305779 GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) - Work is all but complete for Grass Lawn, however a building problem is holding up the opening of the Gulfport landmark replica. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:48:16 -0500 http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2010/May/Pages/RussianCyberthiefCaseIllustratesSecurityRisks.aspx http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2010/May/Pages/RussianCyberthiefCaseIllustratesSecurityRisks.aspx “Vladimir” came from a good family in Moscow. His parents both had advanced degrees and he was an academic star in high school. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:24:02 -0500 http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=12305779 http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=12305779 GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) - Work is all but complete for Grass Lawn, however a building problem is holding up the opening of the Gulfport landmark replica. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:10:59 -0500 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/04/14/killing_detailed_in_advance_witness_says/ http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/04/14/killing_detailed_in_advance_witness_says/ John Odgren, a 16-year-old special-needs student at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, allegedly told classmates during a forensic sciences class three years ago that he would wear something to conceal his identity, he would lead a person to an isolated area, and he would stab that person with a long flat blade. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:10:34 -0500 http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/crime_and_courts/article_b32e9c8a-2630-5b3c-8368-707069da1b43.html http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/crime_and_courts/article_b32e9c8a-2630-5b3c-8368-707069da1b43.html In 2007, Ben Wehr of New Berlin was a typical high school student. A wrestler, football player, all-around good kid. Things began to go haywire with the loss of his dad, who died in a plane crash. He became unstable. He began to make poor decisions. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:54:01 -0500 http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20100413/WDH0101/4130453/1981/WDHopinion http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20100413/WDH0101/4130453/1981/WDHopinion The Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area is one of several Wisconsin clubs joining the statewide Internet Crimes Against Children task force in an effort to teach kids about Internet safety. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:53:11 -0500 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpps/news/national/south/alleged-porn-series-maker-from-bastrop_3314045 http://www.fox10tv.com/dpps/news/national/south/alleged-porn-series-maker-from-bastrop_3314045 Florida arrest caps five-year FBI investigation Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:51:36 -0500 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/13/fbi-making-steady-progress-releasing-massive-kennedy-file/?test=latestnews http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/13/fbi-making-steady-progress-releasing-massive-kennedy-file/?test=latestnews The FBI records center is making "steady progress" toward completing its review of Ted Kennedy's 3,000-page file and plans to release it well before the end of the year, a records official said Monday. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:51:13 -0500 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/judges-seek-police-protection-in-wake-of-murder/403852.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/judges-seek-police-protection-in-wake-of-murder/403852.html More than 10 federal judges and members of the Investigative Committee have requested police protection since Monday's brazen killing of Moscow City Court judge Eduard Chuvashov, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:50:54 -0500 http://www.kgw.com/news/DNA-tests-help-solve-35-year-old-murder-90743214.html http://www.kgw.com/news/DNA-tests-help-solve-35-year-old-murder-90743214.html ALBANY, Ore. -- DNA testing has solved a 35-year-old mystery in Linn County, bringing closure to the grieving family of a missing woman. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:49:44 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8616630.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8616630.stm Detectives have been to Kenya as part of a new inquiry into the unsolved murder of a British woman almost 22 years ago, Scotland Yard has said. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:49:14 -0500 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fariabeach-arrest13-2010apr13,0,6860663.story http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fariabeach-arrest13-2010apr13,0,6860663.story Joshua Packer, 20, is arrested in the slayings of the couple and their unborn child in May at their Faria Beach home. DNA evidence found at the crime scene led investigators to Packer. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:46:42 -0500 http://norfolk.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nf040910.htm http://norfolk.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nf040910.htm NORFOLK, VA—A federal grand jury in Norfolk has indicted James Alexander Mack, 25; Jamel Spaights, 28; James Martin Harris, 22; Arous John Phillips, 22; Eric Drandell Ward, 28; Craig Steven Foster, 23, all of Portsmouth, Va.; and Danyell Jamar White, 21, and Cameron Mychal Evans, 21, both of Suffolk, Va. on various racketeering, murder, firearm, and drug charges. The majority of the defendants will face life sentences if convicted. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:45:32 -0500 http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/no040910a.htm http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/no040910a.htm NEW ORLEANS, LA—MELINDA LANGLEY, age 49, a resident of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon to fifteen (15) months' imprisonment for her role in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:45:05 -0500 http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/04/manpower_shortage_hits_child_a.php http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/04/manpower_shortage_hits_child_a.php The national forensic institute has not taken on any suspected child abuse cases for over six months because of a manpower shortage, the Volkskrant reports on Tuesday. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:44:15 -0500 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/04/12/Sweden-looking-at-predicted-death-doctor/UPI-80091271111332/ http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/04/12/Sweden-looking-at-predicted-death-doctor/UPI-80091271111332/ STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 12 (UPI) -- A Swedish doctor accused of killing a woman with a lethal injection is under investigation in the deaths of 20 other patients, authorities said. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:01:48 -0500 http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_kerosene-fuelled-blaze-at-mumbai-s-gold-mohur-mill-forensic-lab_1371107 http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_kerosene-fuelled-blaze-at-mumbai-s-gold-mohur-mill-forensic-lab_1371107 Mumbai: Forensic reports have indicated that kerosene fuelled the blaze at the defunct Gold Mohur textile mill at Dadar in Central Mumbai, a fire department official said today. Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:00:47 -0500 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/April/10-crm-396.html http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/April/10-crm-396.html The owner and operator of a Los Angeles durable medical equipment (DME) company pleaded guilty today to submitting nearly one half of a million dollars in false claims to Medicare, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:23:19 -0500 http://www.atf.gov/press/releases/2010/03/033110-dal-reward-offered-in-texas-incidents.html http://www.atf.gov/press/releases/2010/03/033110-dal-reward-offered-in-texas-incidents.html ATF and Postal Inspectors Seek Public’s Help Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:50:33 -0500 http://www.info4security.com/story.asp?sectioncode=14&storycode=4124590&c=1 http://www.info4security.com/story.asp?sectioncode=14&storycode=4124590&c=1 New research just published by G4S Secure Solutions (UK) reveals almost one-in-every-ten (224,000) retail employees have committed a crime against their employer in the last 12 months. Brian Sims reports. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:38:19 -0500 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/boca-raton/fl-polygraph-police-20100411,0,6018976.story http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/boca-raton/fl-polygraph-police-20100411,0,6018976.story In a world of new-fangled law-enforcement gadgets and snazzy crime-fighting technology, police are embracing an old standby, the polygraph, to help crack cases and keep an eye on bad guys. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:37:40 -0500 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/assaults-on-nurses-spark-call-for-guards/story-e6frf7kx-1225852506483 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/assaults-on-nurses-spark-call-for-guards/story-e6frf7kx-1225852506483 ONE nurse a week is assaulted so badly in Victoria's hospitals they are forced to spend weeks off work recovering from their injuries, while many more continue to work in fear. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:35:23 -0500 http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/woman-accused-of-killing-publix-coworker-in-rare-company/1086728 http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/woman-accused-of-killing-publix-coworker-in-rare-company/1086728 TARPON SPRINGS — If, as authorities charge, Arunya Rouch shot a colleague to death March 30 at the Tarpon Springs Publix, she represents a rare class of criminal: women who kill in the workplace. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:34:49 -0500 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/10/48hours/main6383938.shtml http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/10/48hours/main6383938.shtml Learn More About Parricide, Matricide and the Behaviors Behind The Acts Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:34:05 -0500 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/11/18644351.php http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/04/11/18644351.php An FBI affidavit has just been released in the investigation of the 2004 Animal Liberation Front break-in at the University of Iowa. It shows the stream-of-consciousness approach the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force took to the investigation, including surfing MySpace and Facebook and using an informant to identify activists on YouTube. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:32:30 -0500 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/318192,israeli-airport-security-skips-scanners-favours-profiling--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/318192,israeli-airport-security-skips-scanners-favours-profiling--feature.html Tel Aviv - Israel's Ben Gurion Airport is considered one of the most secure in the world, even without passengers having to pass through an obtrusive body scanner. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:29:46 -0500 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2010/04/12/dna-could-free-murder-convict-after-12-years-72703-26224759/ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2010/04/12/dna-could-free-murder-convict-after-12-years-72703-26224759/ THE killer of drifter Peter Halliday could have his sentence quashed after spending 12 years in prison. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:28:42 -0500 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/7572464/One-in-four-DNA-profiles-could-be-of-innocents.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/7572464/One-in-four-DNA-profiles-could-be-of-innocents.html At least one in four DNA profiles being collected by the police are for innocent people, a study has suggested. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:27:41 -0500 http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpps/news/dpgonc-forensic-breakthrough-helps-finger-taliban-bombers-km-20100411_7010541 http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpps/news/dpgonc-forensic-breakthrough-helps-finger-taliban-bombers-km-20100411_7010541 (NewsCore) - Forensic research pioneered in Britain is being used to track down Taliban bombers by the fingerprints found on their devices - even after they've blown up, the News of the World reported Sunday. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:27:13 -0500 http://www.wgal.com/news/23090654/detail.html http://www.wgal.com/news/23090654/detail.html CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- A group of college students working in Franklin County found the skeletal remains of a teenager who was reported missing 15 years ago, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:26:40 -0500 http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/90592329.html http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/90592329.html All four cases once were considered "cold." All four were solved with DNA. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:26:14 -0500 http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/04/09/1146718/dna-brings-arrest-in-2003-rape.html http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/04/09/1146718/dna-brings-arrest-in-2003-rape.html Two Florida men are accused of kidnapping and assaulting an Idaho woman. Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/04/09/1146718/dna-brings-arrest-in-2003-rape.html#ixzz0kdNxgtlS Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:48:24 -0500 http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/apr/09/tampa-forensics-experts-teach-techniques-nigeria/news-breaking/ http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/apr/09/tampa-forensics-experts-teach-techniques-nigeria/news-breaking/ Tampa police Detective Charles Massucci and USF anthropology professor Erin Kimmerle are part of group traveling to Nigeria to help teach modern forensic techniques. Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:46:46 -0500 http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/topten_040910.htm http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel10/topten_040910.htm Press Release For Immediate Release April 9, 2010 Washington D.C. FBI National Press Office (202) 324-3691 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:45:40 -0500 http://blog.al.com/live/2010/04/witness_investigators_needed_j.html http://blog.al.com/live/2010/04/witness_investigators_needed_j.html View full size(Press-Register/Mike Kittrell)Anthony Hopkins is shown during jury selection on Tuesday, April 6, 2010.MOBILE, Ala. -- Investigators had to wait days for the body of Arletha Hopkins to thaw, even using the Jaws of Life to peel away the walls of the freezer where she lay, a forensic scientist testified Thursday. Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:37:32 -0500 http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-04-09-it-whizz-takes-on-big-guns http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-04-09-it-whizz-takes-on-big-guns Standard Bank, the MTN Group and subsidiary MTN Mobile Money are being sued for damages that could amount to more than half a billion rands, it emerged this week. Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:36:51 -0500 http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2010/04/rpof-hires-enron-investigator-goes-after-credit-card-spending.html http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2010/04/rpof-hires-enron-investigator-goes-after-credit-card-spending.html TALLAHASSEE – The Republican Party of Florida has hired a powerhouse firm that helped investigate the Enron debacle to conduct what’s called a “forensic audit” of its finances in the wake of the scandal surrounding ousted chairman Jim Greer. Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:35:57 -0500 http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=12278473 http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=12278473 Forensic experts have discovered possible human remains in material recovered from the World Trade Center site. Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:35:25 -0500 http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_14849160 http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_14849160 RIVERSIDE, Calif.—Prosecutors say a 22-year-old man has been charged with nine arson fires and is suspected of starting dozens more in Riverside County. Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:35:00 -0500 http://www.usmarshals.gov/news/chron/2010/040610.htm http://www.usmarshals.gov/news/chron/2010/040610.htm Harrisburg, PA – U.S. Marshal Michael R. Regan announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) arrested Troy Dillard in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:04:38 -0500 http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/04/08/20100408arizona-dui-medicine-cases.html http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/04/08/20100408arizona-dui-medicine-cases.html The driver was wearing his tennis shoes on the wrong feet, and he could lift his arms only halfway to his chocolate-covered face when officers stopped him at a Tucson fast-food restaurant. Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:34:32 -0500 http://www.bolivarmonews.com/articles/2010/04/07/news/doc4bbba2b4b6fb7093204698.txt http://www.bolivarmonews.com/articles/2010/04/07/news/doc4bbba2b4b6fb7093204698.txt With 14 fatal accidental prescription drug overdoses in Polk County in 2009, officials say abuse of prescription drugs is on the rise. Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:30:04 -0500 http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/cops-casey-anthony-told-inmate-caylees-remains/story?id=10315519 http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/cops-casey-anthony-told-inmate-caylees-remains/story?id=10315519 Casey Anthony knew details about her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony's remains before they were made public knowledge, according to a police interview with a fellow inmate of Anthony's. Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:24:12 -0500 http://www.wvnstv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=78000 http://www.wvnstv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=78000 In the 15 years since its inception, MU's Forensic Science Center has grown in size and reputation. Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:02:41 -0500 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/DN-forensic_08tex.ART.State.Edition2.4c7a7e1.html http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/DN-forensic_08tex.ART.State.Edition2.4c7a7e1.html AUSTIN – State lawmakers suggested Wednesday that the prosecutor Gov. Rick Perry placed in charge of the Texas Forensic Science Commission is doing more to impede cases than investigate them. Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:02:12 -0500 http://drugalcoholnews.com/brittany-murphys-prescription-drugs/04014 http://drugalcoholnews.com/brittany-murphys-prescription-drugs/04014 After the sudden death of actress Brittany Murphy, forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht spoke to Maggie Rodriguez about the prescription drugs found in the actress’s home and the possible cause of death. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:44:17 -0500 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/04/06/exconvicts-legal-name-change.html http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/04/06/exconvicts-legal-name-change.html Ex-convicts, including sex offenders such as former junior hockey coach Graham James, can avoid having their criminal history checked by legally changing their name. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/04/06/exconvicts-legal-name-change.html#ixzz0kQEo6kBh Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:50:45 -0500 http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6943492.html http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6943492.html The United States Wednesday donated some communication equipment to the police of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan following Monday's attacks on its Consulate General. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:48:41 -0500 http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Officials%3A+Chemicals+used+to+make+meth+sparked+stubborn+fire+in+Franklin&articleId=8c9f13e5-b10d-424a-9149-5b80d7f18d64 http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Officials%3A+Chemicals+used+to+make+meth+sparked+stubborn+fire+in+Franklin&articleId=8c9f13e5-b10d-424a-9149-5b80d7f18d64 FRANKLIN – Machine-gun toting DEA agents confronted confused neighbors. Dangerous chemicals mixed with open flame. And smoke irritated the respiratory systems of students as authorities Tuesday raided a methamphetamine lab just doors down from Franklin High School. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:48:00 -0500 http://thecrimereport.org/2010/04/06/new-ohio-dna-law-called-nations-best-in-protecting-the-innocent/ http://thecrimereport.org/2010/04/06/new-ohio-dna-law-called-nations-best-in-protecting-the-innocent/ Experts say Ohio now has some of the best laws in the country to protect the innocent from wrongful convictions and put the right people behind bars, reports the Columbus Dispatch. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:45:09 -0500 http://www.the-news-leader.com/news/article/4804037 http://www.the-news-leader.com/news/article/4804037 Columbus -- Gov. Ted Strickland has signed into law new requirements for DNA sampling and testing of individuals facing criminal charges or already convicted of crimes. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:44:26 -0500 http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/575266 http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/575266 April 7, 2010 - Able to decrypt BitLocker drives and break TrueCrypt hard drive encryption, Passware Kit Forensic v9.7 can acquire memory of seized computer over FireWire port - even if computer is locked. Complete encrypted evidence discovery solution reports all password-protected items on computer and gains access to these items using decryption and password recovery algorithms. No changes are made to target computer, and solution can be run in portable mode from USB drive. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:43:05 -0500 http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7372063/ http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7372063/ Raleigh, N.C. — Investigators often turn to entomologists for help solving violent crimes. By studying the life cycle of flies, entomologists can often determine when a person died, where they died and sometimes how they died. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:42:15 -0500 http://www.livemint.com/2010/04/06222658/Financial-fraud-hit-87-of-Ind.html http://www.livemint.com/2010/04/06222658/Financial-fraud-hit-87-of-Ind.html The previous survey, carried out in 2008, had only 47% complaining on this count. At least 75% of Indian firms said instances of fraud had increased over the past two years. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:41:44 -0500 http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=12615 http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=12615 Planned changes to the government's rules on DNA retention may be delayed until after the election to get a key bill passed. Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:37:26 -0500 http://www.examiner.com/x-35821-Immigration-Reform-Examiner~y2010m4d5-Attorney-General-Eric-Holder-saves-illegal-alien-gang-members-from-the-death-penalty http://www.examiner.com/x-35821-Immigration-Reform-Examiner~y2010m4d5-Attorney-General-Eric-Holder-saves-illegal-alien-gang-members-from-the-death-penalty It has come to light that on Feb. 3, 2010, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Neal McBride, ordering him “not to seek the death penalty” against three illegal alien gang members charged with robbing and murdering... Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:30:36 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/nyregion/06timessq.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/nyregion/06timessq.html In the waning hours of Sunday, what has become something of a violent Easter night ritual began to unfold. Hundreds of people filled Times Square, some pouring out of the subway, howling and unruly. By night’s end, four people had been shot, and the police had arrested 33 people. Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:26:54 -0500 http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100406/GJNEWS_01/704069903 http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100406/GJNEWS_01/704069903 NEWMARKET — The 46-year old man nabbed on the street by FBI agents on Friday manufactured pornographic videos showing prepubescent girls and toddlers performing sex acts and shared them online, authorities allege. Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:20:15 -0500 http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20100406/NEWS/100409770/1002&parentprofile=1001 http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20100406/NEWS/100409770/1002&parentprofile=1001 A videotape that shows 12-year-old Kayleah Wilson walking by the mall Sunday afternoon shows the girl made it that far in her reported walk to a birthday party that afternoon, an FBI agent announced Monday. Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:18:52 -0500 http://pittnews.com/article/2010/04/05/anthropology-professor-helps-county-identify-bodies http://pittnews.com/article/2010/04/05/anthropology-professor-helps-county-identify-bodies For some believers, our fates lie in the stars, our future in the marks of our palms. For Jeffrey Schwartz, our identity is in our bones. Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:17:26 -0500 http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/forensic-section-of-dubai-police-uncovers-new-methods-of-passport-forgery-1.607507 http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/forensic-section-of-dubai-police-uncovers-new-methods-of-passport-forgery-1.607507 Partial counterfeiting of documents most common, says forensic expert in Dubai Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:16:20 -0500 http://www.livemint.com/2010/04/06133927/Start-fraud-control-KPMG-tell.html?h=A1 http://www.livemint.com/2010/04/06133927/Start-fraud-control-KPMG-tell.html?h=A1 The KPMG Fraud Survey Report 2010 indicates the increase of fraud in Indian private and public sectors and advises the industry to take action now Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:15:25 -0500 http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7368547 http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7368547 VALLEY VILLAGE, Calif. (KABC) -- Police said Armenian gangs may be behind a shooting massacre at a Valley Village restaurant over the weekend. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:23:09 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/nyregion/06shootweb.html?src=me http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/06/nyregion/06shootweb.html?src=me Four people were shot in three episodes in Midtown Manhattan, and the police said they arrested 54 people as rowdy crowds roamed the area in the waning hours of Sunday and early Monday in what has become something of a violent Easter Night ritual. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:58:34 -0500 http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/89926027.html http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/89926027.html A lawyer for the Ohio Innocence Project argued Monday for new DNA testing in the 1993 slaying of Neal Rankin of Akron, saying eight pieces of evidence from the crime scene could contain scientific proof that Dewey Amos Jones III did not commit the crime. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:56:14 -0500 http://blogs.forbes.com/firewall/2010/04/05/security-disaster-recovery-or-audit-which-matters-most/ http://blogs.forbes.com/firewall/2010/04/05/security-disaster-recovery-or-audit-which-matters-most/ Working with business as an external auditor and security professional for as long as I have I think that I’ve finally stopped being surprised by the odd views held by some management teams. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:53:58 -0500 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=47672 http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=47672 BAGHDAD - A green argon-ion laser is the only light in a corner of an otherwise pitch black room as Michael Palermo, a forensic scientist, examines latent finger prints on an energy drink can. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:53:15 -0500 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/crime/article/DNAA05_20100404-213404/335122/ http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/crime/article/DNAA05_20100404-213404/335122/ DNA testing in a 26-year-old sexual-assault case has been ordered by a Richmond Circuit Court judge on behalf of the man acquitted of the crime, Thomas E. Haynesworth. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:51:35 -0500 http://heraldargus.com/articles/2010/04/05/news/local/doc4bb923d3aea41073451559.txt http://heraldargus.com/articles/2010/04/05/news/local/doc4bb923d3aea41073451559.txt Police hope citizens’ academy gives better understanding of duties Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:50:57 -0500 http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/crime_courts/article/houston_county_sheriffs_mobile_crime_scene_unit_displayed_for_regions_law_e/142229/ http://www2.dothaneagle.com/dea/news/crime_courts/article/houston_county_sheriffs_mobile_crime_scene_unit_displayed_for_regions_law_e/142229/ Richard Johnson said a mobile crime scene unit recently acquired by the Houston County Sheriff’s Office will greatly benefit smaller law enforcement agencies, including the Clio Police Department where he serves as chief of police. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:52:48 -0500 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/a-step-toward-greater-privacy-in-the-cloud/?cs=40459 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/a-step-toward-greater-privacy-in-the-cloud/?cs=40459 or 24 years, the Electronic Communications Act of 1986 has governed, among other things, how law enforcement can access and/or use archived voice mail, e-mail and other communications. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:52:29 -0500 http://www.wibc.com/news/Story.aspx?ID=1213789 http://www.wibc.com/news/Story.aspx?ID=1213789 Sketch courtesy Kentucky State PolicePolice in Elizabethtown, Kentucky have a new lead in a 23-year-old murder case. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:51:18 -0500 http://www.mtvernonlisbonsun.com/article.php?viewID=6343 http://www.mtvernonlisbonsun.com/article.php?viewID=6343 The unexplained death in 1959 of 17-year-old Marlene “Mickey” Padfield of Lisbon is drawing renewed interest following publication of a story in the Sun on March 18. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:50:51 -0500 http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100401/bc_infanticide_100401/20100401?hub=BritishColumbia http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100401/bc_infanticide_100401/20100401?hub=BritishColumbia As Vancouver police probe the possible murder of a baby in the city, CTV News investigates the difference between homicide and infanticide. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:49:55 -0500 http://www.fox2now.com/news/morningshow/ktvi-gangs-st-louis-beth-huebner-040110,0,1339677.story http://www.fox2now.com/news/morningshow/ktvi-gangs-st-louis-beth-huebner-040110,0,1339677.story MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) - We see the images almost daily on the news. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:49:15 -0500 http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100402/NEWS/4020375/-1/NEWS http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100402/NEWS/4020375/-1/NEWS With April designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Pocono Medical Center reminds the public that the hospital has a team of 15 registered Sexual Assault Forensic Examination nurses who examine rape and sexual assault victims. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:48:14 -0500 http://www.ptinews.com/news/592595_Forensic-experts-to--9-11-rubble-for-bones http://www.ptinews.com/news/592595_Forensic-experts-to--9-11-rubble-for-bones New York, Apr 1 (AFP) New York forensic experts will start a major new search on Monday through debris from the World Trade Center for remains of people killed in the 9/11 terrorist attack, officials said. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:47:52 -0500 http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/59506 http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/59506 Legal and regulatory advances may drive self-encrypting drive implementation Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:26:24 -0500 http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=16097 http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=16097 Forensic scientists solved the mystery of what killed a large portion the the wild mustang herd in southern Nevada using a technique called stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:25:40 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/nyregion/01patchogue.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/nyregion/01patchogue.html RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — Bloodstains on the blade of a knife that the police recovered from the Long Island teenager accused of fatally stabbing an Ecuadorean immigrant matched the DNA of the victim, a forensic scientist testified on Wednesday. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:21:37 -0500 http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100401/NEWS01/4010389/DNA-law-leads-to-arrest-in-1991-rape http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100401/NEWS01/4010389/DNA-law-leads-to-arrest-in-1991-rape A Springfield man is charged with rape in a nearly two-decade old case thanks to the Missouri law that requires registered sex offenders to submit DNA samples. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:21:04 -0500 http://www.freep.com/article/20100401/NEWS01/4010593/1001/News/Detroit-police-force-to-send-alerts-via-Twitter http://www.freep.com/article/20100401/NEWS01/4010593/1001/News/Detroit-police-force-to-send-alerts-via-Twitter The Detroit Police Department has joined the online social media network Twitter, in which people subscribe to each other's short news and personal broadcasts. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:17:56 -0500 http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=122520&article=6939156 http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=122520&article=6939156 (Cleveland)- A special commission formed to look at how missing persons and sex crimes cases are handled in the city has come back with a report. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:16:19 -0500 http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100401/158391007.html http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100401/158391007.html Requiring every Russian to register his fingerprints and DNA in a national database would expand rather than violate citizens' rights, Russia's top forensics investigator told RIA Novosti. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:15:07 -0500 http://news.gnom.es/technology/passware-kit-forensic-decrypts-truecrypt-hard-disks-in-minutes http://news.gnom.es/technology/passware-kit-forensic-decrypts-truecrypt-hard-disks-in-minutes Law enforcement organizations can easily access stored data from TrueCrypt hard disks of ‘hot’ computers. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:14:39 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5godAAmon4JUCZyanQHUXBMvG3FOAD9EP43IO0 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5godAAmon4JUCZyanQHUXBMvG3FOAD9EP43IO0 SANTA ANA, Calif. — A judge on Tuesday sentenced serial killer Rodney Alcala to death for the strangling and beating deaths of four women and a 12-year-old girl in the 1970s. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:54:11 -0500 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pursuit-shooting31-2010mar31,0,6835411.story http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pursuit-shooting31-2010mar31,0,6835411.story The department and the L.A. County district attorney's office will investigate the shooting of the suspect and firing on his stolen SUV during rush-hour traffic. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:52:57 -0500 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/30/state/n163415D58.DTL&type=business http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/30/state/n163415D58.DTL&type=business A new state audit says San Francisco's scandal-plagued crime laboratory is overworked and understaffed. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/30/state/n163415D58.DTL&type=business#ixzz0jlHreFCa Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:45:44 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8595734.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8595734.stm Hacking and making is no longer just about hardware and software, increasingly it is about wetware - that's biology to the uninitiated. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:41:28 -0500 http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0602449.htm http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0602449.htm Adam Palmer Named to Norton Lead Cybersecurity Advisor Role. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:40:39 -0500 http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224200778 http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224200778 The Federal Aviation Administration is using InfoSphere Streams software from IBM to perform "predictive security analytics" on massive volumes of data. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:40:04 -0500 http://www.businessinsider.com/google-hints-china-is-attacking-opponents-of-a-china-backed-mine-in-vietnam-2010-3 http://www.businessinsider.com/google-hints-china-is-attacking-opponents-of-a-china-backed-mine-in-vietnam-2010-3 In a new post to its Google Online Security Blog, Google hints that China is actively infecting the computers of its political opponents in Vietnam with malware. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-hints-china-is-attacking-opponents-of-a-china-backed-mine-in-vietnam-2010-3#ixzz0jlEenMIN Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:33:10 -0500 http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Accused+Lighthouse+Park+killer+psychiatric+hospital+months+before+murder/2745860/story.html http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Accused+Lighthouse+Park+killer+psychiatric+hospital+months+before+murder/2745860/story.html In and out of care, he wasn’t deemed a ‘significant threat’ and was released. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:32:12 -0500 http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Tax/irs-warns-tax-preparer-fraud/story?id=10240683 http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Tax/irs-warns-tax-preparer-fraud/story?id=10240683 The Internal Revenue Service's April 15 deadline is looming and you're stressed. An old friend swears by his accountant, who has an uncanny ability to secure a fat refund. Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:32:19 -0500 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE62T0KD20100330 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE62T0KD20100330 NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger authorities arrested 618 suspects overnight in raids aimed at curbing a crime wave in the capital, Niamey, state radio announced on Tuesday. Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:29:21 -0500 http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/DA-weighs-dismissing-1400-drug-cases-89436022.html http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/DA-weighs-dismissing-1400-drug-cases-89436022.html SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco prosecutors are now considering dismissing about 1,400 drug cases this week amid a widening investigation of the Police Department's crime lab. Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/DA-weighs-dismissing-1400-drug-cases-89436022.html#ixzz0jgaaOHZ3 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:28:36 -0500 http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14782062?nclick_check=1 http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14782062?nclick_check=1 WATSONVILLE - Gang crime rose more than 40 percent in Watsonville, but overall crime is down to its lowest level since 2000, according to 2009 crime statistics released Monday. Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:27:59 -0500 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/29/AR2010032903824.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/29/AR2010032903824.html The expensive "sheep's milk" cheese in a Manhattan market was really made from cow's milk. And a jar of "Sturgeon caviar" was, in fact, Mississippi paddlefish. Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:27:06 -0500 http://cbs4denver.com/local/Aurora.files.first.2.1598340.html http://cbs4denver.com/local/Aurora.files.first.2.1598340.html AURORA, Colo. (AP) ― Aurora police say they have filed their first homicide cold case based on DNA evidence. Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:26:07 -0500 http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100330craigslist_murder_suspect_submits_dna/ http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100330craigslist_murder_suspect_submits_dna/ Accused Craigslist Killer Philip Markoff has turned over a DNA sample to prosecutors, defense attorney John Salsberg yesterday confirmed. Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:25:42 -0500 http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/29/grace.coldcase.freeman/index.html?iref=allsearch http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/29/grace.coldcase.freeman/index.html?iref=allsearch New York (CNN) -- Leah Freeman, a 15-year-old high school sophomore, vanished from the street near her home in Coquille, Oregon, leaving one tennis shoe behind on the sidewalk. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:19:37 -0500 http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/bank-boss-claims-syringe-bandits-forced-him-to-rob-40000/story-e6freon6-1225847190412 http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/bank-boss-claims-syringe-bandits-forced-him-to-rob-40000/story-e6freon6-1225847190412 A BANK manager who claimed he only robbed his own branch of $40,000 to pay bandits after they had injected him with a mystery substance had suspected his partner's son was behind the plot, a court was told yesterday. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:16:34 -0500 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7079638.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7079638.ece The advisory body on drug abuse is expected to recommend to the Home Secretary today that mephedrone, which has been linked to the deaths of several people, be made a Class B illegal drug. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:16:08 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8592724.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8592724.stm A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced 17 Indian nationals to death for killing a Pakistani man. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:15:20 -0500 http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/crime-courts/first-glimpse-of-65m-crime-fighting-centre-1.1016752 http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/crime-courts/first-glimpse-of-65m-crime-fighting-centre-1.1016752 The first illustrations of what Scotland’s national crime-fighting centre is expected to look like have been revealed. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:14:36 -0500 http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Psychologist+turned+lawyer+sees+both+sides/2737813/story.html http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Psychologist+turned+lawyer+sees+both+sides/2737813/story.html Patrick Baillie is bridging a gap between mental health professionals and lawyers. Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Psychologist+turned+lawyer+sees+both+sides/2737813/story.html#ixzz0jZSDFUXG Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:11:23 -0500 http://www.physorg.com/news189063791.html http://www.physorg.com/news189063791.html Jose Almirall, director of FIU’s International Forensics Research Institute (IFRI), and his research team have been attracting national attention for their cutting-edge research on how laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) can be used in crime labs. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:11:01 -0500 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/03/29/us_judge_urges_skepticism_on_forensic_evidence/ http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/03/29/us_judge_urges_skepticism_on_forensic_evidence/ US District Court Judge Nancy Gertner has urged defense lawyers and prosecutors not to assume that evidence presented in court is valid. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:10:37 -0500 http://www.patriotledger.com/news/cops_and_courts/x905411298/Police-explosive-strapped-bank-robber-caught http://www.patriotledger.com/news/cops_and_courts/x905411298/Police-explosive-strapped-bank-robber-caught ROCKLAND — A 26-year-old Rockland man with a record of armed robberies is behind bars and facing charges he robbed a bank by threatening to detonate what he said were explosives strapped to his chest. Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:58:28 -0500 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1260691/Victoria-stabbing-20-arrested-youth-knifed-death.html?ITO=1490 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1260691/Victoria-stabbing-20-arrested-youth-knifed-death.html?ITO=1490 Police have arrested 20 people after a gang of boys in school uniform stabbed a teenager to death at one of Britain's busiest stations. Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:53:33 -0500 http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/89251007.html http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/89251007.html The attacks were swift and savage: The hulking man lured prostitutes into Kensington's dark alleys and abandoned buildings with the promise of cash for a quickie. Instead, he pounced on, pummeled and raped them, leaving them with broken bones and bloodied faces. Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:33:11 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/8588906.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/8588906.stm DNA analysis is being used to help solve the 18th Century mystery of the origins of an Anglesey medical family. Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:32:16 -0500 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/03/25/DNA-test-frees-man-in-prison-for-26-years/UPI-97821269560405/ http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/03/25/DNA-test-frees-man-in-prison-for-26-years/UPI-97821269560405/ FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 25 (UPI) -- A Florida judge Thursday threw out the rape and murder conviction of a man who served more than half his life in prison before DNA testing exonerated him. Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:25:59 -0500 http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/58969 http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/58969 Dept. of Justice looking to develop cutting edge electronic crime and digital evidence recovery technology Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:24:17 -0500 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9173967/Cyberattacks_an_existential_threat_to_U.S._FBI_says http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9173967/Cyberattacks_an_existential_threat_to_U.S._FBI_says FBI official warns about increasing cyber-sophistication of rogue states, criminals. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:18:10 -0500 http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=15&sid=1919829 http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=15&sid=1919829 A top FBI official says cyber security threatens the very existence of the United States. Speaking at the FOSE conference in Washington, Steven Chabinsky, deputy assistant director of the FBI's cyber division, said determined hackers could eventually break into any system they want to. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:17:39 -0500 http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/iteam&id=7348966 http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/iteam&id=7348966 March 24, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The FBI raided Frank Calabrese Sr.'s home in west suburban Oak Brook Wednesday and found guns, jewelry and hundreds of thousands in cash. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:16:59 -0500 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/24/fbi-investigates-possible-threats-directed-house-democrats/ http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/24/fbi-investigates-possible-threats-directed-house-democrats/ Federal law enforcement officials are looking into at least two possible threats directed at members of Congress and their families that Democrats suggest are related to their vote for health care reform. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:16:32 -0500 http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/03/25/fbi_investigates_threats_to_lawmakers/ http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/03/25/fbi_investigates_threats_to_lawmakers/ WASHINGTON — The FBI is investigating threats against lawmakers stemming from intense opposition to the health care overhaul law. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:15:48 -0500 http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/89094852.html http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/89094852.html After online rumors stoked fears yesterday of yet another potential flash mob - this time at 40th and Market Streets - police told businesses there to close, parked cruisers in the middle of street, and stationed officers at each corner. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:13:47 -0500 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hemet-attacks25-2010mar25,0,6319147.story http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hemet-attacks25-2010mar25,0,6319147.story Four code-enforcement department trucks are burned in the parking lot of City Hall. Investigators suspect gangs are behind the recent campaign of violence against a gang task force. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:13:28 -0500 http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/C99429AA3B6E5188862576F10003E072?OpenDocument http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/C99429AA3B6E5188862576F10003E072?OpenDocument SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — You'd be less likely to get a speeding ticket as you cruise Illinois highways. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:12:33 -0500 http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/2010/03/25/Medical_marijuana_target_for_criminals/ http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/2010/03/25/Medical_marijuana_target_for_criminals/ SAN FRANCISCO - Patients, growers and clinics in some of the 14 states that allow medical marijuana are falling victim to robberies, home invasions, shootings and even murders at the hands of pot thieves. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:10:17 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/nyregion/25cold.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/nyregion/25cold.html A 56-year-old man already serving time for two murders was charged on Wednesday in a third killing, the strangulation of a Bronx woman nearly three decades ago. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:05:48 -0500 http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/2nd-DNA-Test-Exonerates-Man-Convicted-26-Years-Ago-89103672.html http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/2nd-DNA-Test-Exonerates-Man-Convicted-26-Years-Ago-89103672.html Anthony Caravella didn't rape and murder woman in 1983, test confirms. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:05:24 -0500 http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/maryland/dna-evidence-solves-7-year-old-rape-case-032410 http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/maryland/dna-evidence-solves-7-year-old-rape-case-032410 MILLERSVILLE, Md. - DNA profiling has solved a rape case from 2003, in which a 13-year-old female victim was assaulted by a male suspect while walking to a friend’s residence in Severn, Maryland. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:04:02 -0500 http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100324/COL0412/3240318/1171/OPINION http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100324/COL0412/3240318/1171/OPINION The current flap over legislation requiring higher standards for Mississippi's next state medical examiner and others who perform autopsies in criminal investigations is a clear example. Since the 1980s, Mississippi has for the most part been unwilling to pay the freight on a qualified, certified state medical examiner to conduct autopsies. Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:51:29 -0500 http://www.physorg.com/news188504204.html http://www.physorg.com/news188504204.html (PhysOrg.com) -- Why are some neighborhoods plagued by break-ins while others nearby are relatively unscathed? Why do drug dealers hang out on that corner? And why is police intervention effective in some cases but not others? For answers, researchers turned to math. Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:46:31 -0500 Clues can help police tell if letters are real Clues can help police tell if letters are real Police in Canada lack sufficient training to judge the veracity of suicide notes -- and a failure to make accurate decisions in such cases could result in "miscarriages of justice" and the "waste of valuable resources on unnecessary criminal investigations," according to an article in the latest Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:45:46 -0500 http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/03/24/cyber-attack-firms-google-traced-chinese/ http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/03/24/cyber-attack-firms-google-traced-chinese/ The cyber attack on Google and other U.S. companies was part of a suspected Chinese government operation launched last year... Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:31:30 -0500 http://topnews.us/content/214237-expert-says-canada-not-ready-giant-cyber-attack http://topnews.us/content/214237-expert-says-canada-not-ready-giant-cyber-attack According to a leading security expert, Canada is not prepared for an enormous cyber-attack, which is feasible by any ordinary hacker and can handicap the business of the country tremendously. Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:30:11 -0500 http://westislandgazette.com/news/13845 http://westislandgazette.com/news/13845 A Hudson wildlife biologist is getting kids excited about science by giving them a real-life whodunit to solve Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:28:38 -0500 http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-100323-forensic-accounting,0,4917639.story http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-100323-forensic-accounting,0,4917639.story WITI-TV, MILWAUKEE - Millions of dollars are missing from a Milwaukee company, and an employee is charged with stealing a staggering sum of money. How deep the fraud goes is something investigators are still deciphering. FOX6 gives you a look at how they do it, and how they think one employee made off with millions. Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:27:12 -0500 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/88982842.html http://www.komonews.com/news/local/88982842.html PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. -- The man who used the ATM card of Pat and Janice Yarr the same night they were slain was likely Michael J. Pierce, a forensic photographer testified this week. Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:26:23 -0500 http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1447152501/Cross-pushes-for-state-forensic-audit http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1447152501/Cross-pushes-for-state-forensic-audit SPRINGFIELD — The state House Republican leader is pushing for a comprehensive forensic audit of the state's finances that he says could save the state at least $1.25 billion. Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:25:51 -0500 http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/88822482.html?cmpid=15585797 http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/88822482.html?cmpid=15585797 Divers in Aruba began searching Saturday for any signs of a submerged skeleton possibly photographed by a snorkeling Lancaster County woman. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:12:51 -0500 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/032310-russia-arrests-worldpay-hackers-after.html http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/032310-russia-arrests-worldpay-hackers-after.html Three men accused of being involved an audacious attack on US ATM machines in 2008 have been arrested by the feared Russian Security Service (FSB) in an event that is being interpreted as marking a sea change in Russian policy towards cybercrime. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:11:59 -0500 http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224100011 http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224100011 An audit of the tax agency reveals that multiple security weaknesses make data vulnerable, particularly to insider threats. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:10:40 -0500 http://www.theledger.com/article/20100322/NEWS/3225057/1374?Title=Dental-Records-DNA-Needed-to-ID-Victims-in-Plane-Collision-South-of-Williston http://www.theledger.com/article/20100322/NEWS/3225057/1374?Title=Dental-Records-DNA-Needed-to-ID-Victims-in-Plane-Collision-South-of-Williston WILLISTON | Levy County Sheriff's Office investigators say it will be take dental records and DNA testing to confirm the identities of two of the three people who died in Saturday's plane collision. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:07:53 -0500 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9EKASVG2.html http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9EKASVG2.html A Dallas-area woman for decades kept a letter from her Navy brother and that mail could help identify him as a victim of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:04:53 -0500 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/032210-study-asia-faces-same-level.html?hpg1=bn http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/032210-study-asia-faces-same-level.html?hpg1=bn Countries in Asia now face the same level and type of sophisticated cyber attack as countries in the West, according to a new report from non-profit US cyber-crime research organisation Team Cymru. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:04:21 -0500 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704841304575137994061837952.html?mod=googlenews_wsj http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704841304575137994061837952.html?mod=googlenews_wsj The alleged Chinese cyber attacks on Google have spurred proposals at the State Department and on Capitol Hill to establish an ambassador-level cybersecurity post and to tie foreign aid to a country's ability to police cybercrime. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:03:25 -0500 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9173928/Symantec_names_riskiest_U.S._cities_for_cybercrime?taxonomyId=82 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9173928/Symantec_names_riskiest_U.S._cities_for_cybercrime?taxonomyId=82 Computerworld - Seattle is the most dangerous city in the U.S. when it comes to cybercrime, Symantec said today. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:02:27 -0500 http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/22911764/detail.html?hpt=T2 http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/22911764/detail.html?hpt=T2 Police: It Appears Woman Was Dumped After Being Killed Somewhere Else Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:59:01 -0500 http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess?fileContentId=269376&fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y&menuName=News&sId=117&sInfo=Y http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess?fileContentId=269376&fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y&menuName=News&sId=117&sInfo=Y CHATSWORTH, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Mar 23, 2010 Logicube® Inc., the industry’s leader in hard drive duplication and eForensics technology, has announced a new addition to its line of premier forensic data capture solutions. The MPFS™ (Massive Portable Forensic Storage) solution is the first storage device designed specifically for the digital forensic market. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:56:29 -0500 http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/features/The-mother-of-all-forensic.6171184.jp http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/features/The-mother-of-all-forensic.6171184.jp Cutting Edge - the Courier's science page. Today, Graham Williams, lecturer in forensic science at Huddersfield University Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:56:06 -0500 http://www.esecurityplanet.com/news/article.php/3871891/Google-May-Soon-Quit-China-Over-Cyber-Attack-Censoring.htm http://www.esecurityplanet.com/news/article.php/3871891/Google-May-Soon-Quit-China-Over-Cyber-Attack-Censoring.htm Google may finally be ready to call it quits in China following a protracted war of words with the nation's government over censorship and cybersecurity. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:51:45 -0500 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/04e59450-3552-11df-9cfb-00144feabdc0.html http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/04e59450-3552-11df-9cfb-00144feabdc0.html Russia has quietly arrested several suspects in one of the world's biggest cyberbank thefts, raising hopes of a previously unseen level of official co-operation in a country that has been a haven for criminals. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:50:45 -0500 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/03/symantec-cybercrime-cities.html http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/03/symantec-cybercrime-cities.html Seattle might be a beautiful city in its own right, but according to a new study from security firm Symantec, it's also the nation's "riskiest" city when it comes to cyber crime. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:49:52 -0500 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/commentary/fl-dna-crimes-page-cpcol-0322-20100322,0,4427409.story http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/commentary/fl-dna-crimes-page-cpcol-0322-20100322,0,4427409.story As if President Barack Obama didn't have enough on his platter, he's calling for accused criminals to have their DNA samples collected and stored in a national database, whether they're convicted or not. He's a brave man to open that can of worms. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:48:19 -0500 http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/WireHeadlines/2010/03/22/condemned-killer-of-3-seeks-dna-exonerat-50.php http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/WireHeadlines/2010/03/22/condemned-killer-of-3-seeks-dna-exonerat-50.php LIVINGSTON, Texas— Hank Skinner says Twila Jean Busby was the love of his life. “We were so in tune with each other,” he says. “We didn’t even need to talk. There never was a cross word between us.” So there was no reason, Skinner says, for him to explode in rage more than 16 years ago on New Year’s Eve, swinging an ax handle 14 times to fatally batter the 40-year-old woman he first met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, then stab to death her two grown sons at their home in Pampa in the Texas Panhandle. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:47:38 -0500 http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/88796942.html http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/88796942.html Your mouse could rat you out. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:45:47 -0500 http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2010/03/22/ginkgo_bioworks_sells_kit_to_connect_pieces_of_dna/ http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2010/03/22/ginkgo_bioworks_sells_kit_to_connect_pieces_of_dna/ The founders of Boston-based Ginkgo BioWorks think assembling synthetic biological systems should not be for experienced researchers only. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:44:16 -0500 http://www.whig.com/story/news/Sentenced-man-dies-032210 http://www.whig.com/story/news/Sentenced-man-dies-032210 GORIN, Mo. -- A 25-year-old Gorin man housed in the Phelps County Jail died Thursday in a Rolla hospital after being found unconscious in his jail bunk an hour earlier. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:42:46 -0500 http://www.napavalleyregister.com/news/local/article_79fb12d2-34a4-11df-a97f-001cc4c002e0.html http://www.napavalleyregister.com/news/local/article_79fb12d2-34a4-11df-a97f-001cc4c002e0.html Advances in technology have provided a way to connect even microscopic traces of DNA at a crime scene to a suspect. That is what makes DNA such a powerful tool for law enforcement. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:39:46 -0500 http://www.vancouversun.com/news/RCMP+seek+public+help+solving+homicide/2709462/story.html http://www.vancouversun.com/news/RCMP+seek+public+help+solving+homicide/2709462/story.html Woman's torched body found off Galloping Goose Trail at Langford-Colwood border; foul play ruled out in man's death in Colquitz River Park. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:37:27 -0500 http://www.fayobserver.com/Articles/2010/03/18/984269 http://www.fayobserver.com/Articles/2010/03/18/984269 Male DNA found under the fingernails of murder victims Kathryn Eastburn and her daughter Erin came from someone other than accused murderer Timothy B. Hennis, one of his lawyers told a military jury Wednesday morning. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:59:04 -0500 http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/26169/ http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/26169/ Crime: Marcia Lynn Christian, 19, was found dead in Castaic 34 years ago Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:56:19 -0500 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031900843.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031900843.html LONDON -- A man who used his dog to attack a teenager whom he then stabbed to death is facing sentencing in a London court. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:54:10 -0500 http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/baby-murder-trial-jury-sees-clothing-stained-with-blood-1.1014549 http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/baby-murder-trial-jury-sees-clothing-stained-with-blood-1.1014549 A jury was shown bloodstained clothing found in a laundry basket at tragic baby Abbie Jamieson’s home. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:52:49 -0500 http://www.darkreading.com/blog/archives/2010/03/drive_imaging_u.html http://www.darkreading.com/blog/archives/2010/03/drive_imaging_u.html In my last blog, I detailed several methods for imaging hard drives using hardware and software-based tools. To finish the discussion, today I want to get into software-based write-blocking tools that can be used when hardware options are not available, the drives are not supported, or the situation requires the system to be imaged while online. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:51:05 -0500 http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190359/-1/NEWS01/TBI+investigates+Bruce+Levy+to+see+if+he+stole+drugs+off+bodies http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100319/NEWS03/3190359/-1/NEWS01/TBI+investigates+Bruce+Levy+to+see+if+he+stole+drugs+off+bodies Tennessee agents are investigating whether the state's suspended medical examiner stole drugs from bodies. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:49:06 -0500 http://news.discovery.com/animals/cat-fur-forensics-crime.html http://news.discovery.com/animals/cat-fur-forensics-crime.html Cat fur could be effectively used as forensic evidence to solve criminal cases. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:48:09 -0500 http://www.cbs12.com/news/school-4724764-says-brannon.html http://www.cbs12.com/news/school-4724764-says-brannon.html A teenage girl is beaten to the point of unconsciousness outside of her Deerfield Beach Middle school. The two people accused of the crime are both teens. But what causes a young person to snap and commit such a violent act? And should other parents at the school be afraid of more violence? Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:47:47 -0500 http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=100318137-dna-nanotechnology-breakthrough-offers-promising-applications-medicine http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=100318137-dna-nanotechnology-breakthrough-offers-promising-applications-medicine A team of McGill Chemistry Department researchers led by Dr Hanadi Sleiman has achieved a major breakthrough in the development of nanotubes... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:11:24 -0500 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/mapping-out-the-scene-of-the-crime/article1504146/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/mapping-out-the-scene-of-the-crime/article1504146/ Drafting technician used by Toronto Police stresses the importance of getting it right Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:06:38 -0500 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100318/NEWS01/3180338/Inmates-endlessly-inventive-creating-shanks http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100318/NEWS01/3180338/Inmates-endlessly-inventive-creating-shanks Most prison inmates would rather be caught with a "shank" by a correction officer than be ambushed by another inmate without one, a national expert said. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:05:59 -0500 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/17/state/n232135D97.DTL&type=science http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/17/state/n232135D97.DTL&type=science Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives say DNA evidence has solved a nearly 34-year-old murder. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/03/17/state/n232135D97.DTL&type=science#ixzz0iXM0tIgz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:05:17 -0500 http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news/story/49598/raleigh-police-chief-insists-dna-tests-must-occur-on-greg-taylors-clothing http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news/story/49598/raleigh-police-chief-insists-dna-tests-must-occur-on-greg-taylors-clothing The Raleigh Police Department is trying to explain its decision to test an exonerated man's clothes for a murder victim's DNA. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:04:39 -0500 http://www.businessweek.com/idg/2010-03-17/forensics-tools-help-companies-investigate-intrusions-remotely.html http://www.businessweek.com/idg/2010-03-17/forensics-tools-help-companies-investigate-intrusions-remotely.html Forensics Tools Help Companies Investigate Intrusions Remotely Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:03:51 -0500 http://www.39online.com/news/local/kiah-missing-person-id-story,0,5426078.story http://www.39online.com/news/local/kiah-missing-person-id-story,0,5426078.story For years Texas Equusearch has helped the families of missing loved ones. Wednesday, a volunteer with the organization finally got some closure of his own 23 years after his sister went missing. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:02:54 -0500 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201003193 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201003193 Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week, researchers from the University of Colorado say that it's possible to compare the bacterial communities on objects and skin to match an object to an individual with a high degree of certainty. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:01:50 -0500 http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/03/16/cybercriminals-target-local-governments/?test=latestnews http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/03/16/cybercriminals-target-local-governments/?test=latestnews A new trend has local governments on guard: global computer hackers stealing their money. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:50:44 -0500 http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100317/NEWS/3170333/-1/NEWS http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100317/NEWS/3170333/-1/NEWS KINGSTON — After Mary Merten was caught embezzling more than $800,000 from the Kingston law firm where she worked as a bookkeeper, she pulled a move that showed more guts. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:48:36 -0500 http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100317/News01/3170308/1130 http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100317/News01/3170308/1130 NILES — It's not every day that a judge apologizes to the victim of a crime for the government's failure to protect her, but that was the case twice in Berrien County Trial Court this week. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:47:13 -0500 http://www.english.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20100317-australian-wwi-soldiers-french-grave-identified http://www.english.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20100317-australian-wwi-soldiers-french-grave-identified Seventy-five Australian soldiers unearthed from a World War I mass grave in northern France have been identified with the help of DNA tests, Australia's PM Kevin Rudd has announced. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:44:18 -0500 http://www.detnews.com/article/20100316/METRO/3160418/City-OKs-funds-to-review-crime-lab-cases http://www.detnews.com/article/20100316/METRO/3160418/City-OKs-funds-to-review-crime-lab-cases Detroit --The City Council today signed off on financing for a special unit with Wayne County prosecutors that is reviewing cases involving the police's now-closed crime lab. From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100316/METRO/3160418/City-OKs-funds-to-review-crime-lab-cases#ixzz0iRAiehMZ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:43:31 -0500 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/16/48hours/main6304279.shtml http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/16/48hours/main6304279.shtml Missouri Investigator Hopes Technology Pioneered by Dutch Forensics Experts Sheds Light on Mischelle Lawless' Killer Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:42:22 -0500 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/16/bank_fraud_trojan_forensics/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/16/bank_fraud_trojan_forensics/ Transaction security firm Trusteer has launched a remote forensics service designed to allow banks to diagnose if a client's PC has been infected with malware following incidents of suspected fraud. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:41:55 -0500 http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2010/03/15/news/health/doc4b9e1c77e8674828413502.txt http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2010/03/15/news/health/doc4b9e1c77e8674828413502.txt Toxicology Center program manager lists ways people can prevent poisonings inside and outside of the home. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:16:42 -0500 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/16/2847668.htm?section=justin http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/16/2847668.htm?section=justin Criminologists have slated the nature of Australia's prison system, saying billions of dollars are being poured into jails that fail to reform offenders and improve community safety. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:14:38 -0500 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/bal-md.ar.rapist16mar16,0,515414.story http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/bal-md.ar.rapist16mar16,0,515414.story The three unsolved rapes in Annapolis, Baltimore and the Eastern Shore town of Denton appeared to be isolated attacks - until the DNA tests came back. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:13:36 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8569805.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8569805.stm US losses to online crime almost doubled during 2009, reveals a report. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:10:21 -0500 http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/keyboard-microbiome/ http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/keyboard-microbiome/ The bacterial communities that live on human skin may form a bacterial fingerprint on the items that you touch. Read More http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/keyboard-microbiome/#ixzz0iLQk46JI Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:08:46 -0500 http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/191518/trusteer_rolls_out_malware_forensic_tool_for_banks.html http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/191518/trusteer_rolls_out_malware_forensic_tool_for_banks.html Security vendor Trusteer's latest product will allow banks to remotely investigate their customers' computers if it is suspected the PC has been hacked. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:07:33 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8565415.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8565415.stm A forensic science simulator where crime scenes can be 'mocked up' is to be opened by Wales' best known forensic pathologist, Professor Bernard Knight. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:06:59 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8570054.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8570054.stm The bacteria on our hands could be used in forensic identification, in the same way as DNA, say scientists. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:06:36 -0500 http://www.kcra.com/mostpopular/22845259/detail.html http://www.kcra.com/mostpopular/22845259/detail.html SUTTER COUNTY, Calif. -- Human remains, including a head, have been found along Beer Can Beach in Sutter County, officials say. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:06:02 -0500 http://www.wqad.com/news/wqad-warm-weather-crime-031410,0,3687188.story http://www.wqad.com/news/wqad-warm-weather-crime-031410,0,3687188.story Davenport police continue to investigate a string of violent crimes last week. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:58:30 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/opinion/15seringhaus.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/opinion/15seringhaus.html Perhaps the only thing more surprising than President Obama’s decision to give an interview for “America’s Most Wanted” last weekend was his apparent agreement with the program’s host, John Walsh, that there should be a national DNA database with profiles of every person arrested, whether convicted or not. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:57:41 -0500 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/03/15/108127.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/03/15/108127.htm Online crime complaints increased substantially once again last year, with the number of fraud complaints jumping 22.3 percent and total losses linked to online fraud reaching almost $560 million. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:55:36 -0500 http://www.labmanager.com/news.asp?ID=1014 http://www.labmanager.com/news.asp?ID=1014 More than a year after an internal audit highlighted widespread deficiencies within the Baltimore Police Department's crime lab, the division has a backlog of thousands of analysis requests. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:52:13 -0500 http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-15/yemen-to-identify-five-bodies-found-near-kidnap-site-update1-.html http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-15/yemen-to-identify-five-bodies-found-near-kidnap-site-update1-.html Authorities in Yemen are conducting DNA tests to identify the remains of five people, possibly Somalis, found in a region on the border with Saudi Arabia where a group of European hostages went missing in June. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:51:45 -0500 http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20100315-204755.html http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20100315-204755.html Over a fifth of all sex criminals are highly educated, having graduated from college or higher, a survey shows. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:50:04 -0500 Researchers are going to create a robot that will let forensics experts perform a virtual autopsy without cutting open the body. This will help preserve the corpse if required for further investigation in the future Researchers are going to create a robot that will let forensics experts perform a virtual autopsy without cutting open the body. This will help preserve the corpse if required for further investigation in the future Ever since the CSI TV series hit the airwaves, everyone knows that forensic doctors use high-tech tools in their criminal investigations and computers to reconstruct how the crime or accident happened. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:49:15 -0500 http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/forensic-laboratories-develops-first-oral-fluid-test-for-tapentadol-87645572.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/forensic-laboratories-develops-first-oral-fluid-test-for-tapentadol-87645572.html Denver-based toxicology laboratory first to introduce quantitative oral assay for new FDA-approved drug Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:48:01 -0500 http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20100311/NEWS05/3110332/Man-dies-after-fight-with-police--cause-of-death-pending http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20100311/NEWS05/3110332/Man-dies-after-fight-with-police--cause-of-death-pending RHINEBECK — The Dutchess County Medical Examiner’s Office will wait for toxicology results—which could take about three weeks—before issuing a cause of death for the 44-year-old Town of Rhinebeck man who was pronounced dead shortly after police took him into custody early Wednesday morning, authorities said. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:13:03 -0600 http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/11/1523289/high-profile-miami-accountant.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/11/1523289/high-profile-miami-accountant.html High-profile accountant Lew Freeman confronted new allegations of theft from investors dating back to the mid-'90s when he pleaded guilty to a mail-fraud conspiracy in federal court. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:10:38 -0600 http://sfappeal.com/alley/2010/03/public-defenders-office-steamed-about-sfpd-crime-lab-scandal.php http://sfappeal.com/alley/2010/03/public-defenders-office-steamed-about-sfpd-crime-lab-scandal.php Concerns about the San Francisco Police Department's crime lab, amid allegations of mishandling of drug evidence, forced the dismissal today of several narcotics cases in court, and defense attorneys said they would seek many more. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:09:04 -0600 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/11/AR2010031102490.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/11/AR2010031102490.html CARACAS (Reuters) - Homicides in Venezuela have quadrupled during President Hugo Chavez's 11 years in power, with two people murdered every hour, according to new figures from a non-governmental organization. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:07:46 -0600 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j-OtiEky4pYv43Qylr4DfvV2D7IAD9EC62780 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j-OtiEky4pYv43Qylr4DfvV2D7IAD9EC62780 SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. — Only Ohio and Native American tribes in Washington and Oregon have so far met the deadline to comply with a federal law passed nearly three years ago to coordinate and expand sex offender registration nationwide, a U.S. Justice Department official said Wednesday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:04:12 -0600 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/11/forensic-scientists-look-for-answers/ http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/11/forensic-scientists-look-for-answers/ Forensic scientists investigating the deaths of two North County teens already know the “who” — Chelsea King and Amber Dubois. Now they’re focused on the “when” and the “how.” Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:02:27 -0600 http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/east-volusia/2010/03/10/software-expands-fingerprint-analysis.html http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/east-volusia/2010/03/10/software-expands-fingerprint-analysis.html DAYTONA BEACH -- With an average of 3,000 people arrested daily in Florida, the state's top law enforcement agency is now armed with a tool that examines much more than fingerprints left behind at crime scenes. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:19:31 -0600 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8558846.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8558846.stm A ransom was demanded for the return of the body of Cyprus ex-President Tassos Papadopoulos, which was stolen three months ago, a minister has said. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:18:41 -0600 http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/459/712360 http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/459/712360 A girl befriends boys. What could be more normal and ordinary? Yet for doing just that, a Turkish teenager was reportedly buried alive by her father and grandfather. This recent piece of news has been met with shock and outrage worldwide. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:12:28 -0600 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hUFF0QRV6JoqN4edjHqQKTLgy8hQD9EBM0V01 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hUFF0QRV6JoqN4edjHqQKTLgy8hQD9EBM0V01 SANTA ANA, Calif. — It was 2005 when Bruce Barcomb received the call he'd been awaiting for nearly three decades: Police had finally identified the man who raped and murdered his little sister in a remote canyon on a dark night in 1977. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:57:28 -0600 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256793/I-posed-girl-14-Facebook-What-followed-sicken-you.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256793/I-posed-girl-14-Facebook-What-followed-sicken-you.html Even after 15 years in child protection, I was shocked by what I encountered when I spent just five minutes on a social networking site posing as a 14-year-old girl. Within 90 seconds, a middle-aged man wanted to perform a sex act in front of me. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256793/I-posed-girl-14-Facebook-What-followed-sicken-you.html#ixzz0hmlZxNc2 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:52:01 -0600 http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14645119 http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14645119 The San Francisco Police Department's crime lab will undergo a "comprehensive audit," following an investigation into the possible mishandling of narcotic evidence by a crime lab technician, police said today. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:49:09 -0600 http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/expert_dutch_forensic_help_sou.html http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/expert_dutch_forensic_help_sou.html Syracuse, NY -- U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer has asked the state Department of Health to allow a Dutch forensics lab access to evidence in a 24-year-old murder case. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:47:29 -0600 http://sify.com/news/forensic-test-results-delay-keeps-two-russians-in-jail-news-national-kdktudjgfjh.html http://sify.com/news/forensic-test-results-delay-keeps-two-russians-in-jail-news-national-kdktudjgfjh.html The Russian consulate in Mumbai has come to the aid of two Russians who are languishing in jail for more than a year sans chargesheets because the police have been unable to analyse the drugs allegedly seized from them. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:47:02 -0600 http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_067232405.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_067232405.html SALEM — There is a one in 1.85 quintillion chance the DNA collected from the bedsheet of the victim could be a Caucasian man other than defendant Robin Abrahams, according to forensic experts who testified in his rape trial yesterday. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:13:19 -0600 http://thecrimereport.org/2010/03/09/private-crime-labs-feds-could-expedite-clearing-dna-analysis-backlog/ http://thecrimereport.org/2010/03/09/private-crime-labs-feds-could-expedite-clearing-dna-analysis-backlog/ Private forensic laboratories argue that they could help cut the backlog of DNA evidence awaiting analysis in many states if an FBI requirement were eliminated or eased. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:03:05 -0600 http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700015015/Sen-votes-to-expand-DNA-collection.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700015015/Sen-votes-to-expand-DNA-collection.html SALT LAKE CITY — Under proposed legislation passed Monday, Utah may be collecting DNA samples from thousands of additional people accused of violent crimes. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:02:29 -0600 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/science/09gene.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/science/09gene.html Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a way to monitor the progress of a patient’s cancer treatment using a new technique for rapidly sequencing, or decoding, large amounts of DNA. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:01:59 -0600 http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid14_gci1394524,00.html http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid14_gci1394524,00.html Tying together security information management systems' (SIMs) real-time monitoring and reporting to identity and access management's (IAMs) access controls can provide useful controls and higher security effectiveness. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:50:09 -0600 http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Family_Health_210/Mitochondrial_DNA_s_Surprising_Variability_Could_Complicate_Forensic_and_Genealogical_Analyses.shtml http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Family_Health_210/Mitochondrial_DNA_s_Surprising_Variability_Could_Complicate_Forensic_and_Genealogical_Analyses.shtml (HealthNewsDigest.com) - Forensic anthropologists, human evolution researchers, and crime scene investigators might want to take note: The mitochondrial genome–long thought to be nearly identical in every cell in the human body–actually varies to a surprising degree, according to new research by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:46:49 -0600 http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2010/03/jury_selected_in_civil_trial_f.html http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2010/03/jury_selected_in_civil_trial_f.html The Lehigh County trial of Charles Cullen will start Tuesday morning in Allentown after the jury was selected today. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:09:42 -0600 http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Pathology+exact+science+experts/2650824/story.html http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Pathology+exact+science+experts/2650824/story.html WINDSOR, Ont. - Lawyer Harvey Strosberg has handled hundreds of medical malpractice suits. One, from the 1980s, sticks in his mind. The facts made him cry. Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Pathology+exact+science+experts/2650824/story.html#ixzz0hbrnzzjy Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:07:44 -0600 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256404/How-just-0-3-cent-solved-crimes-DNA-database.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256404/How-just-0-3-cent-solved-crimes-DNA-database.html Viewers of television programmes such as Crimewatch, Waking the Dead and Cold Case could be forgiven for believing that DNA is integral to solving almost every grisly crime. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256404/How-just-0-3-cent-solved-crimes-DNA-database.html#ixzz0hbqqY8NQ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:03:55 -0600 http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20100307/NEWS01/3070342/1002/Wrong-conclusions-in-Tioga-fire-deaths-affected-outcome-of-mom-s-case http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20100307/NEWS01/3070342/1002/Wrong-conclusions-in-Tioga-fire-deaths-affected-outcome-of-mom-s-case The case is closed in the deaths of three children in a Tioga house fire in 2001, but the finger-pointing is far from over. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:43:14 -0600 http://ohsonline.com/articles/2010/03/07/experts-doubt-bisphenol-a-risky-for-humans.aspx?admgarea=news http://ohsonline.com/articles/2010/03/07/experts-doubt-bisphenol-a-risky-for-humans.aspx?admgarea=news A commentary published this month in Toxicological Sciences, the Society of Toxicology's journal, says the latest research "closes the door" on claims the chemical is an environmental hazard of concern. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:42:07 -0600 http://thecrimereport.org/2010/03/06/only-a-few-law-enforcement-agencies-signed-up-to-use-missing-persons-database/ http://thecrimereport.org/2010/03/06/only-a-few-law-enforcement-agencies-signed-up-to-use-missing-persons-database/ Only a small fraction of U.S. law enforcement agencies are registered to use a new online database that promises to crack some of the nation’s 100,000 missing persons cases and provide answers to desperate families, reports the Associated Press. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:35:11 -0600 http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article343726.ece http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article343726.ece Seshego police station in Limpopo has a 42 percent rejection rate - the highest in the country - on the chemistry samples it sends to Forensic Chemistry Laboratories (FCL) for analysing. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:32:46 -0600 http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/forensic-mtdna/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+(Wired%3A+Index+3+(Top+Stories+2)) http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/forensic-mtdna/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+(Wired%3A+Index+3+(Top+Stories+2)) A DNA-matching technique often used in forensics has been called to the stand. Read More http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/forensic-mtdna/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29#ixzz0hazZWr4g Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:32:17 -0600 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/03/03/scientists-sequence-dna-from-the-teeming-bacterial-universe-in-your-guts/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/03/03/scientists-sequence-dna-from-the-teeming-bacterial-universe-in-your-guts/ The human genome may have been sequenced back in 2004, but that was a far cry from documenting all the genes inside us. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:52:57 -0600 http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10006595 http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10006595 The FBI is hoping advances in DNA technology can help solve a 20-year-old Boston art heist. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:50:41 -0600 http://www.thereporteronline.com/articles/2010/03/04/news/srv0000007743257.txt http://www.thereporteronline.com/articles/2010/03/04/news/srv0000007743257.txt LANSDALE — Borough council is getting ready to ask an outside firm to take an extremely close look at Lansdale's books. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:49:43 -0600 http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/forensic-mtdna/ http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/forensic-mtdna/ A DNA-matching technique often used in forensics has been called to the stand. Read More http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/forensic-mtdna/#ixzz0hDfcxN2M Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:48:49 -0600 http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2010/03/o-j-simpson-forensic-expert-on-his-career-and-a-memorable-case/ http://www.nwasianweekly.com/2010/03/o-j-simpson-forensic-expert-on-his-career-and-a-memorable-case/ Dr. Henry Lee is the type of man that says “no problem,” though his career revolves around problems. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:48:19 -0600 http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20100304090211836 http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20100304090211836 Food producer Pioneer Foods not only deliberately presented false evidence to the Competition Tribunal during hearings about fixing bread prices last year, it also allegedly concealed the existence of a damning forensic report. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:47:42 -0600 http://www.examiner.com/x-7520-Chicago-Crime-Examiner~y2010m3d2-Darien-family-murders-survivors-questioned-and-released-police-remain-on-scene http://www.examiner.com/x-7520-Chicago-Crime-Examiner~y2010m3d2-Darien-family-murders-survivors-questioned-and-released-police-remain-on-scene Police remain stationed at the Darien home where three members of a family were shot to death during a home invasion early this morning, but police do not have extra police patrol in the area, saying the victims were apparently targeted and the community at large is not in danger. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:21:13 -0600 http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Kirkland-Jurors-To-Visit-Crime-Scenes/cjA5151DukeC4iSwk7N6Iw.cspx http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Kirkland-Jurors-To-Visit-Crime-Scenes/cjA5151DukeC4iSwk7N6Iw.cspx The 12 jurors for the trial of suspected serial killer Anthony Kirkland will visit four crime scenes today to get a look at the places where the accused serial killer's victims were found. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:17:35 -0600 http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/416091_tvgif2.html http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/416091_tvgif2.html A cause of death for Marie Osmond's son, Michael Blosil, has been deferred pending toxicology tests to determine if Blosil committed suicide, the Los Angeles coroner's office told TVGuide.com. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:17:10 -0600 http://www.wwltv.com/news/Troubled-students-guided-by-ex-cons-while-moving-away-from-crime--86089827.html http://www.wwltv.com/news/Troubled-students-guided-by-ex-cons-while-moving-away-from-crime--86089827.html NEW ORLEANS -- They have committed violent crimes and sold drugs, and they're not even 18 yet. This is what so many of the lives are like for students at Booker T. Washington School. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:16:47 -0600 http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30935:forensics-now-portable&catid=112:enterprise-solutions http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30935:forensics-now-portable&catid=112:enterprise-solutions SecureData Security, part of JSE-listed SecureData Holdings and the sub-Saharan distributor for Guidance Software, the world leader in Digital Investigations, today announced new capabilities that transform EnCase Portable, a data collection solution on a USB drive, into a triage tool, enabling keyword searching and image viewing on target computers. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:16:20 -0600 http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/03/03/forensic-evidence-supports-marine-murder/ http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/03/03/forensic-evidence-supports-marine-murder/ Forensic evidence supports the murder of a Marine Colonel at MCAS El Toro. * Former supervisor in Orange County District Attorney’s office said the Marine officer was injured by a blow to the head and while unconscious suffered a shotgun blast in the mouth. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:15:34 -0600 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/03/02/retired_mass_trooper_defends_role_in_1986_bishop_inquiry/ http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/03/02/retired_mass_trooper_defends_role_in_1986_bishop_inquiry/ Retired State Trooper Brian L. Howe said he repeatedly asked Braintree police for their files on the 1986 shooting of Seth bishop by his sister, Amy, but never got them, closing the case and ruling it accidental based on police statements. (Erik S. Lesser for the Boston Globe) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:21:52 -0600 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/8545373.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/8545373.stm Civilians will be used to investigate crime across the Central Scotland Police area by this summer, the force has said. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:21:22 -0600 http://www.ktva.com/ci_14493513 http://www.ktva.com/ci_14493513 In what's so far been a year of unsolved shootings where multiple suspects are still on the loose, many are pointing to the lack of Anchorage police as the reason why. It's a problem city officials say has nothing to do with the number of officers, but in how the department is using them. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:21:25 -0600 http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/03/boston_police_l.html http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/03/boston_police_l.html The Boston Police Department has launched a new crime-fighting initiative that relies on computer experts stationed at headquarters to relay crucial information about crime as it is happening to officers on the street. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:20:40 -0600 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jp_CUCsImf_nVQcGu1VWZqH_Ag3gD9E6K4K00 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jp_CUCsImf_nVQcGu1VWZqH_Ag3gD9E6K4K00 DUBLIN — One of the most divisive and hotly disputed events in Irish history — the 1641 killings of thousands of Protestant settlers by Catholic natives — is to be examined in forensic detail for the first time, researchers said Tuesday. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:17:55 -0600 http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/02/dubai-hamas-operative-drugged-suffocated/ http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/02/dubai-hamas-operative-drugged-suffocated/ Dubai police said Sunday forensic tests show a Hamas operative who was killed in his hotel room by an alleged Israeli hit squad was drugged with a fast-acting muscle relaxant and then suffocated with a pillow. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:17:28 -0600 http://www.herald24.co.uk/news/cops_recall_snaring_jigsaw_killer_1_89430 http://www.herald24.co.uk/news/cops_recall_snaring_jigsaw_killer_1_89430 TOP cops and forensics experts who nailed twisted ‘jigsaw’ killer Stephen Marshall have recalled how they solved the gruesome murder. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:32:14 -0600 http://www.kctv5.com/news/22679945/detail.html http://www.kctv5.com/news/22679945/detail.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A local criminologist and therapist said there is much that goes into profiling someone like the Waldo rapist and there are many pitfalls in letting the public have that kind of information. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:11:03 -0600 http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20102280367 http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20102280367 I don't delete e-mail unless I have to — and I only have to when the electronic mailbox inevitably becomes jammed with viral spam. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:06:21 -0600 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6890265.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6890265.html WHITESTOWN, Ind. — Investigators believe a teenager used a 20-inch blade to fatally stab his twin brother and stepmother as they slept, while defensive wounds in his father's body suggest he tried to resist the deadly attack, a newspaper reported Sunday. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:50:01 -0600 http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=478772 http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=478772 SHAH ALAM, March 1 (Bernama) -- The High Court hearing Muntik Bani's murder case was told on Monday that 30 blocks of her tissue and bone specimens which had not been processed were sent to a forensic expert at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital in Alor Setar, Kedah, on Nov 1 last year for analysis. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:34:58 -0600 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/03/01/police-release-new-description-of-forensic-lab-firebomb-attack-suspects-86908-22078234/ http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/03/01/police-release-new-description-of-forensic-lab-firebomb-attack-suspects-86908-22078234/ POLICE have stepped up their hunt for the firebomb thugs behind an attack on a forensic lab in Edinburgh. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:34:33 -0600 http://www.metronews.ca/edmonton/comment/article/465003--forensic-investigation-by-the-numbers http://www.metronews.ca/edmonton/comment/article/465003--forensic-investigation-by-the-numbers If you’re looking for excitement, become an accountant like David Malamed. The 37-year-old Torontonian is a forensic accountant: He follows the money to investigate financial crimes. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:33:52 -0600 http://www.theolympian.com/2010/02/28/1155049/fbi-re-inspects-lindseys-home.html http://www.theolympian.com/2010/02/28/1155049/fbi-re-inspects-lindseys-home.html McCLEARY - Forensic investigators made a final search of missing girl Lindsey Baum's McCleary home Friday as her mother prepares to move out amid financial problems. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:33:17 -0600 http://www.pcworld.com/article/190233/microsofts_spy_guide_what_you_need_to_know.html?tk=rel_news http://www.pcworld.com/article/190233/microsofts_spy_guide_what_you_need_to_know.html?tk=rel_news Since 1996, the whistleblower site Cryptome has been posting sensitive government and corporate documents. Now Cryptome has been stricken from the Web after releasing the Microsoft Online Services Global Criminal Compliance Handbook , a "spy guide" for law enforcement detailing what data Microsoft has, keeps, and can relinquish. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:59:39 -0600 http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/02/texas-supplied-newborn-blood-sam.html http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/02/texas-supplied-newborn-blood-sam.html Dogged investigation by a non-profit online media organization in Texas has revealed that between 2003 and 2007, the state quietly gave hundreds of newborn blood samples to a U.S. Armed Forces laboratory for use in a forensics database. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:54:14 -0600 http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/health/2010/02/identifying_the_dead_in_haiti.html http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/health/2010/02/identifying_the_dead_in_haiti.html As if the devastation of Haiti's earthquake wasn't enough. Now comes the painstaking, morbid work of identifying the dead. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:52:45 -0600 http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Police-forensics-lab-still-out.6103332.jp http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Police-forensics-lab-still-out.6103332.jp PARTS of the police forensic crime laboratory in Edinburgh are still out of action, a week after a mystery firebomb attack. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:52:00 -0600 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7290864/US-investigators-find-author-of-Chinas-cyber-attack-on-Google.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7290864/US-investigators-find-author-of-Chinas-cyber-attack-on-Google.html US investigators searching for the source of the China-based cyber-attacks on Google last year say they have pin-pointed the Chinese author of the sophisticated computer code used in the attacks. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:27:00 -0600 http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Cold-Case-Mother-seeks-justice-for-murdered/RxqjP5Gnf0Gzp9CAvvQy-w.cspx http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Cold-Case-Mother-seeks-justice-for-murdered/RxqjP5Gnf0Gzp9CAvvQy-w.cspx LEON VALLEY, Texas -- A grieving mom is asking for the public's help on the 5th anniversary of her daughter's unsolved murder. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:25:46 -0600 http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/television_shows_make_crime_scene_investigations_look_easy_glamorous_7399360.html http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/television_shows_make_crime_scene_investigations_look_easy_glamorous_7399360.html Don’t confuse the fast-paced action of a one-hour police drama with a true-life crime scene investigation. When it comes to forensic science, they are worlds apart. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:24:29 -0600 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Pune-blast-ATS-banks-on-forensic-results-of-DNA-samples/articleshow/5600546.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Pune-blast-ATS-banks-on-forensic-results-of-DNA-samples/articleshow/5600546.cms PUNE: Eight days after the terror attack in Pune, a breakthrough in the probe has eluded Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) which is pinning its hopes on the forensic results of the DNA samples collected from the site of the blast at German Bakery here. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:23:02 -0600 http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100222/NEWS/2220311/1001/news http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100222/NEWS/2220311/1001/news Marian Nemeth's job is to help people visualize how criminal acts have taken place. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:22:27 -0600 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/02/21/entertainment/e210044S50.DTL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/02/21/entertainment/e210044S50.DTL "The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York" (Penguin, 336 pages, $25.95), by Deborah Blum: How do I poison thee? Let me count the ways: arsenic, mercury, strychnine, chloroform, wood alcohol and carbon monoxide. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/02/21/entertainment/e210044S50.DTL#ixzz0gHoxgJ6q Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:22:07 -0600 http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/1000-architects--engineers-call-for-new-911-investigation-84768402.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/1000-architects--engineers-call-for-new-911-investigation-84768402.html SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Richard Gage, AIA, architect and founder of the non-profit Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Inc. (AE911Truth), will announce a decisive milestone today at a press conference in San Francisco, as more than 1,000 worldwide architects and engineers now support the call for a new investigation into the destruction of the Twin Towers and Building 7 at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:14:52 -0600 http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/02/18/massive-hack-attack-shows-major-flaws-todays-cybersecurity/ http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/02/18/massive-hack-attack-shows-major-flaws-todays-cybersecurity/ "The ZeuS Compromise" may sound like a great movie, but it's actually a massive hacking network for rent to the highest bidder -- and it's a doozy, affecting more than 74,000 PCs in 2,400 business and government systems around the world. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:47:09 -0600 http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid14_gci1389667,00.html# http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid14_gci1389667,00.html# Researchers at network forensics firm NetWitness Corp., have discovered evidence that the Zeus Trojan continues to evade antivirus and steal thousands of passwords on consumer and corporate network PCs. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:44:41 -0600 http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/12218/128/ http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/12218/128/ President Barack Obama signed the Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act into law Tuesday to set up a nuclear forensics center within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to produce capabilities to trace nuclear materials back to their source. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:43:45 -0600 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/02/19/police-probe-firebomb-attack-on-their-own-forensic-lab-86908-22054042/ http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/02/19/police-probe-firebomb-attack-on-their-own-forensic-lab-86908-22054042/ A CSI-STYLE police forensic lab was torched by a masked man in a firebomb attack early yesterday. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:42:58 -0600 http://www.ksbw.com/news/22606020/detail.html http://www.ksbw.com/news/22606020/detail.html SALINAS, Calif. -- Police said they have "solid forensic evidence" to support their conclusion that a Prunedale man killed his wife. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:42:35 -0600 http://www.newsok.com/article/3440655?custom_click=columnist http://www.newsok.com/article/3440655?custom_click=columnist Considered one of the world’s leading forensic anthropologists, Snow has worked many cases in the United States including the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, the 1979 American Airlines DC-10 crash in Chicago and the John Wayne Gacy serial murders. Read more: http://www.newsok.com/article/3440655?custom_click=columnist#ixzz0fzO0crLD Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:42:09 -0600 http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=184670 http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=184670 PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 18, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cognitech Inc., has announced the successful forensic video processing and analysis of the United Nations requested digital video/audio recording of a purported Sri Lanka execution, with the use of their Video Investigator™ software. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:41:36 -0600 http://www.detnews.com/article/20100219/METRO/2190360/1409/Detroit-crime-lab-closure-ripples-through-Michigan-justice-system http://www.detnews.com/article/20100219/METRO/2190360/1409/Detroit-crime-lab-closure-ripples-through-Michigan-justice-system Lansing -- The closure of the Detroit Police crime lab two years ago is adding to heavy backlogs of forensic evidence at labs across the state, causing the justice system in Michigan to "grind to a halt," prosecutors and other law enforcement officials told a House panel Thursday. From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100219/METRO/2190360/1409/Detroit-crime-lab-closure-ripples-through-Michigan-justice-system#ixzz0fzNiBpfQ Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:41:00 -0600 http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/960284.html http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/960284.html Thomas M. Pokrywczynski's downfall was his addiction to gambling at local casinos. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:24:10 -0600 http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3342590/Innovative-new-DNA-test http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3342590/Innovative-new-DNA-test An innovative forensic technique to identify the bodily tissue source of a DNA sample will be introduced in New Zealand within months. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:22:47 -0600 http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_dna-tests-admissible-as-evidence-says-bombay-high-court_1349295 http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_dna-tests-admissible-as-evidence-says-bombay-high-court_1349295 Mumbai: DNA testing is conclusive evidence, the Bombay high court held on Wednesday. Last week the court had raised a question regarding the admissibility of the scientific test reports as evidence before the court. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:20:30 -0600 http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature/texas-execution-nears-condemned-man-seeks-dna-test-20100217 http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature/texas-execution-nears-condemned-man-seeks-dna-test-20100217 If the State of Texas has its way, it will execute Henry Watkins Skinner shortly after 6pm local time on 24 February. This would be the 450th execution in Texas since judicial killing resumed in the USA in 1977. More than one in three of the nearly 1,200 men and women killed in US execution chambers over the past three decades have met their death at the hands of Texas executioners. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:17:54 -0600 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-0218-drew-peterson-hearing-20100217,0,1897109.story http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-0218-drew-peterson-hearing-20100217,0,1897109.story Defense witness testifies on death of Drew Peterson’s third wife in hearsay hearing Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:14:50 -0600 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/18/massive_hack_attack/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/18/massive_hack_attack/ Criminal hackers have penetrated the networks of almost 2,500 companies and government agencies in a coordinated campaign that began 18 months ago and continues to steal email passwords, login credentials, and other sensitive data to this day, a computer security company said. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:13:40 -0600 http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Police-forensics-lab-torched-as.6083493.jp http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Police-forensics-lab-torched-as.6083493.jp A POLICE forensics lab in the Capital was torched in the early hours of this morning. The blaze broke out at the SPSA laboratory on Howden Hall Road shortly after midnight, with local residents reporting loud bangs coming from the building. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:12:39 -0600 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/accessdata-becomes-largest-forensics-software-company-2010-02-18?reflink=MW_news_stmp http://www.marketwatch.com/story/accessdata-becomes-largest-forensics-software-company-2010-02-18?reflink=MW_news_stmp Digital Investigations Company Achieves Unparalleled Growth and Delivers Industry-First Technological Advancements to Become Market Leader. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:11:55 -0600 http://www.zeropaid.com/news/88094/study-almost-65000-irish-suspected-of-weekly-illegal-p2p/ http://www.zeropaid.com/news/88094/study-almost-65000-irish-suspected-of-weekly-illegal-p2p/ Researcher at Ireland’s UCD Centre for Cybercrime Investigation (CCI) identifies 64,152 users he claims are suspected of illegal file-sharing “last week alone.” Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:12:04 -0600 http://www.northjersey.com/news/021610_Doctor_testifies_as_expert_witness_in_Barbarino_trial.html http://www.northjersey.com/news/021610_Doctor_testifies_as_expert_witness_in_Barbarino_trial.html Children often give varying accounts, offer piecemeal disclosures or even clam up for good about sexual abuse, a forensic psychologist testified Tuesday Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:07:41 -0600 http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/article/forensic-experts-blood-on-the-sofa-is-pushkins/399930.html http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/article/forensic-experts-blood-on-the-sofa-is-pushkins/399930.html ST. PETERSBURG — Forensic experts in St. Petersburg have confirmed that bloodstains found on a sofa on which the famed 19th-century poet and author Alexander Pushkin is said to have died were indeed left by the poet. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:07:09 -0600 http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=152&dir=2010/February/Tuesday16 http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=152&dir=2010/February/Tuesday16 A forensic investigation on the body found not far from Louis Nchindo's van has revealed that it is indeed the former Debswana boss. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:05:47 -0600 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/8519503.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/8519503.stm A woman has appeared in court accused of murdering a three-year-old girl, believed to be her daughter. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:05:21 -0600 http://www.news.wisc.edu/17681 http://www.news.wisc.edu/17681 Blum, a professor of journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, believes he thinks she's learned too much about poison and chemicals while writing "The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York." Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:03:25 -0600 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10626665 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10626665 Twenty years after DNA evidence was first used in a New Zealand court, a "Google" search of profiles that could allow investigators to track suspects globally is developing, one expert says. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:02:39 -0600 http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/02/lasers-fight-crime/ http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/02/lasers-fight-crime/ A new technique that uses a laser to vaporize materials like rocks and steel to analyze their chemical composition is finding new applications from Mars to forensics. Read More http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/02/lasers-fight-crime/#ixzz0fnlimlqX Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:01:05 -0600 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/16/dubai-killers-identities-uk-citizens http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/16/dubai-killers-identities-uk-citizens An international investigation was under way tonight into how a hit squad responsible for the murder of a Hamas official managed to create or steal the identities of 11 European citizens, including six British nationals. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:24:39 -0600 http://voip-solutions.tmcnet.com/topics/voip-solutions/articles/75664-susteen-updates-cell-phone-forensics-tool.htm http://voip-solutions.tmcnet.com/topics/voip-solutions/articles/75664-susteen-updates-cell-phone-forensics-tool.htm Susteen has updated its Secure View 2 with svProbe solution -- a leading cell phone forensics tool which allows corporate security consultants and law enforcement to acquire cell phone data in a forensics manner. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:24:06 -0600 http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/story.html?id=b904b63c-91e3-4c8e-be8d-ed22eac3a2c5 http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/story.html?id=b904b63c-91e3-4c8e-be8d-ed22eac3a2c5 The allegations against Col. Russell Williams, accused of murdering two Ontario women and now being investigated for who knows what, have us all looking over our shoulders. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:09:10 -0600 http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/14-car-bomb-kills-two-iraqi-police-at-forensics-lab-zj-03 http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/14-car-bomb-kills-two-iraqi-police-at-forensics-lab-zj-03 A car bomb hit a police forensics bureau in the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Tuesday, killing two officers and wounding nine other people, emergency services said. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:07:00 -0600 http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/csi-no-relevance-real-dna-profiling-3368072 http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/csi-no-relevance-real-dna-profiling-3368072 Television programmes might make DNA science look sexy, but they are in fact very unhelpful to real life scientists who use the technology to crack major crimes, a British DNA specialist says. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:04:59 -0600 http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_packing-of-ied-with-rdx-in-pune-blast-confuses-forensic-experts_1348619 http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_packing-of-ied-with-rdx-in-pune-blast-confuses-forensic-experts_1348619 Packing of the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) with RDX in the Pune's blast inside German bakery has left forensic experts flummoxed as they were unable to find any remnant to identify the circuit used for detonating the bomb. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:51:25 -0600 http://www.romenewswire.com/index.php/2010/02/13/forensic-analysis-clues-buried-in-sounds-and-images/ http://www.romenewswire.com/index.php/2010/02/13/forensic-analysis-clues-buried-in-sounds-and-images/ The 14 videotapes arrived on Peter Smith’s desk individually wrapped in plain manila envelopes. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:37:12 -0600 http://www.krdo.com/Global/story.asp?S=11968097 http://www.krdo.com/Global/story.asp?S=11968097 COLORADO SPRINGS - Real life CSI right here in the Springs: investigators have solved a 14-year-old missing persons case with the help of a forensic sculpture. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:35:09 -0600 http://ponteland.journallive.co.uk/2010/02/human-jaw-is-dug-up-in-fenwick.html http://ponteland.journallive.co.uk/2010/02/human-jaw-is-dug-up-in-fenwick.html A police investigation has been launched after a human jawbone was dug up in the garden of a Northumberland cottage. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:34:02 -0600 http://latindispatch.com/2010/02/14/photo-essay-exhumation-essay/ http://latindispatch.com/2010/02/14/photo-essay-exhumation-essay/ Guided by witness testimony, the Association of Family Members of the Detained-Disappeared of Guatemala (FAMDEGUA in Spanish) and the Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala (FAFG in Spanish), began to exhume a possible clandestine mass grave on Dec. 10, 2009. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:33:21 -0600 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hHBdKpZQb2X-PMFqpa9sUihduWfAD9DSD9U80 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hHBdKpZQb2X-PMFqpa9sUihduWfAD9DSD9U80 Cyril Wecht's is a story of how, with the right personality in the right era, death can be a one-way ticket to fame. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:31:14 -0600 http://www.startribune.com/local/84192317.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aU2EkP7K_t:aDyaEP:kD:aUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs http://www.startribune.com/local/84192317.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aU2EkP7K_t:aDyaEP:kD:aUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs Investigators say an extra fibula and jawbone were found when the remains of a murder victim were recovered in Cottonwood County. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:26:24 -0600 http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Serial+killers+live+double+lives+expert+says/2553770/story.html http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Serial+killers+live+double+lives+expert+says/2553770/story.html Elliott Leyton says it surprises him how many people think it would be difficult for a killer to conceal his crimes from those closest to him. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:07:02 -0600 http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Photography-mystery-solved-thanks-forensic-science/article-1824980-detail/article.html http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Photography-mystery-solved-thanks-forensic-science/article-1824980-detail/article.html THE mysterious origin of a set of Victorian photographs depicting Derbyshire scenes has been identified, thanks to forensic science at the University of Derby. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:58:25 -0600 http://abcnews.go.com/Health/dying-sculptors-effort-find-murdered-nc-child-forensic/story?id=9800993 http://abcnews.go.com/Health/dying-sculptors-effort-find-murdered-nc-child-forensic/story?id=9800993 Philadelphia forensic sculptor Frank Bender has spent a lifetime helping police solve unspeakable crimes, contouring in clay the faces of murder victims -- those without identities, whose families have never come to claim or weep for them. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:57:13 -0600 http://www.securityinfowatch.com/3m-debuts-new-optically-variable-device http://www.securityinfowatch.com/3m-debuts-new-optically-variable-device 3M Security Systems introduces the 3M Color Floating Image Security Laminate, a new optically variable device (OVD) that offers a high level of overt and covert security. The heat activated laminate can be provided in various formats for use on secure documents such as ID cards, passports and drivers licenses, and will assist customers in enhancing their document authentication measures while helping to provide durable protection and enhance tamper evidence. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:29:02 -0600 http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71654?oid=159981&sn=Detail http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71654?oid=159981&sn=Detail Debbie Schafer says narcotics worth R50m was stolen between 2007 and 2008 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:25:29 -0600 http://times-journal.com/story.lasso?ewcd=c532d8dae80a660b http://times-journal.com/story.lasso?ewcd=c532d8dae80a660b The DeKalb County Commission said Tuesday the state will help pay for transportation of bodies to forensics labs. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:24:45 -0600 http://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/other/article300900.ece http://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/other/article300900.ece A decision on charging SA's exiled athletics leaders is to be made only after a forensic audit which will dig deep into the affairs of the ousted Leonard Chuene regime. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:23:52 -0600 http://totalbuzz.freedomblogging.com/2010/02/08/new-crime-lab-analyzes-more-dna-faster/29849/ http://totalbuzz.freedomblogging.com/2010/02/08/new-crime-lab-analyzes-more-dna-faster/29849/ More DNA is being analyzed at a faster pace under a new Orange County forensics program run by Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and county CEO Thomas Mauk, according to a report being presented Tuesday to the Board of Supervisors. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:48:52 -0600 http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/8106-homicide-up-16-in-2009-forensics-agency.html http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/8106-homicide-up-16-in-2009-forensics-agency.html The homicide rate in Colombia rose by 16% in 2009 compared to the previous year, national forensics agency Medicina Legal found in its annual report. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:47:24 -0600 http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/dna-inspires-career-in-forensics-20100209-nptp.html http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/dna-inspires-career-in-forensics-20100209-nptp.html An urge to make sense of deoxyribonucleic acid, better known as DNA, compelled Shelley-Anne Laffin to become a real-life crime scene investigator. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:46:32 -0600 http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_039225347.html http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_039225347.html Has the time arrived to shift forensics laboratory work from the West Virginia State Police to various institutions of higher learning? Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:46:03 -0600 http://www.timesanddemocrat.com/articles/2010/02/07/news/doc4b6e3f8349d4f921651067.txt http://www.timesanddemocrat.com/articles/2010/02/07/news/doc4b6e3f8349d4f921651067.txt Two roads, one path. Claflin University wants to offer its students the best. The Orangeburg Department of Public Safety wants to make the community safer. Together, the two unlikely partners, an educational institution and a law enforcement agency, have teamed up to achieve that goal together. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:53:55 -0600 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585045,00.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585045,00.html A terminally ill artist says he has produced his last painting in hopes that it will help authorities in North Carolina solve the 10-year-old case of a missing boy. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:52:02 -0600 http://mainecampus.com/2010/02/08/anthropologists-pick-bones/ http://mainecampus.com/2010/02/08/anthropologists-pick-bones/ A University of Maine associate anthropology professor is studying the decay of pig carcasses in various weather and soil conditions. The project is funded by a grant from the Department of Justice, which is interested in getting better data on the changes regional conditions cause in human body decay. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:51:23 -0600 http://www.universitychronicle.com/news/crime-lab-utilizes-cell-technology-1.2142108 http://www.universitychronicle.com/news/crime-lab-utilizes-cell-technology-1.2142108 Along with a new department building, the St. Cloud Police Department also added a new and improved crime lab. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:50:54 -0600 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE6140Y820100205 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE6140Y820100205 Private equity firm Bridgepoint [BRDG.UL] has bought forensics and scientific testing company LGC for 257 million pounds ($404 million), as private equity dealmaking comes back to life after a year in the doldrums. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:49:08 -0600 http://www.prweb.com/releases/iphone/password/prweb3560794.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/iphone/password/prweb3560794.htm ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. announces the availability of Elcomsoft iPhone Password Breaker, a GPU-accelerated password recovery tool to unlock encrypted iPhone and iPod Touch backups. For a limited time, the pre-release version of the new password recovery product is available free of charge. Elcomsoft iPhone Password Breaker grants forensic access to information stored in Apple devices by recovering password-protected backups to iPhone 2G, 3G, and 3GS as well as iPod Touch 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Gen. The new ElcomSoft password recovery tool works with offline backups, supports original and “jailbroken” devices, and does not require Apple iTunes to be installed. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:30:33 -0600 http://www.kxxv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11930702 http://www.kxxv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11930702 A local business is reeling, after their business manager, a Cowboy Church preacher's wife, turned herself in Wednesday on a fraud indictment. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:26:34 -0600 http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Forensics+officer+describes+exhumation+Ottawa+coke+dealer+body/2518952/story.html http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Forensics+officer+describes+exhumation+Ottawa+coke+dealer+body/2518952/story.html The decomposing and near-naked body of cocaine dealer Hussein El-Hajj Hassan was found face down in a shallow grave with his right hand missing and what appeared to be a bullet hole in his torso, an Ottawa police forensic officer told an Ottawa court Wednesday. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:10:08 -0600 http://www2.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/forensics_experts_work_at_identifying_victim_in_dekalb_county_house_fire/127634/ http://www2.nbc13.com/vtm/news/local/article/forensics_experts_work_at_identifying_victim_in_dekalb_county_house_fire/127634/ Authorities are still trying to identify a person found dead inside a house after a fire. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:09:29 -0600 http://www.dailytexanonline.com/university/forensics-commission-passes-policy-changes-1.2159068 http://www.dailytexanonline.com/university/forensics-commission-passes-policy-changes-1.2159068 More than seven months after its last meeting, the Texas Forensic Science Commission — a group charged with reviewing potential professional negligence or misconduct in forensic investigations — unanimously adopted the commission’s newly formed policies and procedures on Friday in Harlingen, Texas. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:19:14 -0600 http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_maha-govt-to-set-up-forensic-laboratories-in-pune-marathwada_1342544 http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_maha-govt-to-set-up-forensic-laboratories-in-pune-marathwada_1342544 Mumbai: As part of its efforts to expedite investigation of criminal cases, Maharashtra government will set up regional forensic laboratories in Pune and Aurangabad divisions. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:18:27 -0600 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/americas-leading-forensic-laboratory-serving,1148495.shtml http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/americas-leading-forensic-laboratory-serving,1148495.shtml Bode Technology Group, Inc. serving the law enforcement and identification markets replaces its existing wireless temperature monitoring system with high precision system from Sensotech. Read more: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/americas-leading-forensic-laboratory-serving,1148495.shtml#ixzz0eTyFSnDZ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:16:40 -0600 http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7254240 http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7254240 LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Little evidence and few, if any, clues: Police are waging an uphill battle trying to identify a young murder victim and track down her killer. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:15:24 -0600 http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100203/NEWS01/2030445/1007/Forensic-audit-team-to-investigate-alleged-thefts-at-Greene-County-Treasurer-s-Office http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100203/NEWS01/2030445/1007/Forensic-audit-team-to-investigate-alleged-thefts-at-Greene-County-Treasurer-s-Office Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott said late Tuesday he was working to finalize a contract for a forensic audit team to help investigate alleged thefts at the Greene County Treasurer's Office uncovered Friday. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:14:01 -0600 http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100129forensics_is_back_on_top_in_fight_vs_crime/ http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100129forensics_is_back_on_top_in_fight_vs_crime/ Forensic scientist Jennifer Hannaford has the Boston Police Latent Print Unit under her thumb - and that’s working just fine for Commissioner Edward Davis. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:03:01 -0600 http://www.themonitor.com/articles/harlingen-34916-controversial-panel.html http://www.themonitor.com/articles/harlingen-34916-controversial-panel.html A state commission investigating claims that faulty arson science led to the 2004 execution of a Corsicana man met for the first time Friday since a controversial membership shakeup temporarily derailed its probe. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:02:28 -0600 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/02/01/urnidgns852573C400693880002576BE0022E604.DTL http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/02/01/urnidgns852573C400693880002576BE0022E604.DTL IT professionals looking to find new employment or upgrade their current positions should investigate job opportunities that address growing demand for technologies such as virtualization, cloud, network security and social computing skills. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/02/01/urnidgns852573C400693880002576BE0022E604.DTL#ixzz0eOnApIDC Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:01:18 -0600 http://en.mercopress.com/2010/02/01/fao-forensic-techniques-to-improve-seafood-safety-for-consumers http://en.mercopress.com/2010/02/01/fao-forensic-techniques-to-improve-seafood-safety-for-consumers An unknown percentage of the fish we eat isn’t what’s it’s purported to be and could have fatal consequences. FAO explores how forensic techniques could help address the problem. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:57:47 -0600 http://www.norwalkplus.com/nwk/information/nwsnwk/publish/health/Stimulus-funded-DNA-work-at-state-forensics-lab-clearing-cases-cutting-backlog_np_7282.shtml http://www.norwalkplus.com/nwk/information/nwsnwk/publish/health/Stimulus-funded-DNA-work-at-state-forensics-lab-clearing-cases-cutting-backlog_np_7282.shtml Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that the Department of Public Safety’s forensics laboratory – which Governor Rell recently bolstered using money from the federal stimulus – has made significant progress in eliminating a backlog of DNA samples waiting to be processed, a move that has helped identify suspects in several sexual assault “cold cases” dating back as far as the 1990s. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:18:39 -0600 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_664929.html http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_664929.html Sam Maslaney and Raquel Malago work on a spatter test during the class. Franklin Regional senior Deanna Pulice is looking forward to an internship this spring at the Westmoreland County coroner's office... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:16:44 -0600 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100131142434.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100131142434.htm Decaying corpses are usually the domain of forensic scientists, but palaeontologists have discovered that studying rotting fish sheds new light on our earliest ancestry. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:15:35 -0600 http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20100201_1025.php http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20100201_1025.php The United States and Japan are expected to hold meetings in Washington this month geared toward encouraging collaboration on nuclear forensics, government sources from the two nations told Kyodo News on Saturday (see GSN, Jan. 26). Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:13:45 -0600 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100128/NEWS0802/1280312/1026/news12 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100128/NEWS0802/1280312/1026/news12 A Desert Hot Springs gang member who was shot by pursuing California Highway Patrol officers during a high-speed chase died from a bullet that entered the back of his head and broke apart inside his brain, a coroner's official testified Wednesday. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:55:16 -0600 http://www.olneydailymail.com/news/x690798376/VIDEO-Andrzejewski-promises-forensic-audit-during-visit http://www.olneydailymail.com/news/x690798376/VIDEO-Andrzejewski-promises-forensic-audit-during-visit A Republican gubernatorial candidate made a stop Monday in Olney, meeting for nearly two hours with residents at the Holiday and touting his goal to bring an end to corruption in Illinois politics. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:54:42 -0600 http://new.wtaq.com/news/articles/2010/jan/28/forensic-scientist-testifies-janesville-murder-sce/ http://new.wtaq.com/news/articles/2010/jan/28/forensic-scientist-testifies-janesville-murder-sce/ A state forensic scientist said a murder scene in Janesville looked like it was staged. Defendant James Koepp claims that somebody else committed a robbery while looking for prescription drugs, and that person killed Danyetta Lentz and her teenagers Nicole and Scott. But prosecutors say Koepp tried to make it look that way. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:48:26 -0600 http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/27/iraq.bombings/ http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/27/iraq.bombings/ Islamic State of Iraq -- an umbrella group which includes al Qaeda in Iraq -- said it had carried out a string of vehicle bomb attacks that killed at least 36 people in Baghdad Monday. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:17:36 -0600 http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-01/e-afa012710.php http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-01/e-afa012710.php A recent special edition of the Elsevier journal Ocean Engineering provides an analysis of the impact of Hurricane Katrina and an overview of the lessons learned in the aftermath of the disaster. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:16:51 -0600 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/26/AR2010012603163.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/26/AR2010012603163.html Forensic scientists have identified the bodies of 11 people who were among the last to see Chilean President Salvador Allende alive, rallying around him as Gen. Augusto Pinochet's forces bombarded the presidential palace in 1973. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:16:05 -0600 http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2010/01/26/innocence_activism/ http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2010/01/26/innocence_activism/ A comprehensive look at post-conviction litigation practices written by Crime Lab Report’s managing editors was recently published in the 2009 Journal of the Institute for the Advancement of Criminal Justice. IACJ is a nonprofit research organization based in Sacramento, Calif. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:52:32 -0600 http://www.greenwisebusiness.co.uk/news/environment-agency-launches-new-weapon-to-detect-illegally-buried-waste-1099.aspx http://www.greenwisebusiness.co.uk/news/environment-agency-launches-new-weapon-to-detect-illegally-buried-waste-1099.aspx New technology that can reveal what has been buried underground is to be used by the Environment Agency in efforts to get polluters to pay for illegally dumped waste. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:45:17 -0600 http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20100125_5173.php http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20100125_5173.php The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed by a wide margin a measure that seeks to boost the United States' nuclear forensics capacity, Environment and Energy Daily reported (see GSN, Dec. 24, 2009). Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:43:41 -0600 http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=1190195&SMap=1 http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=1190195&SMap=1 In renewed violence, at least 20 people were killed and 80 injured when a suicide car-bomber struck a government forensic center in the heart of the Iraqi capital Baghdad Tuesday. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:43:08 -0600 http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100125/news/news6.html http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100125/news/news6.html A Rastafarian man who was accused of shooting at the police was freed last Friday because of major discrepancies in the Crown's case. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:53:21 -0600 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/25/2800456.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/25/2800456.htm Staff shortages are causing a substantial backlog in forensic testing, Northern Territory Police say. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:50:33 -0600 http://www.examiner.com/x-7520-Chicago-Crime-Examiner~y2010m1d22-Day-4-Drew-Peterson-hearing--police-took-no-forensic-evidence-in-3rd-wifes-death-investigation http://www.examiner.com/x-7520-Chicago-Crime-Examiner~y2010m1d22-Day-4-Drew-Peterson-hearing--police-took-no-forensic-evidence-in-3rd-wifes-death-investigation The lead investigator in the death of Drew Peterson's 3rd wife never considered she might have been a victim of foul play so he never took any forensic evidence from the scene and never bothered to talk with her family, according to testimony from that investigator today. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:49:57 -0600 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/nyregion/25dna.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/nyregion/25dna.html New York has become the latest of a handful of jurisdictions to permit a controversial use of DNA evidence that gives law enforcement authorities a sophisticated means to track down criminals. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:49:19 -0600 http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14225463 http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14225463 The remains of a teenage girl found dead in a city park 16 years ago were exhumed last week and investigators working to identify the teen, known only as "Pogonip Jane" hope next time the girl's body is buried, her family will be there to say goodbye. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:27:54 -0600 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6823562.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6823562.html What auto thieves in Dallas touch could help send them to prison. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:24:47 -0600 http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=12839 http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=12839 Marshall University’s Forensic Science Center is working with three metropolitan areas testing DNA evidence found at crime scenes. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:20:39 -0600 http://breezejmu.org/2010/01/21/forensics-help-solve-break-in-cases/ http://breezejmu.org/2010/01/21/forensics-help-solve-break-in-cases/ After JMU Police used its forensic evidence department to find a suspect from a series of April vehicle break-ins, a former Charlottesville resident waits in jail for a February court case. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:29:48 -0600 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/uk-ireland/judges-need-forensics-lessons-14644606.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/uk-ireland/judges-need-forensics-lessons-14644606.html Judges in Northern Ireland should have a better understanding of forensic techniques used to catch criminals, the head of the scientific agency which supplies the police said today. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:25:43 -0600 http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11791725 http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=11791725 The Milwaukee city attorney is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit from a man who served 23 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:12:25 -0600 http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/technews/31336/computer-villains-beware-digital-forensics-gather-pace http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/technews/31336/computer-villains-beware-digital-forensics-gather-pace In the physical world, the police need help from forensic teams to collect evidence to solve crimes and catch culprits. Similarly, in the digital world, digital forensics are a crucial part of the fight against cyber criminals and hackers. The evidence these professionals can gather against suspects can be presented in court. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:07:38 -0600 http://www.caymannewsservice.com/local-news/2010/01/19/cops-leave-behind-forensic-evidence-gun-shot-scene http://www.caymannewsservice.com/local-news/2010/01/19/cops-leave-behind-forensic-evidence-gun-shot-scene West Bayers reported their surprise on Monday when police left behind bullet fragments after examining a number of gun shot scenes following the four separate shooting incidents last Thursday 14 January. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:07:04 -0600 http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2010/01/when-scientific-evidence-isnt-.html http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2010/01/when-scientific-evidence-isnt-.html For years, the FBI used a forensic technique called comparative bullet lead analysis. When lead bullets are made, they absorb trace elements like copper, bismuth and silver. Theoretically, bullets from the same box would have similar levels of those elements. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:13:55 -0600 http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=169492 http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=169492 A Victoria University graduate thinks pig carcasses could hold the key for helping forensic scientists determine times of death. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:13:08 -0600 http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0119/dna.html http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0119/dna.html The Government has published the bill establishing a national DNA database, which enables DNA samples to be taken and retained from suspects in serious crime. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:11:30 -0600 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9DAQCFG1.html http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9DAQCFG1.html What auto thieves in Dallas touch could help send them to prison. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:10:57 -0600 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011103645.html?hpid=moreheadlines http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/11/AR2010011103645.html?hpid=moreheadlines It was just a little more than six months ago that the Supreme Court decided that defendants must have the opportunity to challenge those who prepare forensic reports before they are admitted into evidence. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:33:47 -0600 http://www.physorg.com/news183052826.html http://www.physorg.com/news183052826.html After five years of studying decomposing pig carcasses, Victoria University (New Zealand) graduate Rachel Parkinson could hold the key to determining the time since death in forensic cases. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:33:05 -0600 http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/751875--ontario-sends-chief-forensic-pathologist-to-haiti http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/751875--ontario-sends-chief-forensic-pathologist-to-haiti Ontario is sending its chief forensic pathologist to Haiti on Monday to help a Canadian team that is trying to identify earthquake victims. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:32:34 -0600 http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/1104677.html http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/1104677.html In less than two months, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office will become the second law enforcement agency in the state to have its own forensics lab, Sheriff P.J. Tanner says. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:33:45 -0600 http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-newport-news-dna-evidence,0,2767735.story http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-newport-news-dna-evidence,0,2767735.story DNA evidence has helped Newport News police arrest a man wanted for a March 2009 murder. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:24:37 -0600 Women find true equality in the world of science Read more: http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1535741/?UserKey=#ixzz0cguCJlKb Women find true equality in the world of science Read more: http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1535741/?UserKey=#ixzz0cguCJlKb Some jobs are seen as ‘for the boys’ when woman can do them just as well. Lisa Salmon speaks to women in male-dominated professions about their work, and a campaign encouraging more women to get involved in science and related careers. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:20:59 -0600 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-skulls15-2010jan15,0,5043903.story http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-skulls15-2010jan15,0,5043903.story Detectives hope someone will recognize the three rings and gold necklace, helping to identify the male and female victims. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:19:11 -0600 http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/globenewswire/181886.htm http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/globenewswire/181886.htm Orchid Cellmark Inc. (Nasdaq:ORCH), a leading international provider of identity DNA testing services, today announced a planned consolidation of the company's Nashville, Tennessee forensics testing operations into its Dallas, Texas facility. The transfer of the forensic testing operations to the Dallas facility is expected to begin within the next month. Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:18:32 -0600 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147895543&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147895543&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull A police forensics team is set to depart for Haiti on Friday morning to assist in the identification of casualties of the earthquakes on the island. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:06:05 -0600 http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20100113/NEWS01/100113028/1005/ENT/Facial-reconstruction-may-help-ID-skull http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20100113/NEWS01/100113028/1005/ENT/Facial-reconstruction-may-help-ID-skull Thanks to the state's acclaimed FACES forensics laboratory, Caddo sheriff's detectives now have a face to go on a mysterious skull found by a hunter in the north part of the parish five years ago. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:02:37 -0600 http://www.coloradodaily.com/cu-boulder/ci_14184357 http://www.coloradodaily.com/cu-boulder/ci_14184357 After years of having to send computers and cell phones to be analyzed by outside forensics labs, the Boulder Police Department on Wednesday debuted its own "computer crimes laboratory." Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:01:44 -0600 http://news.stv.tv/scotland/150416-csi-technology-to-be-used-in-scots-courts/ http://news.stv.tv/scotland/150416-csi-technology-to-be-used-in-scots-courts/ Scottish Police Services Authority launch specialist multimedia forensics unit to create 3D computer reconstructions for juries. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:01:05 -0600 http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2256453 http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2256453 Jurors got a glimpse yesterday into the seven-day OPP forensic investigation at the Newington home of a woman found murdered in 2006. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:13:10 -0600 http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-19756-shaking-the-faith-in-science.html http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-19756-shaking-the-faith-in-science.html America’s fascination with the use of forensic science to solve crimes is best proven by the explosion of TV shows dealing with the topic, from dramas like CSI and Cold Case to reality shows like Forensic Files and The Bureau. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:12:31 -0600 http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-01-12-mexico-crime_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-01-12-mexico-crime_N.htm Enrique Ramos slipped a long piece of packing tape into a bowl of purple dye, swished it around and then held it up to a light, looking for fingerprints. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:10:50 -0600 http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2010/01/13/news/news01-01-13-10.txt http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2010/01/13/news/news01-01-13-10.txt Law enforcement officers from Utah and around the world are getting hands-on instruction in Logan this week from experts who work in the constantly changing field of DNA forensics. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:10:24 -0600 http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2010/01/12/forensics-experts-reveal-the-latest-weapon-being-used-by-armed-gangs-in-birmingham-97319-25576167/ http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2010/01/12/forensics-experts-reveal-the-latest-weapon-being-used-by-armed-gangs-in-birmingham-97319-25576167/ IT is the latest weapon being used by armed gangs – and has already been found on the streets of Birmingham. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:21:47 -0600 http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/10550 http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/10550 The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this morning in a case that could challenge last term’s groundbreaking decision granting criminal defendants the right to call forensic analysts as witnesses. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:20:17 -0600 http://www.theage.com.au/national/dna-evidence-back-in-court-20100112-m4q1.html http://www.theage.com.au/national/dna-evidence-back-in-court-20100112-m4q1.html DNA TESTING will resume at Victoria's forensics centre after Victoria Police yesterday adopted a national standard for interpreting DNA. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:19:50 -0600 http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/01/12/20100112forensics.html http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/01/12/20100112forensics.html As Mexico struggles to stem a wave of drug-related crime, forensic-science classes are multiplying, trying to meet the soaring demand for fingerprint collectors, crime-scene photographers and ballistics experts to keep up with the body count. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:19:14 -0600 http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2010/01/11/birmingham-lab-discovers-rival-criminal-gangs-are-being-forced-to-share-guns-97319-25571493/ http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2010/01/11/birmingham-lab-discovers-rival-criminal-gangs-are-being-forced-to-share-guns-97319-25571493/ Rival criminal gangs are being forced to share guns, experts at a Birmingham-based firearms forensics lab have found. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:35:44 -0600 http://www.mydailyregister.com/pages/full_story/push?article-State+witnesses+cover+testimony+collection-+crime+scene+-+Nationally-known+forensics+expert+part+of+defense%20&id=5503270&instance=secondary_news_left_column http://www.mydailyregister.com/pages/full_story/push?article-State+witnesses+cover+testimony+collection-+crime+scene+-+Nationally-known+forensics+expert+part+of+defense%20&id=5503270&instance=secondary_news_left_column First responders and crime scene investigators with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation were among the first witnesses for the prosecution Friday on the second trial of Paula Rizer. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:34:58 -0600 http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2009/12/18/news/doc4b2b36ab4218d327778089.txt http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2009/12/18/news/doc4b2b36ab4218d327778089.txt A now-deceased former analyst at the State Police forensics lab, which examines evidence from serious crimes across New York, regularly falsified his analysis reports and was untrained in key areas, the state Inspector General’s office found. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:34:25 -0600 http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Annie-Le-Case-Delayed-81129642.html http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Annie-Le-Case-Delayed-81129642.html Court proceedings in the case of murdered Yale graduate student Annie Le have been delayed because of a backlog at the state forensics laboratory, the Yale Daily News reports. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:32:26 -0600 http://www.thesunnews.com/575/story/1249314.html http://www.thesunnews.com/575/story/1249314.html A program linking local police work with lab analysis in West Virginia is helping police in coastal South Carolina solve property crimes. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:23:14 -0600 http://www.ksbw.com/news/22178507/detail.html http://www.ksbw.com/news/22178507/detail.html New forensic technology may help Santa Cruz detectives crack a 16-year-old homicide case. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:15:46 -0600 http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1980541,james-lewis-tylenol-murders-dna-010810.article http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1980541,james-lewis-tylenol-murders-dna-010810.article In 1982, seven people died in the Chicago area after taking Tylenol pain-relief capsules that were laced with cyanide. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:14:41 -0600 http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/01/08/news/metro/c1-whbillingslea.txt http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/01/08/news/metro/c1-whbillingslea.txt A backlog at the state forensic laboratory is contributing to a delay in the case against a 33-year-old West Haven man accused of raping and killing a 7-year-old girl, a judge said Thursday. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:13:19 -0600 http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/michael-mcgurks-death-within-earshot/story-e6freuy9-1225817136534 http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/michael-mcgurks-death-within-earshot/story-e6freuy9-1225817136534 THIS is how Michael McGurk died, a single gunshot to the back of his head just behind his right ear. Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:04:35 -0600 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Private-experts-to-help-police-fight-cyber-crime/564400 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Private-experts-to-help-police-fight-cyber-crime/564400 Indian IT companies, cyber crime experts and the police have for the first time kicked off a collaborative effort to prevent multi-million dollar losses due to cyber crimes, including data theft and cyber terrorism in the country. Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:03:52 -0600 http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/giac-adds-three-more-hands-on-technical-certifications-to-their-list-of-ansiisoiec-17024-accredited-credentials-80902642.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/giac-adds-three-more-hands-on-technical-certifications-to-their-list-of-ansiisoiec-17024-accredited-credentials-80902642.html The Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) program, a SANS Institute affiliate, announced today that the GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst (GCFA), GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA) and GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) have been accredited under the ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 Personnel Certification program. GIAC is leading the way in the information security industry with five ANSI accredited credentials. Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:00:38 -0600 http://citizensvoice.com/news/trial-starts-for-accused-glass-bar-shooter-1.530314 http://citizensvoice.com/news/trial-starts-for-accused-glass-bar-shooter-1.530314 A forensics expert testified Wednesday that Sabrina Cordy was facing her killer when a gunshot pierced the middle of her chest. Prosecutors say they have two witnesses who will put the gun in the hands of Andrew D. Woodham. Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:59:43 -0600 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39971346,00.htm http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39971346,00.htm The police officer leading policy on the National DNA Database has said it should not be extended to the entire population. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:32:53 -0600 http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100106114321/Secure1st%20Launches%20IT%20Security%20Workshops%20with%20AUD%20Faculty http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100106114321/Secure1st%20Launches%20IT%20Security%20Workshops%20with%20AUD%20Faculty Secure1st, a business security service and computer forensic solutions provider, today hosted an open security workshop session... Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:31:00 -0600 http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=76385 http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=76385 Internet sexual predators with designs on Yavapai County youths will soon encounter a new deterrent. The Yavapai Sheriff's Office plans to stop would-be cyber-offenders in their tracks with a new computer. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:27:00 -0600 http://www.csoonline.com/article/512793/How_to_Protect_Your_Privacy_from_Computer_Forensics http://www.csoonline.com/article/512793/How_to_Protect_Your_Privacy_from_Computer_Forensics Concerned about identity theft? Selling or recycling an old computer? Corporate investigations manager Brandon Gregg explains three tools for making sure your data is really deleted. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:25:33 -0600 http://www.ajc.com/business/small-world-for-duluth-267762.html http://www.ajc.com/business/small-world-for-duluth-267762.html Duluth-based MVA Scientific Consultants, with its 11 state of the art laboratories, is just as dedicated, minus the sensationalism, in examining a stray hair or microscopic fiber and solving the crime. The smaller the better. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:24:32 -0600 http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20100101/NEWS/100109986/1070&ParentProfile=1058 http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20100101/NEWS/100109986/1070&ParentProfile=1058 Douglas High senior Cassidy Munoz tried to breach the yellow tape of a crime scene at the high school on Dec. 16. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:29:01 -0600 http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/netwitnessr-delivers-explosive-growth-in-2009-80594357.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/netwitnessr-delivers-explosive-growth-in-2009-80594357.html HERNDON, Va., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- NetWitness Corporation, the world leader in automated threat intelligence and real-time network forensics, reported exceptional performance for the 2009 fiscal year. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:28:10 -0600 http://www.newswest9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11754911 http://www.newswest9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11754911 ODESSA – The Permian Basin Forensics Center is getting closer to opening up for business in Odessa. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:27:30 -0600 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8439237.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8439237.stm A forensic expert has developed a way of dating elephant tusks in a bid to help stop the illegal trade of ivory. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:26:49 -0600 Greene: Securing forensic evidence a path to justice Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14113707#ixzz0bebWZLII Greene: Securing forensic evidence a path to justice Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14113707#ixzz0bebWZLII Clarence Moses-EL may spend the rest of his life behind bars as the face of a national problem that too long has gone ignored. From prison, the Colorado inmate won a judge's permission to test the DNA evidence from a rape for which he says he was wrongfully convicted. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:26:08 -0600 http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/80302647.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/80302647.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ Misidentification by witnesses? Faulty forensics? DNA evidence shows that these things happen -- and that innocent people are sent to prison. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:05:14 -0600 http://www.krgv.com/news/local/story/Dead-Drug-Cartel-Chiefs-Crime-Scene-Alterted/L2oX9L4jKUSMy9XfkkY3uA.cspx http://www.krgv.com/news/local/story/Dead-Drug-Cartel-Chiefs-Crime-Scene-Alterted/L2oX9L4jKUSMy9XfkkY3uA.cspx Several Mexican forensics workers have been suspended from their jobs for altering Drug Cartel Chief Arturo Beltran-Leyva's crime scene. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:04:27 -0600 http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20091230/NEWS/912299977/1062&ParentProfile=1049 http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20091230/NEWS/912299977/1062&ParentProfile=1049 Douglas High senior Cassidy Munoz tried to breach the yellow tape of a crime scene at the high school on Dec. 16. Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:03:58 -0600 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Top-DNA-doctor-transferred-out-of-D_C_-police-amid-turmoil-8679798-80075492.html http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Top-DNA-doctor-transferred-out-of-D_C_-police-amid-turmoil-8679798-80075492.html D.C.'s top forensic scientist has been transferred out of the police department amid an increasingly bitter conflict for control of the city's crime laboratory. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:52:43 -0600 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/decaf-cofee?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/decaf-cofee?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29 Hackers have released an application designed to thwart a Microsoft-packaged forensic toolkit used by law enforcement agencies to examine a suspect’s hard drive during a raid. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:50:52 -0600 http://www.wvrecord.com/news/223840-forensic-files-clouds-on-the-horizon http://www.wvrecord.com/news/223840-forensic-files-clouds-on-the-horizon You may not know it, but we are yet again poised on the edge of a potential revolution in computing. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:45:02 -0600 http://news.discovery.com/human/wolf-serial-killer-forensics-genetics.html http://news.discovery.com/human/wolf-serial-killer-forensics-genetics.html For the first time, DNA evidence has been used to unambiguously prove wolf poaching and to identify a suspected serial killer of wolves, according to a new study. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:38:46 -0600 http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE5BR1TB20091228 http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE5BR1TB20091228 Vital clues are often lost after deadly bombings in Iraq, where scenes of carnage are quickly hosed down and bodies whisked away for burial, but this is changing with a new emphasis on forensic investigation. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:35:39 -0600 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/28/2781523.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/28/2781523.htm Northern Territory Police say new technology may help solve a mystery involving an East Timorese national hero who was killed by Indonesian forces more than 30 years ago. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:52:19 -0600 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/12/second-human-skull-found-in-angeles-national-forest.html http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/12/second-human-skull-found-in-angeles-national-forest.html A second human skull has been discovered in the Angeles National Forest by detectives and forensic archaeologists... Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:51:50 -0600 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/29/content_12719484.htm http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/29/content_12719484.htm Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported on Monday that the dead bodies of five, out of eight, murdered people in Tehran's Sunday "riots" have been retained for further forensic examinations. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:51:01 -0600 http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=9432627 http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=9432627 Federal authorities met Monday to reassess the nation's system of terror watchlists to determine how to avoid the type of lapse that allowed a man with explosives to board a flight to the U.S. even though he was flagged as a possible terrorist. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:49:47 -0600 http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20091222/NEWS01/912220340/Pediatrician-had-at-least-16-victims-police-say http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20091222/NEWS01/912220340/Pediatrician-had-at-least-16-victims-police-say Lewes pediatrician Earl B. Bradley is now suspected of raping or molesting at least 16 patients, and more victims could be discovered in the widening investigation, according to court documents obtained Monday. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:00:07 -0600 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/12/17/pershing-park-case-bring-on-the-forensic-examiner/ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/12/17/pershing-park-case-bring-on-the-forensic-examiner/ Judge Emmet Sullivan edged ever closer to referring the Pershing Park case to the Department of Justice---signaling he's close to handing the matter over to Attorney General Eric Holder. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:40:44 -0600 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/12/22/crime_lab.ART_ART_12-22-09_B2_2EG2UG9.html?sid=101 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/12/22/crime_lab.ART_ART_12-22-09_B2_2EG2UG9.html?sid=101 The Columbus police crime lab is so cramped that there isn't enough room to conduct tests on some of the forensic evidence collected by investigators. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:39:13 -0600 http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/12/22/obama-to-name-cybersecurity-advisor-today/ http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/12/22/obama-to-name-cybersecurity-advisor-today/ Major Garrett reports President Obama will name Howard A. Schmidt Cybersecurity Advisor today, filling the post after a year-long search. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:37:59 -0600 http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_reports-in-bariatric-death-case-sent-to-forensic-science-laboratory_1324877 http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_reports-in-bariatric-death-case-sent-to-forensic-science-laboratory_1324877 A day after a 25-year-old died following bariatric (weight-loss) surgery, reports of the viscera test on the decease have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:58:48 -0600 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8425599.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8425599.stm A controversial technique for analysing minute amounts of DNA has been backed by the Court of Appeal. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:49:11 -0600 http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/188706.asp http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/188706.asp Two developers said they created a tool, called DECAF, that compromises Microsoft's COFEE computer-forensics tool by killing its processes, disabling a computer's connection ports and even conjuring up fake MAC addresses. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:44:46 -0600 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/nyregion/18statepolice.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/nyregion/18statepolice.html The New York State Police’s supervision of a major crime laboratory was so poor that it overlooked evidence of pervasively shoddy forensics work, allowing an analyst to go undetected for 15 years as he falsified test results and compromised nearly one-third of his cases, an investigation by the state’s inspector general has found. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:43:06 -0600 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-fbi-computer-forensicsdec04,0,2075631.story http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-fbi-computer-forensicsdec04,0,2075631.story Chicago Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory sifts through computers, cell phones. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:27:08 -0600 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/16/forensics_firm_will_scour_hard_drive/ http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/16/forensics_firm_will_scour_hard_drive/ Computer forensics specialists will probably be able to retrieve at least some of the e-mails deleted, in an apparent violation of state public records law, by the top policy aide to Mayor Thomas M. Menino, according to several specialists who provide such services. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:14:43 -0500 http://www.wfsb.com/news/20953081/detail.html http://www.wfsb.com/news/20953081/detail.html Dr. Henry Lee, a forensic specialist, hasn’t been involved in the investigation into the murder of Annie Le, but the world renowned forensic investigator says that he has been following developments. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:14:18 -0500 http://news.efinancialcareers.co.uk/newsandviews_item/newsItemId-21250 http://news.efinancialcareers.co.uk/newsandviews_item/newsItemId-21250 With recession comes increased incidences of fraud, heightened anxiety around capital projects and tougher financial regulations, all of which spells more business for forensic accountants. Not surprisingly, they're hiring. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:13:58 -0500 http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/local_news/epaper/2009/09/14/0914fenn.html http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/local_news/epaper/2009/09/14/0914fenn.html Responding to a nationally known medical examiner's defense testimony that Elly Lorey died of natural causes, not starvation and dehydration, prosecutors today fielded their own dueling high-profile ME who opined just the opposite. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:13:40 -0500 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2009-09-15-stinson-trial_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2009-09-15-stinson-trial_N.htm Former state medical examiner Dr. George Nichols testified Tuesday that Max Gilpin's death from heatstroke was an "accident" and that the teen may not have lived no matter how he was treated after his collapse at a football practice last year. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:13:16 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/sep/13/forensic-science-cost-cutting-police http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/sep/13/forensic-science-cost-cutting-police Police contracts that put pressure on forensic scientists to deliver low-cost investigations within tight timescales risk jeopardising quality and could lead to a miscarriage of justice, experts have warned. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:13:58 -0500 http://abcnews.go.com/International/US/amanda-knox-murder-trial-resumes/story?id=8548819 http://abcnews.go.com/International/US/amanda-knox-murder-trial-resumes/story?id=8548819 Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend's trial resumes after summer recess. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:13:31 -0500 http://newsok.com/article/3400565 http://newsok.com/article/3400565 A drug abuse scandal in the David Harold Earls child rape case could jeopardize numerous sexual abuse cases, Earls’ former attorney says. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:11:49 -0500 http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2009/09/10/0910fenn.html?imw=Y http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2009/09/10/0910fenn.html?imw=Y Autopsy photos took center stage Thursday at the first-degree murder trial of Toby and Kerstin Fenn who face possible life in prison for the death of Kerstin's mother, whom they cared for. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:11:27 -0500 http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2009/09/14/News/Around.The.Ivies.Body.Found.At.Yale.After.Medical.Students.Disapperance-3770271.shtml http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2009/09/14/News/Around.The.Ivies.Body.Found.At.Yale.After.Medical.Students.Disapperance-3770271.shtml Police in New Haven, Conn., suspect that the female remains they found in the wall of a building near the Yale University campus Sunday is the body of missing Yale medical student Annie Le. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:11:07 -0500 http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=348225 http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=348225 Forensic investigators said neither drugs nor a vehicle malfunction led a Lake Ozark woman to drive her SUV into Lake of the Ozarks in July. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:56:04 -0500 http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/forensic-lab-to-use-sweat-analysis-in-2611-trial/73081/on http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/forensic-lab-to-use-sweat-analysis-in-2611-trial/73081/on In a first of its kind method, the state Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) used sweat analysis which helped investigators in the 26/11 terror attack case to ascertain that the articles seized from the fishing trawler M V Kuber belonged to the terrorists. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:55:35 -0500 http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS112655+10-Sep-2009+BW20090910 http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS112655+10-Sep-2009+BW20090910 GovSec, U.S. Law, produced by 1105 Government Information Group, the leading provider of integrated information and media for the government information technology (IT) market, today announced an additional feature to its 2010 exhibition. "Focus on Digital Forensics" will provide an avenue for federal, state and local law enforcement attendees to interact with leading-edge companies that provide solutions to extract/enhance data from technological devices to support investigations into terrorism, cyber crime, espionage, and other criminal activity. GovSec, U.S. Law will take place March 23-24, 2010 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:54:58 -0500 http://www.freep.com/article/20090909/NEWS01/909090327/1322/Man-cut-up-body--prosecutors-say- http://www.freep.com/article/20090909/NEWS01/909090327/1322/Man-cut-up-body--prosecutors-say- Darryl Lewis cut up the dead man's body, burned the pieces, then hacked them up some more. Then he took the 40 pieces and shoved them in a freezer, prosecutors say. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:54:27 -0500 http://www.lohud.com/article/2009909090349 http://www.lohud.com/article/2009909090349 A new autopsy of Diane Schuler could reveal significantly lower levels of alcohol and marijuana because tissue and fluid samples have been in cold storage for a full seven weeks, the Westchester County medical examiner cautioned yesterday. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:54:05 -0500 http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/forensic-experts-meet-in-wellington-2974057 http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/forensic-experts-meet-in-wellington-2974057 Forensic identification experts from around the world will gather in Wellington on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of New Zealand's forensic dentistry body. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:16:57 -0500 http://www.kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11085651&nav=1kgl http://www.kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11085651&nav=1kgl The man who unmasked billion-dollar Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff will share his insights during an ethics lecture in Lincoln. Harry Markopolos has titled his presentation "Blowing the Whistle on Bernie Madoff: Gift Wrapping and Delivering the Truth about the Largest Ponzi Scheme Ever." Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:16:31 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5ifK5XLfoOpBtlyPC0kvspPu4Muww http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5ifK5XLfoOpBtlyPC0kvspPu4Muww Forensic experts are carrying out a detailed examination of the flats where Jamie Kyne and Jan Wilson died in an apparent arson attack. The young jockeys perished in the fire that ripped through a three-storey block in Norton, near Malton, North Yorkshire, during the early hours of Saturday. Police said scenes of crime officers and fire investigators were delayed in entering the block because the blaze was so bad it had damaged the structure of the building. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:16:02 -0500 http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/09/205_51512.html http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/09/205_51512.html A U.S. war remains recovery team has dispatched three forensic experts for a three-week visit to South Korea to support joint works to excavate the remains of soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, the Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:15:42 -0500 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6607157.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6607157.html Dallas County commissioners have decided to stop picking up the $200,000 per year tab for crime lab tests of evidence collected by city police. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:15:21 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112467796 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112467796 Although assaults on animals were only declared felonies in 2000, Melinda Merck has been investigating animal cruelty for nearly 20 years. After years of legal and veterinary practice, she is now the forensic vet of the ASPCA. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:37:26 -0500 http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/sep/01/bn01search102649/?northcounty http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/sep/01/bn01search102649/?northcounty A man whose body was found Tuesday in the cabin of a capsized boat off the coast of Baja has been identified as a 50-year-old Michael E. Sloan of Oceanside, the county Medical Examiner's Office said. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:37:09 -0500 http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_245230917.html http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_245230917.html Forensic accountants with the Missouri State Highway Patrol have joined in an investigation into money missing from Carthage Municipal Court, Carthage police Chief Greg Dagnan said this week. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:36:48 -0500 http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/305951537209032.bsp http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/305951537209032.bsp A Grand Haven woman is behind bars in Muskegon County, accused of embezzling more than $400,000 from a Norton Shores company. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:36:29 -0500 http://www.sanfernandosun.com/sanfernsun/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4113&Itemid=2 http://www.sanfernandosun.com/sanfernsun/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4113&Itemid=2 The question about the cause of death of a San Fernando man on vacation in Hawaii in July was finally answered after the office of the Honolulu's Medical Examiner's determined that Humberto Murillo had died of mechanical asphyxiation and ruled his death a homicide. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:36:10 -0500 http://www.business-journal.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=14506&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1711&hn=business-journal&he=.com http://www.business-journal.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=14506&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=1711&hn=business-journal&he=.com Amid a continuing economic downturn, renewed government regulatory enforcement and with trillions of dollars of government money infused into the U.S. economy, nearly one-third of corporate executives expect fraud or misconduct to rise in their organizations, finds a survey by KPMG LLP. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:22:30 -0500 http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090831_Woman_left_in_dark_about_spouses_death.html http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090831_Woman_left_in_dark_about_spouses_death.html The widow of a tourist wants to know why he was killed after being accused of stealing beer. For one thing, she says, he didn't drink. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:22:08 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8226329.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8226329.stm Criminal psychologist Dr David Holmes has examined the telephone interview given by alleged kidnapper Phillip Garrido from prison to the KCRA-TV station in California. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:21:31 -0500 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/gurley/detail??blogid=114&entry_id=46512 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/gurley/detail??blogid=114&entry_id=46512 We've all been immersed up to our eyebrows in forensic detail this week. There's the gruesome process of identifying Jasmine Fiore's body, the procedural issues of the failure-to-find and then success locating Jaycee Lee Dugard, as well as the nuances of cause-of-death and toxicology reports in the Michael Jackson case. Some of these stories seem too bizarre even for fiction. So who do writers and producers turn to when they want to nail down forensic details? Who does this work for fun? Here's an interview with D.P. Lyle - author of Forensics for Dummies, other forensics manuals for writers, as well as several works of fiction, and a frequent forensics consultant. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:21:10 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/opinion/31mon2.html?_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/opinion/31mon2.html?_r=1 People should have no illusions about the brutal injustice of the death penalty after all of the exonerations in recent years from DNA evidence, but the case of Cameron Todd Willingham is still shocking. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:20:43 -0500 http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_13210787?source=most_emailed http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_13210787?source=most_emailed TV crime scene investigators typically wrap up a case in under an hour, taking into account that commercial sponsors pay big bucks to advertise their products between blood and gore plots. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:20:54 -0500 http://www.newsday.com/coroners-budget-cuts-could-close-forensic-labs-1.1389034 http://www.newsday.com/coroners-budget-cuts-could-close-forensic-labs-1.1389034 Budget cuts are causing severe staffing and funding problems for some coroner's offices already facing backlogs of cases, and at least one Ohio coroner says budget cuts proposed for next year would force his office to shut down its forensic lab. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:20:34 -0500 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/082609dnmetdalcounty.3d67d92.html http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/082609dnmetdalcounty.3d67d92.html Dallas County commissioners expressed frustration Tuesday about another multimillion-dollar building that's behind schedule because of design and construction problems. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:20:13 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gzY1zUMlWyPJlSbhsKxQpltEXf6AD9AAT1S80 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gzY1zUMlWyPJlSbhsKxQpltEXf6AD9AAT1S80 A fire investigation that led to the execution of a man in the deaths of his three young children was so seriously flawed that its conclusion of arson can't be supported, a fire expert hired by the state said in a new report. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:19:42 -0500 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/24/AR2009082402220.html?hpid=topnews http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/24/AR2009082402220.html?hpid=topnews A partially declassified CIA report released Monday by the Obama administration describes the early implementation of the agency's interrogation program in 2002 and 2003 as ad hoc and poorly supervised, leading to the use of "unauthorized, improvised, inhumane and undocumented" techniques. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:19:23 -0500 http://mansfield.htnp.com/2009/08/23/funds-may-help-solve-%E2%80%98cold-cases%E2%80%99-and-retain-jobs/ http://mansfield.htnp.com/2009/08/23/funds-may-help-solve-%E2%80%98cold-cases%E2%80%99-and-retain-jobs/ The state will use nearly $2 million from the federal stimulus package to step up the rate of DNA testing on state prison inmates and complete the processing of new and existing DNA samples at the Department of Public Safety forensics laboratory in Meriden. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:28:02 -0500 http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/2009/08/fabricated-genetic-fingerprints-and-the-limits-of-forensic-science.html http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/2009/08/fabricated-genetic-fingerprints-and-the-limits-of-forensic-science.html In CSI, the phenomenally successful television show about forensic science, DNA evidence is usually presented as something of a clincher. It's often said that a crime-scene sample that matches a suspect's genetic fingerprint leaves only a one in a million chance that he or she is innocent, and this sort of evidence is often among the most likely to convince judges and juries. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:27:40 -0500 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-bite-dead-baby-082409,0,1408593.story http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-bite-dead-baby-082409,0,1408593.story Two weeks ago, 4-month-old Ashley Diaz was rushed to the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children covered in what appeared to be bite marks. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:26:48 -0500 http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1730590,w-crash-shooting-south-side-082309.article http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1730590,w-crash-shooting-south-side-082309.article A man with a fatal gunshot wound to the head was found in a vehicle that crashed into a garage in a South Side alley early Sunday. The man, who remains unidentified, was pronounced dead on the scene, according to a Cook County Medical Examiner's office spokesman. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:26:25 -0500 http://lubbockonline.com/stories/082109/loc_484100855.shtml http://lubbockonline.com/stories/082109/loc_484100855.shtml The Lubbock County Medical Examiner's office has ruled the June death of a Lubbock State School resident a homicide, and the mother of the 45-year-old told The Avalanche-Journal her son died in a struggle with school staff. Criminal charges have not yet been filed in the death of Michael Nicholson, who died June 6. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:25:46 -0500 http://www.rrstar.com/homepage/x772306707/Officials-huddle-over-Baby-Crystal-tests http://www.rrstar.com/homepage/x772306707/Officials-huddle-over-Baby-Crystal-tests Forensic scientists confirmed today that the two bags found last week in the trunk of Katie L. Stockton’s impounded car contained the skeletons of two infants. Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:44:33 -0500 http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/19/crimesider/entry5253639.shtml http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/19/crimesider/entry5253639.shtml The headline in the New York Times this week was designed to shock and it did: "DNA evidence can be fabricated." Since the mid-1990’s, when the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles introduced the concept of DNA evidence to the public, it has become the "gold standard" of forensic tools - evidence considered so reliable that few question its results. Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:44:02 -0500 http://www.smh.com.au/national/lin-family-murders-police-unaware-of--letter-naming-killers-20090820-eqtz.html http://www.smh.com.au/national/lin-family-murders-police-unaware-of--letter-naming-killers-20090820-eqtz.html Police say they have not received a letter from a Sydney lawyer naming the alleged killers of newsagent Min Lin and his family. A report in The Daily Telegraph today claimed the Lin family's lawyer, Daniel Sheen, was sent an anonymous two-page letter naming the killers and outlining how Min Lin, his wife Lillie, their two sons Henry and Terry, and Mrs Lin's sister Irene, were murdered. Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:43:30 -0500 http://gcn.com/articles/2009/08/24/it-forensics-tools-tech-strategies.aspx http://gcn.com/articles/2009/08/24/it-forensics-tools-tech-strategies.aspx As networks have become increasingly distributed yet interconnected, the scope and types of threats to computer systems have grown with them. Meanwhile, the forensic tools available to prevent unauthorized access and thwart illegal activity have also grown. Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:43:02 -0500 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/19/AR2009081903882.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/19/AR2009081903882.html The Virginia General Assembly voted Wednesday to drop a legal requirement that prosecutors prove that breath machines in drunken driving cases have been tested and are accurate, and lawmakers also established a timetable for defendants to challenge scientific evidence in criminal cases. Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:42:41 -0500 http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/12/crimesider/entry5237457.shtml http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/12/crimesider/entry5237457.shtml Kristin O'Connell was a college student when she was brutally murdered during a visit to upstate New York in the summer of 1985. She was studying hotel and restaurant management and hoped to someday work in Hawaii. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:09:18 -0500 http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2009/08/15/news/news081509_04.txt http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2009/08/15/news/news081509_04.txt The medical examiner who autopsied a 6-year-old child in 2000 was on the witness stand for four hours Friday, explaining his cause of death report and considering several alternate death scenarios proposed by the defense. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:08:56 -0500 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/16/AR2009081602140.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/16/AR2009081602140.html D.C. police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Northwest Washington, authorities said. About 10:55 p.m. Saturday, police were called to the rear of the 5300 block of First Street NW. Officers found 26-year-old Ryan Collins, of the 100 block of Ingraham Street NW, dead of multiple gunshot wounds. Collins was taken to the District's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:08:36 -0500 http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/aug/17/1m17pubsafe001633-public-safety/?metro&zIndex=150476 http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/aug/17/1m17pubsafe001633-public-safety/?metro&zIndex=150476 Authorities are investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl who was found floating face down in a hot tub at her home Saturday night, the county Medical Examiner's Office said. The toddler, identified as Natalia E. Muñoz, lived with her family on Corral Canyon Road near Sprinter Lane. Natalia was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead about 7:15 p.m. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:08:14 -0500 http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=NOED16%20Aug%202009%2019%3A10%3A40%3A173 http://www.edp24.co.uk/content/edp24/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=xDefault&itemid=NOED16%20Aug%202009%2019%3A10%3A40%3A173 Cold case detectives seeking to identify the body of a headless woman abandoned in Norfolk hope cutting edge forensic technology could provide a breakthrough in the 35-year-old mystery. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:07:55 -0500 http://www.homernews.com/stories/081209/news_1_003.shtml http://www.homernews.com/stories/081209/news_1_003.shtml The Alaska State Medical Examiner has not yet made a positive identification of the body of a middle-aged man found in woods near a downtown Homer trail last Wednesday. The body is suspected to be that of Stephen Engle, 53, a man reported missing for 21 days. Engle had last been seen leaving the Homer Police Department about 1 p.m. July 15. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:37:09 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/world/asia/12briefs-Indonesia.html?_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/world/asia/12briefs-Indonesia.html?_r=1 Forensic tests have confirmed that the man killed in a shootout on Saturday was not Noordin Muhammad Top, the most wanted terrorism suspect in Southeast Asia, Indonesian police said Wednesday. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:36:39 -0500 http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/aug2009/db20090811_063966.htm http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/aug2009/db20090811_063966.htm From the start, few believed Bernard Madoff's claim that he acted alone in creating and managing his $65 billion Ponzi scheme. On Aug. 11, in a Manhattan courtroom, that claim was revealed to be just another of Madoff's lies. Madoff's former chief financial officer, Frank DiPascali, pleaded guilty to 10 criminal charges relating to his involvement in the scam and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. "I was loyal to him. I ended up being loyal to a terrible, terrible fault," he said in U.S. District Court. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:36:09 -0500 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/215182 http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/215182 A Virginia Senate subcommittee agreed Wednesday on draft legislation that could help the state's court system deal with the effects of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision involving the use of forensic evidence in criminal trials. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:35:22 -0500 http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/12/crimesider/entry5237457.shtml http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/12/crimesider/entry5237457.shtml Kristin O'Connell was a college student when she was brutally murdered during a visit to upstate New York in the summer of 1985. She was studying hotel and restaurant management and hoped to someday work in Hawaii. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:35:03 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iPvhhGaXcLBd2tMJW7nfjVLe8UYAD99UAEV00 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iPvhhGaXcLBd2tMJW7nfjVLe8UYAD99UAEV00 Authorities say a human finger wasn't dropped on a deck at the Jersey shore after all. A forensic anthropologist has determined the object, which resembled a decaying finger with an acrylic french-manicured nail, is neither human nor animal. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:46:43 -0500 http://www.freep.com/article/20090810/NEWS03/908100349/1005 http://www.freep.com/article/20090810/NEWS03/908100349/1005 Susie and Scott Seymour of Royal Oak have waited almost five months to learn just what killed their 25-year-old daughter, Stacie. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:46:18 -0500 http://www.newsday.com/police-new-forensics-could-help-solve-95-ny-case-1.1358995 http://www.newsday.com/police-new-forensics-could-help-solve-95-ny-case-1.1358995 Investigators are taking a new look at a 14-year-old killing in suburban Rochester and say they hope new forensic technology might solve the case. Greece Police Lt. Steve Wise told the Democrat and Chronicle for a story Sunday that Timothy Milgate's slaying was assigned to a new investigative team in April. Relatives returning from a movie found the 34-year-old Milgate shot and stabbed in his mother's home on June 27, 1995. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:45:56 -0500 http://www.sunjournal.com/node/89817 http://www.sunjournal.com/node/89817 The search for little Caylee Anthony has lasted for five months, with volunteers scouring acres of central Florida forests and marshes and authorities chasing leads and sightings nationwide. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:45:34 -0500 http://rocnow.com/article/local-news/2009908080325 http://rocnow.com/article/local-news/2009908080325 The foot was not a human foot after all. Three days after workers at an Ontario County recycling plant discovered what they thought was a human foot on a conveyor belt, the county Sheriff’s Office announced that the foot was actually a right rear bear paw. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:45:14 -0500 http://www.khou.com/news/local/crime/stories/khou090806_mh_dna-rape-sonnier.b4a9535e.html http://www.khou.com/news/local/crime/stories/khou090806_mh_dna-rape-sonnier.b4a9535e.html A Houston man sent to prison for a 1985 kidnapping has been cleared by DNA, according to The Innocence Project. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:56:48 -0500 http://www.reviewonline.com/page/content.detail/id/517430.html?nav=5008 http://www.reviewonline.com/page/content.detail/id/517430.html?nav=5008 A bullet containing the DNA of shooting victim Tonia Amato is on its way to be examined at a forensic laboratory in Washington state. County Common Pleas Court Judge C. Ashley Pike issued an order this week stating the bullet and the box it was found in would be shipped to the Columbia International Forensics Laboratory in Newport, Wash., as requested by defense attorney James Hartford, whose client, Jack C. Amato Jr., is charged with murdering his wife. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:56:24 -0500 http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12998428?nclick_check=1 http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12998428?nclick_check=1 A mother killed in her Eastside home nearly two years ago fought back when she was smothered with a piece of fabric, possibly a pillow, but couldn't fend off the attack, the coroner who conducted her autopsy said in court. Dr. Richard Mason, a forensic pathologist, was on the witness stand for about an hour Wednesday afternoon. It was the only testimony jurors heard on the second day of Marshall Doud's murder trial. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:55:53 -0500 http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/aug/06/hiker-dies-girl-rescued-cowles-mountain/?metro&zIndex=145038 http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/aug/06/hiker-dies-girl-rescued-cowles-mountain/?metro&zIndex=145038 A 67-year-old man died yesterday afternoon while hiking on Cowles Mountain, and a 14-year-old girl who suffered a heat-related problem was rescued from the mountain several hours earlier. The man was identified by the county Medical Examiner's Office as Raymond Newsom Mathias Jr. of Rancho San Diego. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:55:25 -0500 http://www.projo.com/ri/northprovidence/content/NORTH_PROVIDENCE_AUDIT_08-06-09_ONFA0GC_v50.38abdb8.html http://www.projo.com/ri/northprovidence/content/NORTH_PROVIDENCE_AUDIT_08-06-09_ONFA0GC_v50.38abdb8.html The Town Council wants to develop a formal proposal for a forensic audit of the school district’s finances. Councilmen also want the School Department to provide access to three years of checks and other financial records. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:54:44 -0500 http://www.times-news.com/local/local_story_215110435.html http://www.times-news.com/local/local_story_215110435.html A 55-year-old man who often lost his keys was found deceased on Glenn Street on Monday morning after Cumberland Police investigated a report of human legs dangling from a window of a residence. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:36:27 -0500 http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/52378972.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/52378972.html Ambia Lawrence, 15, seemed fine after her tonsils and adenoids were removed Friday, even drinking two small containers of apple juice later that day, her mother said Monday. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:36:13 -0500 http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=1674 http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=1674 After Hurricane Katrina devastated much of Louisiana, the state was granted $9 billion for recovery and disbursement to individual homeowners. Keith Barger, a director in KPMG's Forensic practice in Houston, was put in charge of a forensics and fraud team to ensure verification of insurance claims, investigations and to trace fraud activities. This work kept Barger's team busy for a year and a half. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:35:57 -0500 http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/latest-news/Kids-turn-detective-with-forensics.5520010.jp http://www.newsguardian.co.uk/latest-news/Kids-turn-detective-with-forensics.5520010.jp CHILDREN have turned detective to help solve a 'crime' using the latest technology. A group of 42 pupils from Amberley Primary School took part in a unique project aimed at increasing interest in science at an early age. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:35:36 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/8182707.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/8182707.stm Cambridgeshire Police have been handed a damning report by inspectors after DNA samples were found stored in a fridge near a half-eaten takeaway meal. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:35:18 -0500 http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/top_three/article_3a7b9d9c-7bf5-11de-bf7d-001cc4c03286.html http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/top_three/article_3a7b9d9c-7bf5-11de-bf7d-001cc4c03286.html New technology and a police detective's passion have revived the search for answers in a 38-year-old unsolved case. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:07:39 -0500 http://www.app.com/article/20090730/NEWS/90730135/1070/NEWS02 http://www.app.com/article/20090730/NEWS/90730135/1070/NEWS02 Authorities are investigating what appears to be a manicured finger found on a deck outside an Osprey Point Drive home. Police were called at 10:15 a.m. for a report that a decomposed female finger was found on the deck, and authorities suspect it was dropped there by a bird, Police Chief Michael W. Palmer said. There appeared to be an acrylic, french-manicured nail on the finger, he said. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:07:13 -0500 http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bal-md.ci.lawsuit30jul30,0,6937655.story http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bal-md.ci.lawsuit30jul30,0,6937655.story The family of a Westminster man who died after lung transplant surgery last year has filed a wrongful-death suit against the University of Maryland Medical Center and a subcontractor for what they say was a botched procedure. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:06:40 -0500 http://www.freep.com/article/20090729/NEWS03/90729026/1005 http://www.freep.com/article/20090729/NEWS03/90729026/1005 A forensic anthropologist has determined that a jawbone found at a Bloomfield Township home belonged to a man in his 20s who died anywhere from 200 to 1,000 years ago. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:06:20 -0500 http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/news/local/07/31/comprehensive-forensic-audit-of-ministry-fire-scene-was-needed-wpa/ http://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/news/local/07/31/comprehensive-forensic-audit-of-ministry-fire-scene-was-needed-wpa/ The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) said on Wednesday that if the government was really serious about getting to the truth of the Health Ministry fire it would have moved to ensure a comprehensive forensic audit of the scene. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:06:00 -0500 http://www.news.wisc.edu/16924 http://www.news.wisc.edu/16924 More than 23 years after his 1985 homicide conviction, a Milwaukee man, Robert Lee Stinson, is scheduled to appear in a Milwaukee courtroom this morning (July 27) at a hearing in which prosecutors have indicated they will drop all charges. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:28:30 -0500 http://www.easthamptonstar.com/dnn/Home/News/SHFinancialFiasco/tabid/9530/Default.aspx http://www.easthamptonstar.com/dnn/Home/News/SHFinancialFiasco/tabid/9530/Default.aspx Southampton Town’s finances have been getting the once, twice, and even thrice-over by the town board in response to a continuously unfolding internal investigation of financial practices over the past five years as well as the report of forensic auditors. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:28:04 -0500 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/07/27/exclusive-police-to-launch-new-forensic-probes-into-2000-unsolved-scots-rape-cases-86908-21550677/ http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/07/27/exclusive-police-to-launch-new-forensic-probes-into-2000-unsolved-scots-rape-cases-86908-21550677/ THOUSANDS of unsolved rapes are to be probed again in an operation to trap sex beasts who have dodged justice. Cold cases dating back to 1999 will be re-assessed using the latest forensic techniques. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:27:42 -0500 http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=17&articleid=20090724_11_0_StateM751669 http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=17&articleid=20090724_11_0_StateM751669 Tulsa Police Officer Leland Ashley confirmed that police received a call at about 9:45 a.m. Friday from the Tulsa medical examiner's office regarding an alleged threat by Rob Deaton. Records show Deaton lives in Edmond and is an investigator with the office. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:27:15 -0500 http://www.kxmc.com/News/411360.asp http://www.kxmc.com/News/411360.asp Police in St. Peter along with state investigators are looking into the suspicious deaths of two people whose bodies they found about 12 hours apart. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:26:49 -0500 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135807/How_to_Build_Your_Own_Digital_Forensics_Lab_Cheap http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135807/How_to_Build_Your_Own_Digital_Forensics_Lab_Cheap All too frequently a peer will contact me in a panic about recovering deleted files from a suspect's hard drive--after my peer has trampled on the digital evidence like a rookie police officer at his first crime scene. Often valuable evidence is lost for good,or unusable in court; or worse, the suspect knows he is being investigated. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:31:41 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iLT6814aUmBTvCD0e6JaLq0ElPWQD99JIHRG0 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iLT6814aUmBTvCD0e6JaLq0ElPWQD99JIHRG0 Two D.C. medical examiners say they are unsure how four girls found decomposing in a row house died. Their mother, Banita Jacks, has pleaded not guilty to charges of premeditated first-degree murder in their deaths. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:31:14 -0500 http://www.seattlepi.com/local/408374_shooting23.html http://www.seattlepi.com/local/408374_shooting23.html A man was shot in the head and killed Wednesday night in Seattle's Leschi neighborhood, and police are searching for a 19-year-old suspect. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:30:54 -0500 http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/medical_examiner_disputes_release_of_burned_bodys_id_6037868.html http://www.kenoshanews.com/news/medical_examiner_disputes_release_of_burned_bodys_id_6037868.html The Racine County Sheriff’s Department has tentatively identified the body found burned beyond recognition early last week at a private archery range, but the medical examiner said it may have jumped the gun. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:26:27 -0500 http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/jul/22/autopsies-headline-goes-in-here/ http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/jul/22/autopsies-headline-goes-in-here/ More than 80 counties have received a letter that Texas Tech University Medical Center will be getting out of the autopsy business by August 31, which means several counties throughout the Big Country will have to seek other providers. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:26:01 -0500 http://www.wickedlocal.com/brockton/news/x737377685/The-state-police-forensic-lab-in-Maynard-is-central-facility-for-law-enforcement-DNA-technology-in-Massachusetts http://www.wickedlocal.com/brockton/news/x737377685/The-state-police-forensic-lab-in-Maynard-is-central-facility-for-law-enforcement-DNA-technology-in-Massachusetts Paul E. Petrino stepped into the locked second-floor, humidity-controlled room in the Massachusetts State Police Forensic Technology Center in Maynard. There, the temperature is kept at 66 degrees and more than 82,000 sealed and numbered-coded envelopes line the shelves. The envelopes are a key component in the state’s DNA database, where blood samples taken from criminals are stored. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:17:39 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iHxzYQ5Vr6tSBVXPzpHv_9xD34VAD99H1UE00 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iHxzYQ5Vr6tSBVXPzpHv_9xD34VAD99H1UE00 Until a few years ago, the memory of three African American soldiers was buried beneath the sandy, desert in New Mexico, their remains left behind by the military and to the mercy of looters. With some investigating and modern forensics, government archaeologists excavated the remains and identified them as Army Pvts. Thomas Smith, David Ford and Levi Morris. They were among the famed Buffalo Soldiers, African-American members of the U.S. Army who served at remote outposts on the Western frontier. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:17:09 -0500 http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-07-16-nursedetective_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-07-16-nursedetective_N.htm As Maureen Fogarty approached her patient at University of Louisville Hospital, his dressing gown slipped, revealing the imprint of a tire running across his chest. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:16:48 -0500 http://technu.nst.com.my/Monday/CoverStory/20090720102503/Article http://technu.nst.com.my/Monday/CoverStory/20090720102503/Article If you think you have completely erased that e-mail or photo on your computer or mobile phone, think again. Whatever you do on your computer leaves a trace. Evidence of computer activity is stored in many places on the hard drive. Information about network access is potentially logged on many computers throughout the local network and global Internet. Mobile phones, too, have information about who you’ve been in contact with. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:16:23 -0500 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-lklake-murder-trial-072009072009jul20,0,5950985.story http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-lklake-murder-trial-072009072009jul20,0,5950985.story A death-penalty case that begins today may hinge on the kind of plot-twisting, forensic evidence that solves TV-show crimes. A bullet links Farron Livingston, 22, of Leesburg to the killing of Apu Das, 35, an immigrant from Bangladesh who was shot to death Oct. 29, 2006, at Tyler's Friendly Market in Leesburg. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:15:55 -0500 http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/15/detectives-release-sketch-of-man-whose-bones-in/?partner=RSS http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/15/detectives-release-sketch-of-man-whose-bones-in/?partner=RSS Detectives hope a composite sketch of the man whose remains were found at a Harold Drive construction site in June will bring them a step closer to determining who he is. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:18:54 -0500 http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2009/07/16/in_insanity_cases_leave_decision_in_juries_hands/ http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2009/07/16/in_insanity_cases_leave_decision_in_juries_hands/ STEPHEN BERGMAN (“The farce of dueling psychiatrists,’’ Op-ed, July 13) asserts that testimony by mental health professionals to determine legal insanity can be reduced to farce. Despite testimony in the “Clark Rockefeller’’ case that Dr. Bergman considers flawed, legitimate differences of opinion occur frequently. Juries have proved capable of deliberating and arriving at just decisions in such cases. As Bergman points out, cases involving the relationship of mental illness to legal concepts such as insanity are complex and require careful assessment by forensic experts. A mental illness diagnosis may be vague, or even irrelevant to a legal concept such as insanity. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:18:31 -0500 http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1669442,four-killed-six-hours-chicago-071609.article http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1669442,four-killed-six-hours-chicago-071609.article Three men were fatally shot. One man was fatally stabbed. Police shot one man and at least seven other people were wounded by gunfire -- including an 8-year-old boy sitting in his bedroom -- during an especially violent six hours late Wednesday and early Thursday mainly on the South and West Sides. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:18:04 -0500 http://www.firefighterhourly.com/firefighter_hourly/2009/07/forensic-audit-will-reveal-why-columbia-cant-fund-fire-department.html http://www.firefighterhourly.com/firefighter_hourly/2009/07/forensic-audit-will-reveal-why-columbia-cant-fund-fire-department.html City of Columbia officials believe they know how to deal with the current, self induced financial strain precipitated by poor oversight. However, the question for citizens is whether those responsible can oversee a pull no punches audit. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:17:34 -0500 http://www.projo.com/ri/eastprovidence/content/ME_IDENTIFIES_BODY_REMAINS_07-16-09_N8F2J6R_v7.37ceec3.html http://www.projo.com/ri/eastprovidence/content/ME_IDENTIFIES_BODY_REMAINS_07-16-09_N8F2J6R_v7.37ceec3.html The state medical examiner’s office has confirmed that the remains unearthed in East Providence last November are those of hoodlum Joseph P. “Joe Onions” Scanlon and that he died of a gunshot wound to the head, the Department of Health said Wednesday. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:17:12 -0500 http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSBYT434331 http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSBYT434331 Forensic experts have unearthed a mass grave in the eastern Kosovo town of Gnjilane containing 11 bodies including four children, the European Union mission (EULEX) said in a statement on Tuesday. The victims are believed to be ethnic Albanians killed in the early days of a two year counter-insurgency war that began in 1998, a police source told Reuters. At the time of the killings the area was controlled by the Yugoslav army. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:45:02 -0500 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_633396.html http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_633396.html A Supreme Court ruling regarding use of crime laboratory reports at trial likely won't have much effect on criminal cases in Allegheny County, experts say. The court last month ruled 5-4 that crime lab reports cannot be used against defendants during trial unless the analysts behind the reports give testimony and subject themselves to cross-examination. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:44:32 -0500 http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/13/stories/2009071356491000.htm http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/13/stories/2009071356491000.htm Forensic examiners who investigated the alleged rape and murder of two south Kashmir women made errors which could make it impossible to convict the perpetrators, a judicial probe has found. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:44:12 -0500 http://www.bigspringherald.com/content/view/178494/60/ http://www.bigspringherald.com/content/view/178494/60/ With Texas Tech's University Medical Center getting out of the autopsy business the end of July, Howard County Commissioners will be considering a contract with South Plains Forensic Pathology to help fill the void. County Judge Mark Barr said UMC will stop providing autopsy services Aug. 1, ending a long-running relationship between the school and Howard County. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:43:48 -0500 http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/07/13/news/coastal/del_mar/zaf8bc51e0611444f882575f2005472b6.txt http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/07/13/news/coastal/del_mar/zaf8bc51e0611444f882575f2005472b6.txt A woman found floating face down in a Del Mar hotel hot tub over the weekend later died in the hospital, the medical examiner's office said Monday. Breta Bergin, 39, who lived in San Diego County, was pronounced brain dead Sunday evening at Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, the medical examiner's office said. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:43:24 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8141513.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8141513.stm Weaknesses in the operations of Forensic Science Northern Ireland remain four years after being identified, a new report has said. A Criminal Justice Northern Ireland (CJNI) report said demonstrating value for money was of concern to the police. Chief Inspector Dr Michael Maguire said a report in 2005 and a follow-up in 2007 had identified shortcomings. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:30:16 -0500 http://newsok.com/medical-examiners-office-receives-more-bad-news/article/3383353 http://newsok.com/medical-examiners-office-receives-more-bad-news/article/3383353 THE Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Office was the picture of professionalism and class during the awful spring of 1995, when it worked relentlessly for weeks to identify those killed in the Murrah Building bombing. Those days now seem a very long way away. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:29:51 -0500 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529951,00.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529951,00.html Forensic experts in the Meredith Kercher trial are expected Friday to deny that American murder suspect Amanda Knox faked a break-in to throw police off the track. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:29:30 -0500 http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/July09/09/Ramos_arr-09Jul09.html http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2009/July09/09/Ramos_arr-09Jul09.html The former Stony Point Little League treasurer Wednesday was arrested and charged with stealing over $130,000 from league accounts from 2004 until late 2008, Stony Point Town Police said. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:29:09 -0500 http://www.govinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=1613 http://www.govinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=1613 Whether it was a conspiracy among the North Korean government and its clandestine cohorts of digital terrorists, a gang of cyber criminals or mischief-making teenage hackers, the attacks this week on the websites of some of America's best known and influential institutions are only a sample of things to come. Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:28:48 -0500 http://www.theage.com.au/national/police-shut-down-probe-into-bullying-by-officer-20090706-dahg.html http://www.theage.com.au/national/police-shut-down-probe-into-bullying-by-officer-20090706-dahg.html Victoria Police has shut down a bullying investigation into a senior officer embroiled in a bitter internal dispute at its troubled forensic science laboratory. The investigation into alleged bullying by the head of the laboratory's forensic exhibit management unit, Senior Sergeant Mick Ritchie, was nearing completion when police command suspended it in August last year. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:44:39 -0500 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529951,00.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529951,00.html Forensic experts in the Meredith Kercher trial are expected Friday to deny that American murder suspect Amanda Knox faked a break-in to throw police off the track. Knox, 21, is jointly charged with her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 25, of the brutal sex murder of Kercher, who was found semi-naked with her throat cut. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:43:26 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hGwHiLipSUh-7Ybmz1rmrTJJr7HgD996KDTG0 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hGwHiLipSUh-7Ybmz1rmrTJJr7HgD996KDTG0 Any doubt that remains found in the Utah wilderness were those of Everett Ruess, a legendary wanderer of the 1930s, seemed to be erased by a battery of forensic and genetic tests a few months ago. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:42:26 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/arts/03arts-ACTORDIDNTKI_BRF.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/arts/03arts-ACTORDIDNTKI_BRF.html A medical examiner hired by the family of David Carradine said that an independent autopsy showed that he had died from asphyxiation but did not commit suicide, Reuters reported. The examiner, Dr. Michael Baden, a forensic pathologist, was hired by the Carradine family after Mr. Carradine’s death on June 4 in a hotel room in Bangkok, where he was working on a movie. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:42:04 -0500 http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/yb/132636050 http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/yb/132636050 Bernard L. Madoff, the financial scamster extraordinaire, may be behind bars for the rest of his life, but his legacy will drag on for years as his thousands of victims battle in court to recoup money from Wall Street's biggest fraud. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:41:31 -0500 http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-06-25-forensic_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-06-25-forensic_N.htm A narrowly divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that when prosecutors introduce drug, blood or other forensic reports at trial, the analyst who prepared the report must testify. The admission of a report, without testimony and an opportunity to question the preparer, violates a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him, the court ruled in a 5-4 vote. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:05:18 -0500 http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/broughton_man_tracking_down_the_millionaire_fraudsters_1_575978?referrerPath=news/ http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/broughton_man_tracking_down_the_millionaire_fraudsters_1_575978?referrerPath=news/ A BROUGHTON accountant was at the centre of an investigation into millions of pounds worth of “reckless” loans from a single branch of HBOS. David Winch was brought in to look at the accounts of 113 companies during a BBC investigation into the branch in Reading. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:04:46 -0500 http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news/story/1465699.html http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news/story/1465699.html Three weeks before Albert Gatica was to go on trial on a murder charge in the death of his girlfriend, Tarrant County prosecutors have dismissed the charge, saying evidence suggests that the victim was hit by a car. Prosecutors said they have proof that Gatica assaulted Heather Weed, 18. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:04:08 -0500 http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=124649793821877500 http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=124649793821877500 Fifteen-month-old Ava Worthington’s size and weight were more typical of a six-month-old when she died in March 2008, and she appeared malnourished and dehydrated ahead of her autopsy, a witness told the jury Wednesday during the third day of the faith-healing trial of and Oregon City couple. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:03:45 -0500 http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2009/jul/02/la-alcohol-oxycodone-commonly-found-in-deaths/ http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2009/jul/02/la-alcohol-oxycodone-commonly-found-in-deaths/ With all the commotion in the news about Florida clamping down on "pill mills" responsible for dispensing massive quantities of pain killers like oxycodone to the public, the District 10 Medical Examiner's Office offered up some statistics Wednesday. The District 10 Medical Examiner investigates unknown or suspicious deaths in Hardee, Highlands and Polk counties. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:03:22 -0500 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/features/6501789.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/features/6501789.html When someone famous dies, Michael Baden’s phone starts ringing. The 74-year-old forensic pathologist — who smiles merrily when asked about his “detective of death” nickname — got one of those calls last month, the day after David Carradine was found dead in a Bangkok hotel room. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:47:25 -0500 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-court-lab26-2009jun26,0,693455.story http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-court-lab26-2009jun26,0,693455.story The Supreme Court announced Thursday a potentially significant change in how crime lab reports are used in trials, ruling that a defendant has the right to cross-examine in front of the jury the experts who prepared these reports. Crime labs have been subjected to criticism in the last decade, much of it because of DNA evidence that has shown at least 240 prisoners were in fact not guilty. In many instances, they were convicted based on faulty tests involving hair samples, clothing fibers, blood or ballistics from guns. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:46:58 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09180/980632-100.stm http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09180/980632-100.stm A suspected robber shot and killed himself after he was confronted by police outside his home yesterday. Jonathan Muhl, 27, of Lincoln Club Road in McCandless, died at 9:51 p.m. at the scene of the shooting. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:46:27 -0500 http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1643004,w-autopsy-wave-drown-062809.article http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1643004,w-autopsy-wave-drown-062809.article An autopsy determined a 4-year-old girl drowned after being struck by a wave at Calumet Beach Park Tuesday. The girl died Saturday night, four days after being pulled from the Southeast Side beach. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:45:30 -0500 http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/forensics-bring-800-bc-mummys-face-to-life-re-issue_100210490.html http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/forensics-bring-800-bc-mummys-face-to-life-re-issue_100210490.html A forensic artist and a police artist in Maryland have restored the face of an ancient mummy from 800 B.C., who currently resides in the University of Chicago, and is dubbed as ‘mummy Meresamun’. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:45:05 -0500 http://www.independentmail.com/news/2009/jun/23/seneca-shooting-clues-forwarded-sled-forensics/ http://www.independentmail.com/news/2009/jun/23/seneca-shooting-clues-forwarded-sled-forensics/ Clues in the Saturday shooting at the Upstate Pain Management & Surgery Clinic in Seneca have been forwarded to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for analysis. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:52:34 -0500 http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/jun/22/marco-officials-forensic-audit-no-surprise/ http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/jun/22/marco-officials-forensic-audit-no-surprise/ It was a near chorus response to the findings of a lack of fraud in the forensic audit of Marco’s $42 million, seven-year Collier Boulevard reconstruction project. “No surprise.” Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:52:10 -0500 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Assault-on-child-Police-wait-for-forensic-report/articleshow/4698953.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Assault-on-child-Police-wait-for-forensic-report/articleshow/4698953.cms Even as the Shahu Nagar police arrested the father of an 11-year-old girl for allegedly molesting her, the police were waiting for the forensic report to decide whether it was a case of rape. The case was brought to light when the minor was taken to Sion Hospital by her aunt. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:51:44 -0500 http://www.lakecityreporter.com/articles/2009/06/25/news/doc4a42e50f6f907516890796.txt http://www.lakecityreporter.com/articles/2009/06/25/news/doc4a42e50f6f907516890796.txt Autopsy reports have determined Dannette Peterson Young died as the result of being stabbed seven times, according to police reports. The Lake City Police Department received the autopsy results for Young Wednesday from the Medical Examiner’s Office in Jacksonville, which noted Young was the victim of multiple stab wounds. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:51:11 -0500 http://lohud.com/article/20090623/NEWS03/906230364/-1/SPORTS http://lohud.com/article/20090623/NEWS03/906230364/-1/SPORTS A preliminary Rockland medical examiner's report found a 42-year-old Spring Valley man did not die from physical injuries while in Haverstraw police custody, authorities said yesterday. The exact cause of Antonio O. Garmon's death awaits the results of toxicology tests, which could take up to eight weeks. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:50:51 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/8111789.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/8111789.stm The victim was assaulted on a cycle path parallel to Gresley Way shortly before 0330 BST on 19 May. A Cambridgeshire police spokesman said men aged between 16 and 33 in the Westwood and Ravensthorpe areas would be asked to provide a mouth swab. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:06:11 -0500 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-mummy-face-21-jun21,0,5162448.story http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-mummy-face-21-jun21,0,5162448.story When the 2,800-year-old mummy of an Egyptian court singer went on display at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute in February, Emily Teeter, the curator, wished she had a way for visitors to see the young woman's face so they could better understand her. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:05:44 -0500 http://www.marconews.com/news/2009/jun/18/docs-forensic-audit-clears-city-fraud-suspicions/ http://www.marconews.com/news/2009/jun/18/docs-forensic-audit-clears-city-fraud-suspicions/ Suspicions and questions raised about Marco Island’s accounting practices are expected to be answered Monday with the presentation of results from a forensic audit of the $42 million Collier Boulevard reconstruction project. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:05:20 -0500 http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20090622/WDH0101/906220561/1981 http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20090622/WDH0101/906220561/1981 A Wausau man had been drinking before he drowned Saturday night in Man-Made Lake at Sunny Vale Park, according to a Marathon County Sheriff's Department report. Vattana C. Sayasavanh, 23, was trying to swim across the lake and had trouble getting back to the shore, according to the police report. Bystanders saw Sayasavanh going under the water and started yelling for someone to call 911. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:04:53 -0500 http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407447_trainfatal22.html http://www.seattlepi.com/local/407447_trainfatal22.html Friends of a man who was struck and killed by a freight train Saturday night at Seattle's Carkeek Park were back sitting on the tracks again Sunday to mourn the loss of one of their own. The friends say they are in shock over his death and say they never thought a "freak accident" like that could happen. Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:04:21 -0500 http://www2.timesreview.com/ST/stories/T061809_DNA_psh http://www2.timesreview.com/ST/stories/T061809_DNA_psh Legislation designed to expand the state's DNA database to include the genetic samples of misdemeanor offenders -- a step, some say could be used to bring those guilty of crimes to justice and free those who are wrongfully accused -- was passed by the New York State Assembly June 10. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:06:09 -0500 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/18/airbus-air-france-crash-autopsies http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/18/airbus-air-france-crash-autopsies The results of autopsies carried out on victims of the Air France disaster are consistent with the Airbus A330 passenger jet breaking up in mid air, forensic experts have said. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:05:45 -0500 http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_169080714.html http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_169080714.html Authorities issued a criminal charge against former Garfield Township Treasurer Judy McManus for allegedly hiding improper payments to a collection agency. The Grand Traverse Prosecutor's office charged McManus with making a false statement related to finances as a public officer, a 90-day misdemeanor. She's scheduled to be arraigned on the charge today. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:05:18 -0500 http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1626128,stng-police-shoot-sandovaldead0617.article http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1626128,stng-police-shoot-sandovaldead0617.article A man who allegedly pointed a gun at police -- prompting officers to fire -- apparently killed himself during a Tuesday night standoff and shootout in the Southwest Side’s Gage Park community. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:04:56 -0500 http://www.wisn.com/news/19782166/detail.html http://www.wisn.com/news/19782166/detail.html Milwaukee County's medical examiner has confirmed that Tiara Mosely died of complications related to the flu. Mosely was just 14 years old. Mosely had no other underlying medical conditions. Family members said Mosely was healthy before she became sick with the H1N1 virus. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:04:31 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ikYFnnn3Qpto6SaskmkGJlVl2T4AD98Q7BI80 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ikYFnnn3Qpto6SaskmkGJlVl2T4AD98Q7BI80 If the unthinkable happened, would we be left on the day after, as radioactive dust settled, with the unknowable? If a terrorist nuclear bomb destroyed the heart of a great city, how would we know who did it, with what? Mideast fanatics with a device improvised from stolen uranium? A weapon smuggled in by a rogue regime? A hijacked U.S. bomb? Where do you strike back? How do you head off another attack? Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:26:45 -0500 http://lohud.com/article/20090612/NEWS01/906120344/-1/SPORTS http://lohud.com/article/20090612/NEWS01/906120344/-1/SPORTS The 3-year-old boy who wandered away from his grandmother's house, only to be found floating in a pond behind the home, died as a result of drowning, the Westchester County Medical Examiner's Office said yesterday. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:26:25 -0500 http://www.smh.com.au/national/forensic-advances-help-to-warm-the-trail-of-cold-cases-20090614-c7g6.html http://www.smh.com.au/national/forensic-advances-help-to-warm-the-trail-of-cold-cases-20090614-c7g6.html WHEN John West began his career in 1964, the most forensic scientists could tell detectives was the suspect's blood group. "We needed something like a 50 cent-sized stain to get a result and we would be able to say it was, for instance, blood group A, which is common to 38 per cent of the population," said Dr West, a forensic biologist who took a job with NSW Police at age of 17. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:25:58 -0500 http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1244696757113890.xml&coll=1 http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1244696757113890.xml&coll=1 Randolph teenager Jennifer Parks was beaten and stabbed to death in 2005 by more than one person -- and was still alive when her assailants began trying to cut off her right leg with a kitchen knife, a medical examiner testified yesterday during the murder trial of defendant James Zarate. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:25:38 -0500 http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1244865907133160.xml&coll=3 http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1244865907133160.xml&coll=3 Arson is suspected in a June 2 house fire that took the lives of an elderly township couple and critically injured one of their two sons who lived with them, authorities said Friday. Warren County Prosecutor Thomas S. Ferguson said his office is awaiting laboratory test results on suspected accelerants found at the Valley Road fire. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:25:15 -0500 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/06/10/rockefeller_jury_ends_deliberations_without_a_verdict/ http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/06/10/rockefeller_jury_ends_deliberations_without_a_verdict/ The jury weighing the fate of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller concluded its first full day of deliberations yesterday without reaching a verdict in the closely watched parental kidnapping trial. The Suffolk Superior Court jury, at its request, received a laptop in the morning to play a DVD of 14 minutes of an interview the defendant gave to authorities after his arrest last summer in Baltimore. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:56:39 -0500 http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/2009/06/09/20090609sr-publicart0610.html http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/2009/06/09/20090609sr-publicart0610.html Scottsdale has broken ground on a piece of public art that will serve as a gateway from the southern-most tip of the city. "Garden of Evidence," as the sculptures are named, will be adjacent to a new police station in a residential area at the southeastern corner of McKellips and Miller roads. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:56:04 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/nyregion/10baby.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/nyregion/10baby.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion A 20-year-old Bronx woman was charged with murder and assault in the death of her 7-month-old son, who was found unconscious in a Bronx apartment on Monday and pronounced dead a short time later. The suspect, Naisha Riley, was arrested on Tuesday night following a report by the medical examiner’s office that concluded the baby had been shaken to death. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:55:44 -0500 http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20090609_On_coroners_vs__medical_examiners.html http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20090609_On_coroners_vs__medical_examiners.html RE YOUR article about the state's coroners, which discussed, briefly, a coroner system vs. a state-run medical examiner system. Having worked in both, I can offer some insights. I'm a board-certified medicolegal death investigator. I was also an autopsy technician in the medical-examiner system. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:55:21 -0500 http://www.freep.com/article/20090609/NEWS05/906090348/Analysis+of+body+s+DNA+in+Nevaeh+case+still+not+done http://www.freep.com/article/20090609/NEWS05/906090348/Analysis+of+body+s+DNA+in+Nevaeh+case+still+not+done Positive identification that a body recovered Thursday along the River Raisin is that of 5-year-old Nevaeh Buchanan of Monroe will have to wait until the state police crime lab in Northville analyzes DNA results from an autopsy by the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:54:52 -0500 http://www.freep.com/article/20090608/NEWS05/90608021/Nevaeh+s+family+must+wait+for+DNA+test http://www.freep.com/article/20090608/NEWS05/90608021/Nevaeh+s+family+must+wait+for+DNA+test Without outward signs of trauma, figuring out how 5-year-old Nevaeh Buchanan died will prove difficult if the girl indeed was buried for two weeks in hot weather along the River Raisin, a pathologist told the Free Press. Werner Spitz — who retired in 2004 as Macomb County's medical examiner and has conducted some 60,000 autopsies — said authorities likely will have to rely on circumstantial evidence if reports are true that the girl found in a shallow, riverside grave suffered no broken bones, stab wounds or gunshots. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:17:43 -0500 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Two-Kashmiri-women-were-raped-murdered-Autopsy/articleshow/4627867.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Two-Kashmiri-women-were-raped-murdered-Autopsy/articleshow/4627867.cms In a major embarrassment to the Jammu and Kashmir government that had so far maintained that the two south Kashmir women found dead last week had drowned, the police on Sunday registered an FIR in the case after a forensic report confirmed that they were raped and murdered. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:17:03 -0500 http://heraldnet.com/article/20090608/NEWS01/706089964 http://heraldnet.com/article/20090608/NEWS01/706089964 The blow of her husband's suicide was difficult enough for Kim Cutts, but the aftermath hit hard, too. She would like folks to be aware about details after such a tragedy. Cutts said she was traumatized when she was given back her husband's property at the medical examiner's office. The items included bloody rosary beads. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:16:16 -0500 http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090608/GPG0101/906080516/1207/GPG01/Authorities++Man+was+alive+when+fire+started http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090608/GPG0101/906080516/1207/GPG01/Authorities++Man+was+alive+when+fire+started A 39-year-old Green Bay man found dead after a house fire on Green Bay's west side was alive when the blaze started, authorities said Sunday. Kenneth Johnson's body showed no indication of trauma other than severe burns, said Brown County Medical Examiner Al Klimek. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:15:55 -0500 http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/121983/ http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/121983/ The death of Eveleth student Dan Zamlen has been declared an accidental drowning. Friends of the Virginia High School graduate had a mixed reaction to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s ruling released on Wednesday. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:15:24 -0500 http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2009/06/04/news/community/4loc03_trial060409.txt http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2009/06/04/news/community/4loc03_trial060409.txt The prosecution rested its case Wednesday in the trial of Richard Montgomery. Montgomery, 73, has pleaded “not guilty” to 13 counts of first-degree sex abuse and one count of unlawful sexual penetration. The four alleged victims are siblings who knew Montgomery. Brenda Coleman, a forensic interviewer who was working for ABC House in 2007, testified Wednesday about her discussions with the children. Coleman interviewed all four of the children, three girls and a boy, shortly after the alleged abuse was reported. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:13:37 -0500 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=298174 http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=298174 The Cook County medical examiner is expected to release the causes of death early this afternoon for the three members of the Finnerty family of Arlington Heights whose home burned Tuesday morning. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:13:12 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hisu_ExL9ldhq5RjoVCpF71z_2cQD98JG2A00 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hisu_ExL9ldhq5RjoVCpF71z_2cQD98JG2A00 Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson and four former U.S. attorneys are among those pressing military officials to throw out an Army officer's murder conviction in the death of an Iraqi detainee. University of Oklahoma President David Boren, a former U.S. senator, also is among more than two dozen prominent Oklahomans and legal experts who say 1st Lt. Michael Behenna of Edmond should get a new trial because prosecutors withheld evidence. They signed a letter to Army Secretary Pete Geren that was sent Tuesday; copies were sent to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Oklahoma's congressional delegation. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:12:47 -0500 http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/letters/article1007034.ece http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/letters/article1007034.ece I have been continuously disturbed by the reports I have read regarding the matter of the alleged embezzlement of more than $200,000 in the past year alone from the taxpayers of Safety Harbor. My disgust over the crime itself is compounded by what appears to be unwillingness on the part of the city and the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office to thoroughly investigate and prosecute this case and to rush to conclusion the slap-on-the-wrist judgment being offered to this thief. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:12:27 -0500 http://lohud.com/article/20090604/NEWS03/906040453/-1/SPORTS http://lohud.com/article/20090604/NEWS03/906040453/-1/SPORTS The Rockland County medical examiner yesterday reversed a decision he made last week to suspend organ harvesting from patients whose families agreed to donations because he said the process took too much time, according to memos sent to both of the county's acute care hospitals. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:12:05 -0500 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/06/01/boston_police_reopen_homicide_case_of_89_at_request_of_victims_friends/ http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/06/01/boston_police_reopen_homicide_case_of_89_at_request_of_victims_friends/ Karen Edwards took painstaking measures to be safe that night. When she arrived at the Lenox Hotel for the start of her New England vacation, she carried a cooler of food so she wouldn't have to dine out alone in a strange city. The precaution would be meaningless. Minutes after she checked into the Back Bay hotel on June 1, 1989, an intruder attacked the 34-year-old Florida lawyer in her room, stabbing her three times, twice in the chest and once in the neck. The assailant fled with $200 from her wallet and left her to bleed to death. No arrest was ever made. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:21:24 -0500 http://www.kansascity.com/637/story/1225143.html http://www.kansascity.com/637/story/1225143.html The first clue should have been the blood. A granddaughter found 77-year-old Lorraine Grayson kneeling on a blood-soaked rug in her Kansas City home. Emergency workers arrived next. They theorized that blood thinners were responsible for the heavy loss. They covered her body with a blanket and waited for police. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:20:48 -0500 http://www.projo.com/news/content/Johnston_baby_update_05-29-09_AVEHJTB_v9.3db5172.html http://www.projo.com/news/content/Johnston_baby_update_05-29-09_AVEHJTB_v9.3db5172.html Whether the baby whose body was found May 19 was alive at birth or stillborn is the crucial question as the Johnston police, the medical examiner and the attorney general’s office work to determine what happened, and whether any criminal wrongdoing took place. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:20:26 -0500 http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/crime/story/761919.html http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/crime/story/761919.html Puyallup police have failed to follow up on most of their chances to shed new light on the unsolved 1992 disappearance of Misty Copsey. Prospects remain, but there are no indications police have pursued them. Amid the remnants of the investigation, one forensic opportunity looms large: a DNA test of six hairs recovered from jeans identified as the missing teen’s, found near Enumclaw in 1993. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:19:58 -0500 http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2009/may/31/ha-forensics-class-covers-it-all/ http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2009/may/31/ha-forensics-class-covers-it-all/ Gary Kimble's 13-year-old students have absorbed a lot during countless hours of lab, field and classroom experience. They can review an authentic forensics report and decide on their own whether the opinions match the evidence. They can tell when someone has cut corners, overlooked details or flat out guessed wrong. Those reports aren't written by other students. They are written by scientists and researchers who make their living in forensics. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:19:21 -0500 http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/05/opening_stateme_1.html http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/05/opening_stateme_1.html Opening statements were given this morning in the kidnapping trial of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller. Here are two key quotes from attorneys on both sides of the case. Assistant Suffolk District Attorney David A. Deakin: "He knew that [kidnapping his daughter] was against the law and he knew it was wrong, but he planned meticulously over months to make that happen. In his mind, the rules don't apply to Christian Gerhartsreiter, but in a court of law the rules apply to everyone equally." Thu, 28 May 2009 11:03:41 -0500 http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/science-and-technology/2009/05/28/evidence-in-support-of-digital-forensics-51140-23729191/ http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/science-and-technology/2009/05/28/evidence-in-support-of-digital-forensics-51140-23729191/ THE newspaper headline read ‘Pervert strangled music teacher’ when Graham Coutts was finally brought to justice in 2007. Coutts had, three years earlier, strangled a 31-year-old woman with a pair of tights before keeping her body in a storage unit. Thu, 28 May 2009 11:02:52 -0500 http://www.fwweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1463:dissecting-the-evidence&catid=30:cover-story&Itemid=375 http://www.fwweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1463:dissecting-the-evidence&catid=30:cover-story&Itemid=375 Dr. Nizam Peerwani is probably the highest-profile medical examiner in the United States. His territory covers four counties, but he's been called upon often to lend his expertise as far away as Afghanistan and Bosnia. Since he was hired here in1979, he's built what was a county morgue into a top-flight medical examiner's office equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories. County officials, co-workers, and peers sing his praises. Thu, 28 May 2009 11:02:19 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/health/26autopsy.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1243569600&en=c2779e52c6e5a6de&ei=5087%0A http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/health/26autopsy.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1243569600&en=c2779e52c6e5a6de&ei=5087%0A Within an hour after the bodies arrive in their flag-draped coffins at Dover Air Force Base, they go through a process that has never been used on the dead from any other war. Since 2004, every service man and woman killed in Iraq or Afghanistan has been given a CT scan, and since 2001, when the fighting began in Afghanistan, all have had autopsies, performed by pathologists in the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System. In previous wars, autopsies on people killed in combat were uncommon, and scans were never done. Thu, 28 May 2009 11:01:44 -0500 http://www.courier-gazette.com/articles/2009/05/27/mckinney_courier-gazette/news/8857.txt http://www.courier-gazette.com/articles/2009/05/27/mckinney_courier-gazette/news/8857.txt McKinney police are investigating the death of a teenage boy whose body was found on the porch of a South Church Street house. McKinney police Lt. Scott Brewer confirmed that nearby witnesses found a deceased 14-year-old male Monday morning at a vacant home in the 400 block of S. Church Street. Thu, 28 May 2009 11:01:03 -0500 http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090524_11_A1_DrClyd797764 http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090524_11_A1_DrClyd797764 When human remains are found, investigators try to match the remains with the missing. A forensic anthropologist drafts a physical biography of the deceased, trying to provide such characteristics as age, race, gender and height. From there, a forensic artist attempts to put a face on the faceless. Using clay in place of muscle and skin, the artist reconstructs the dead. Tue, 26 May 2009 11:56:32 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jpfQBqhC5e_k4rsYJi1nVM7_KNIQD98C6B080 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jpfQBqhC5e_k4rsYJi1nVM7_KNIQD98C6B080 Michelle Lee's career was solving crimes. Working as a forensic investigator for the New York Police Department, she was training to do the type of "CSI" work made famous on television. But the 24-year-old became a victim of a crime herself, stabbed to death in her bed, her naked body found in a pool of blood. Using the same investigative techniques Lee was learning, authorities on Friday arrested her ex-lover Gary McGurk in the case, charging him with second-degree murder. McGurk pleaded not guilty and was being held without bail. His attorney, Joseph Corozzo said his client was innocent. Tue, 26 May 2009 11:56:02 -0500 http://consults.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/who-will-perform-my-autopsy/?hp http://consults.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/who-will-perform-my-autopsy/?hp Recently, the Consults blog took questions from readers about autopsy, “Should You Have an Autopsy Done?” Stephen A. Geller, M.D., wrote in: In late 1968, when I was chief resident in the Department of Pathology at the The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, the senior surgical pathologist, my teacher, who had many medical problems, rolled up his shirt sleeve and brought my finger to a firm tumor under his forearm skin, telling me his diagnosis. “When you do my autopsy,” he said, “don’t forget this.” A native of Japan who had studied in Germany, he had been at Mount Sinai for almost 40 years and was regarded, by those who knew him or of him, as one of the greatest surgical pathologists. I had the great privilege to perform the autopsy a few months later. His diagnosis, of course, was correct. Tue, 26 May 2009 11:55:35 -0500 http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2009/05/24/forensic_accounting_don_berecz.html http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2009/05/24/forensic_accounting_don_berecz.html Anyone who thinks accounting is boring needs to talk to Don Berecz. He started using numbers to track wrong-doing back in 1983, when the FBI hired him and a slew of other able-brained accountants to sort through the savings-and-loan mess. Tue, 26 May 2009 11:55:06 -0500 http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090525/CGY_Bow_Body_090525/20090525/?hub=CalgaryHome http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090525/CGY_Bow_Body_090525/20090525/?hub=CalgaryHome The Medical Examiner's Office needs help figuring out the identity of a woman's body found nearly two weeks ago in the Bow River. On May 13th, a woman walking her dog noticed the body near the 2200 block of Canyon Meadows Drive S.E. An autopsy has been performed and the medical examiner ruled out foul play. Tue, 26 May 2009 11:54:33 -0500 http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1586455,052209body.article http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1586455,052209body.article An autopsy performed Thursday on remains found Wednesday along the Des Plaines River was inconclusive, not revealing "any significant information in reference to the identity, race or sex of the skeletal remains," the Will County coroner's office said. There has been speculation that the remains may be that of Stacy Peterson, a Bolingbrook woman who disappeared in October 2007, or Lisa Stebic, a Plainfield woman who disappeared in April 2007. Poli ce have called both cases potential homicides. Fri, 22 May 2009 08:18:49 -0500 http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/778619.html http://www.bnd.com/news/crime/story/778619.html Famed forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden reviewed material related to the triple strangulation slayings of Columbia mother Sheri Coleman and her two sons, Garett and Gavin. Baden was contacted by police to review the case late last week. He declined to comment on his findings. Fri, 22 May 2009 08:18:16 -0500 http://www.koat.com/news/19520723/detail.html http://www.koat.com/news/19520723/detail.html Albuquerque Police and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children released a new poster Wednesday including the composite photo of Baby Angel and new pictures of the clothes the boy was wearing. The composite photo is police's best guess at what Baby Angel looked like before being buried at Alvarado Park on Friday. At first, police released a description of the unknown boy but not a photograph. Fri, 22 May 2009 08:17:49 -0500 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/05/21/2009-05-21_dna_on_brush_tied_to_imette_suspect.html http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/05/21/2009-05-21_dna_on_brush_tied_to_imette_suspect.html The DNA of ex-con Darryl Littlejohn was found on a snow brush found alongside the battered body of grad student Imette St. Guillen, a criminologist testified yesterday. "It was consistent with Darryl Littlejohn," said Ewelina Bajda of the city medical examiner's office. Fri, 22 May 2009 08:17:23 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/nyregion/22homicide.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/nyregion/22homicide.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion The death of a teenager who collapsed after a fight at a party in Prospect Park in March has been ruled a homicide, but the authorities said Thursday that the four people arrested on gang assault charges in the case would not face any additional charges. The medical examiner ruled this month that the March 8 death was a homicide because the teenager, Sharif Abdallah, 17, of Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn, developed an irregular, fatal heartbeat after the fight because of a pre-existing heart problem. Fri, 22 May 2009 08:16:14 -0500 http://www.snponline.com/articles/2009/05/19/multiple_papers/news/allhlforen_20090519_1022am_1.txt http://www.snponline.com/articles/2009/05/19/multiple_papers/news/allhlforen_20090519_1022am_1.txt Lots of variety is involved in the job of a high school secretary. Just ask Hilliard Darby High School's Sue Schroeder. One of her duties Monday through Thursday, May 11-14, was to act the part of a "person of interest" and answer questions posed by students who were taking a final exam for their forensic science class. Students were trying to find out who was responsible for the mythical death of a staff member whose "corpse" was found stashed under his desk. The scenario was created by the class' teachers, Lucia Culley and Caryn Riggs. Wed, 20 May 2009 08:25:53 -0500 http://www.sj-r.com/homepage/x342406600/Part-time-Santa-clown-charged-in-child-porn-case http://www.sj-r.com/homepage/x342406600/Part-time-Santa-clown-charged-in-child-porn-case A 50-year-old Springfield man who works part time as a Santa Claus and as a clown has been charged in U.S. District Court with receiving and possessing child pornography. August Billek of the 800 block of East Miller Street was ordered detained pending trial following his arrest on Monday. Wed, 20 May 2009 08:25:06 -0500 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-dna-backlog-20-may20,0,6545607.story http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-dna-backlog-20-may20,0,6545607.story The newly appointed director of the Illinois State Police promised legislators Tuesday that his agency's crime lab was on track to reduce its DNA-testing backlog and address other problems highlighted in a recent report by the state's auditor general. Jonathon Monken said the agency has hired more forensic technicians, would eliminate outsourcing of forensic testing and has begun accurate reporting of its DNA backlog after misstating its scope for years. Wed, 20 May 2009 08:24:38 -0500 http://www.al.com/business/birminghamnews/news.ssf?/base/business/1242548114198270.xml&coll=2 http://www.al.com/business/birminghamnews/news.ssf?/base/business/1242548114198270.xml&coll=2 Birmingham's Mike Mason has been in accounting more than 35 years, but only in the past decade did he find his niche: forensic investigations. After seven years of running his own firm that specialized in complex investigations of financial fraud for clients across the country, Mason joined L. Paul Kassouf & Co. on University Boulevard last year as head of its litigation, forensic and damage accounting division. Wed, 20 May 2009 08:24:11 -0500 http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1580778,w-man-fatalls-shot-humboldt-park-051909.article http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1580778,w-man-fatalls-shot-humboldt-park-051909.article Police are seeking a motive in the murder of a man who was shot by one of two men who opened fire on him across the street from Humboldt Park on the West Side early Tuesday. The victim -- identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office as Michael Contreras -- was walking down the street about 1 a.m. when he was approached by two unknown black men who appeared to be 19-21-years-old at 1237 N. California Ave., according to Shakespeare District police Capt. Marc Buslik, who was citing preliminary information. Wed, 20 May 2009 08:23:40 -0500 http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/05/15/111568/together-helps-prisoners-with-mental-health-needs.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/05/15/111568/together-helps-prisoners-with-mental-health-needs.html The recent Bradley report looked at how people with mental health problems and learning disabilities can be diverted from prison. Louise Tickle looks at one service featured in the review You are homeless, you have paranoid schizophrenia and you are charged with an offence. You're locked up for the night in the local jail, and next day appear at a magistrates' court. You're frightened, your medication regime has crumpled and you're about to enter a plea about an incident you can recall only hazily. You're also exhausted, because the voices you hear have been talking at you relentlessly all night. Fri, 15 May 2009 10:11:53 -0500 http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/bayonne/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1242282362188940.xml&coll=3 http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/bayonne/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1242282362188940.xml&coll=3 The identity of a woman whose decomposed body was discovered near Route 440 in Bayonne 19 months ago is still a mystery - but now homicide investigators are hoping a clay reconstruction of her face will help bring closure to the case. The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office has released a photograph of the three-dimensional model, including black and red hair extensions on the unidentified woman's head. The clay likeness was created by the state's forensic anthropologist, Donna Fontana. Fri, 15 May 2009 10:11:28 -0500 http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=138694 http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=138694 A forensic psychiatrist told a Berks County jury this morning that it was unlikely that Duceliz Diaz-Santiago hanged her own 5-year-old daughter. Dr. John O'Brien's testimony rebuted murder suspect Albert Perez's statement to police that Diaz-Santiago hanged her daughter. Fri, 15 May 2009 10:10:47 -0500 http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/article/49939-police+ask+public%E2%80%99s+help+sea+isle+death http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/article/49939-police+ask+public%E2%80%99s+help+sea+isle+death Despite having her death ruled as accidental, the county Prosecutor’s Office is still looking for the public’s help in determining what happened to 35-year-old Tracy Hottenstein in the hours before her body was found in Sea Isle City during its popular Polar Bear Plunge weekend. Cape May County Prosecutor Robert Taylor held a press conference Thursday, May 14 to give an update on the status of the investigation into Hottenstein’s death. Fri, 15 May 2009 10:10:23 -0500 http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x1393577489/Boy-died-of-neglect-medical-examiner-says http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x1393577489/Boy-died-of-neglect-medical-examiner-says Amber Zuke, accused of causing the death of her 6-year-old son by neglect, took the stand on the second day of testimony in her second-degree manslaughter trial and told the jury about the steps she took to care for her son. “We took him to the doctor over and over and over again for the same thing,” Zuke said, according to Assistant District Attorney James Ritts. Fri, 15 May 2009 10:09:57 -0500 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-exchange-boneread,0,1716784.story http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-exchange-boneread,0,1716784.story Norm Sauer describes forensic anthropology in simple terms. "Most of the work that we do is looking at bones," he said. But the value from the supposedly simple work Sauer and fellow forensic anthropologist Todd Fenton do in their fourth floor East Fee Hall laboratory at Michigan State University is invaluable to the various law enforcement agencies they assist. Tue, 12 May 2009 08:09:53 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/science/12quan.html?_r=1&ref=science http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/science/12quan.html?_r=1&ref=science The Federal Bureau of Investigation established its first crime laboratory in 1932 in a converted lounge in Washington. The one-man operation included a sink, a microscope and its most exotic piece of equipment: a helixometer, a lighted magnifier probe to inspect gun-barrel scoring. Tue, 12 May 2009 08:09:19 -0500 http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=67566 http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=67566 Yavapai County Superior Court Judge Thomas Lindberg has approved a request to hire a forensic accountant at $150 an hour to examine documents involving Raymond Parenteau's hiring of a special-needs tutor for his autistic son. The state has charged Parenteau with defrauding the Prescott Unified School District of between $3,000 and $25,000. Tue, 12 May 2009 08:08:43 -0500 http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/may/11/woman-found-dead-burnt-memphis-duplex/ http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/may/11/woman-found-dead-burnt-memphis-duplex/ Memphis fire officials say a woman’s body has been found inside a duplex which caught fire. Battalion Chief Keith Staples says the fire at the one-story wood frame structure on Hodges Street started around 5 a.m. today. The Red Cross was notified four adults and two children needed assistance, according to fire officials. Tue, 12 May 2009 08:08:04 -0500 http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/19430815/detail.html http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/19430815/detail.html Peter Cummings was an 8-year-old boy when a violent crime left him forever changed. Decades later – the case still unsolved – he returned to his hometown in a renewed search for clues. The killing of 16-year-old Joyce McLain in August 1980 erased the innocence of East Millinocket, Cummings said. "It really put a wave of terror throughout this entire community. When it happened it scared everybody to death. I mean it was terrifying." Tue, 12 May 2009 08:07:39 -0500 http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/839773.html http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/839773.html The human bones found near Meadows Elementary School will be analyzed by an anthropologist with the King County Medical Examiner’s Office this week, Thurston County coroner Gary Warnock said Sunday. The anthropologist will look for signs of trauma and will study the bones to determine how long the body was exposed to the elements, Warnock said. Mon, 04 May 2009 09:05:20 -0500 http://www.seattlepi.com/local/405537_medical27.html http://www.seattlepi.com/local/405537_medical27.html Dr. Richard Harruff, the county's top forensic pathologist, was showing off his new building the other day, with what seemed like scant enthusiasm. "Here's the conference room," he said in a humdrum drone. He flicked on a light in another room and continued flatly, "Here's the storage-file room." Mon, 04 May 2009 09:04:45 -0500 http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2009/04/20/story6.html?b=1240200000%5E1813556 http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2009/04/20/story6.html?b=1240200000%5E1813556 The crawling economy has kept area forensic accountants hopping in one area: rooting out fraud for clients. Most finger the economy as the culprit, either because desperate people are more likely to steal or companies are scouring the books to find more savings. Mon, 04 May 2009 09:03:59 -0500 http://www.peacefmonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22251:rot-in-school-feeding-programme-uncovered&catid=15:social-news&Itemid=56 http://www.peacefmonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22251:rot-in-school-feeding-programme-uncovered&catid=15:social-news&Itemid=56 The Auditor General has uncovered what appears to be massive financial malpractices at the School Feeding programme, following the forensic audit it conducted into its operations. A final report signed by Mr. Augustine R. K. Boadu, the Deputy acting Auditor General (AG), on behalf of the AG, a copy of which has been intercepted by The Chronicle has implicated certain individuals at the Secretariat, including the Senior Accountant, one Ebenezer Kwesi Donkor for his negligence and poor record keeping which has resulted in the loss of huge sums of money to the state. The report, which is dated April 23, 2009, covered the period of April 1, 2006, to December 31, 2007. Mon, 04 May 2009 09:03:33 -0500 http://www.freep.com/article/20090504/NEWS06/905040344/1001/NEWS/Crime+lab+woes+may+cut+troopers http://www.freep.com/article/20090504/NEWS06/905040344/1001/NEWS/Crime+lab+woes+may+cut+troopers The closure of Detroit's crime lab last fall will be a main culprit if Gov. Jennifer Granholm announces layoffs of dozens of newly minted State Police troopers Tuesday as part of $300 million in cuts to help balance the state's budget. The state expects to spend an extra $7 million this year for its State Police crime labs, specifically to process evidence in more than 20,000 cases once handled by the Detroit Police Department's crime lab. The overwhelming workload also has delayed processing of evidence in non-Detroit cases. Mon, 04 May 2009 09:03:04 -0500 http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/special_reports/042709_Solving_Crimes_With_Computer_Forensics http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/special_reports/042709_Solving_Crimes_With_Computer_Forensics When detectives are called out to crime scenes, they are doing much more than studying fingerprints and talking to witnesses. More and more, their investigations are taking them to computer labs where incriminating evidence is often found on every day electronic devices. Fox 25’s Bob Ward takes us to a local computer forensic unit that’s busier than ever. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:14:38 -0500 http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=141874 http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=141874 Professor Adrian Forty, an internationally acclaimed expert in forensic analysis of fingerprints stormed Nigeria last year with his forensic and biometric technology on the invitation of the Action Congress (AC). His mission was to use his expertise to prove allegations of multiple thump-printing of ballot papers during the April 14, 2007 election in Osun, Ondo, Edo and Ekiti States. Ademola Adeyemo in this report pays tribute to the Professor of Architectural History Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:13:49 -0500 http://blog.aefeldman.com/2009/04/27/growing-demand-for-corporate-security-experts/ http://blog.aefeldman.com/2009/04/27/growing-demand-for-corporate-security-experts/ The recession may lead to a surge in e-crime. Recent research conducted by KPMG shows that fraud committed by managers, employees, and customers tripled last year compared to the year before. KPMG also found that companies foresee an increase in the number of employees and IT professionals who are willing to steal data or sell insider knowledge due to the poor economy. The growing government “economic stimulus” and “bailout” programs are also seen as breeding ground for fraud, waste and abuse. Now as the financial crisis continues to unfold, new suspicions of fraud are emerging along with demand for experts who can find evidence of wrongdoing. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:13:17 -0500 http://www.seattlepi.com/local/405537_medical27.html http://www.seattlepi.com/local/405537_medical27.html Dr. Richard Harruff, the county's top forensic pathologist, was showing off his new building the other day, with what seemed like scant enthusiasm. "Here's the conference room," he said in a humdrum drone. He flicked on a light in another room and continued flatly, "Here's the storage-file room." Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:12:47 -0500 http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/43817207.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/43817207.html A 25-year-old mother of three told authorities she had been out drinking the night she placed her infant son face down in the bed she shared with the boy's father and 1-year-old sibling. The boy, 6-week-old Demetrius L. Kimble, never awoke from the queen-sized bed that rested on the floor of his parent's littered room. Porscha Bowman told an investigator that she considered herself to be "tipsy not drunk" when she returned to her sparsely furnished one-bedroom apartment in the 600 block of N. 30th St., according to a medical examiner's report released Monday. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:12:13 -0500 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/5170864/British-police-train-Iraqis-in-forensic-techniques-to-normalise-justice-system.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/5170864/British-police-train-Iraqis-in-forensic-techniques-to-normalise-justice-system.html The state of the art technology is part of a £18 million programme targeting at improving law and order in Iraq and "normalising" the police. Sources say that years of dictatorship followed by war have left the police accustomed to military rather than civilian methods. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:39:23 -0500 http://www.gmanews.tv/story/157751/Ted-Failons-wife-shot-herself-Ateneo-forensic-expert-claims http://www.gmanews.tv/story/157751/Ted-Failons-wife-shot-herself-Ateneo-forensic-expert-claims A forensic expert from the Ateneo de Manila University on Monday said the wife of broadcaster Teodoro "Ted" Failon (Mario Teodoro Failon Etong in real life) most likely shot herself based on the contusion found in her skull. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:38:56 -0500 http://www.newbernsj.com/articles/proof_1161_syndication__article.html/accounting_recession.html http://www.newbernsj.com/articles/proof_1161_syndication__article.html/accounting_recession.html During a recession, the right job is like a bulletproof vest worn during a shoot-out. It won't guarantee you'll survive, but it boosts the chance you won't be taken out. While there's no such thing as a recession-proof job, some finance and accounting positions are less likely to be cut during corporate downsizings. Likewise, some sectors of the overall market thrive during downturns. If you can find one of those "safe" positions in a growing sector, you'll have two hedges against the risk of a future layoff. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:38:34 -0500 http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1329351.html http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1329351.html Police Chief Jeff Halstead said Tuesday that his department will conduct a thorough investigation into the Taser death of a man in East Fort Worth on Saturday, but offered no new details. Michael Jacobs Jr., 24, died after being stunned with a Taser in front of his house. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:38:05 -0500 http://www.buffalonews.com/437/story/646209.html http://www.buffalonews.com/437/story/646209.html Buffalo police Monday confirmed that a 42-year-old woman whose body was found Saturday night on the 900 block of Genesee Street was shot to death. Earlier, police said only that they were investigating the “suspicious death” of the city woman. She was found on a sidewalk when officers responded to a call of shots fired at about 9 p. m. Saturday near the intersection of Genesee and Rich Street. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:37:43 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09088/959094-28.stm http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09088/959094-28.stm When Ron Forster conducts interviews, he watches his subjects as much as he listens to them. He monitors their eyes. He watches their arms. He notes where they place their hands. Even a seemingly innocuous gesture -- an interviewee moving his hand away from his face right before answering a sensitive question -- could be a sign that a subject is lying. And you thought accounting was boring. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:15:57 -0500 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/997418.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/environment/story/997418.html A new book explores how the world's first wildlife forensics lab is solving crimes and saving endangered species. Not long ago, illegal wildlife smugglers could pretty much get away with murder. From selling polar bear rugs to crocodile-face ashtrays, these smugglers pull in as much as $20 billion annually, ranking just behind drugs and human trafficking as the third largest illegal trade worldwide. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:15:24 -0500 http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1314265.html http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1314265.html Two more young men have died from apparent drug overdoses at their homes in Roanoke and Bedford in what authorities believe is an increasing trend in Tarrant County, police said Monday. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:15:00 -0500 http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090331.waccounting-forensic0331/BNStory/Business/home http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090331.waccounting-forensic0331/BNStory/Business/home Call them the number sleuths — unsung heroes armed with calculators on the prowl for dubious financial deeds. Forensic accountants in Canada have been called into cases ranging from the Gomery inquiry into the federal sponsorship scandal to the controversial bookkeeping of Nortel Networks Corp. They also played a key role in the trial of Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb, who were found guilty last week of systemically manipulating the financial statements of Livent Inc. The live theatre company collapsed in 1998 after a group of investors, including Hollywood heavyweight Michael Ovitz, said they had uncovered evidence of accounting irregularities. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:14:38 -0500 http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/42922672.html http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/42922672.html The mother and son found partially buried Saturday behind their Hudson home died from blows to the head, the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office said today. The medical examiner's office today ruled both deaths homicides. Patricia Knudson, 64, and John Knudson, 42, had been missing since a blaze destroyed their Connecticut Woods Drive home April 5. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:14:13 -0500 http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/apr/13/study-police-labs-bad-mix/ http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/apr/13/study-police-labs-bad-mix/ The National Academy of Sciences spent two years studying the state of forensic science in America. The resulting report, released in February, isn’t pretty. Forensic science is shoddy, our country’s crime labs are fragmented, forensic scientists aren’t adequately certified and the science of solving crime is dangerously inconsistent — disturbing findings that lead to perhaps the most controversial conclusion in the report: Crime labs need to be independent of law enforcement agencies because forensic scientists who work for police are prone to subtle, contextual bias. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:35:24 -0500 http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=CBI+to+seek+court+nod+for+sending+documents+to+forensic+lab&artid=CD4cfukiLGU=&SectionID=xAV59odivTs=&MainSectionID=xAV59odivTs=&SEO=&SectionName=BUzPVSKuYv7MFxnS0yZ7ng== http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=CBI+to+seek+court+nod+for+sending+documents+to+forensic+lab&artid=CD4cfukiLGU=&SectionID=xAV59odivTs=&MainSectionID=xAV59odivTs=&SEO=&SectionName=BUzPVSKuYv7MFxnS0yZ7ng== The CBI investigating team, probing the Satyam scam on Monday will file a petition in the designated court seeking permission to send the forged documents, fake Bank Deposit certificates and Osmania University blank degree certificates and other material along with the signatures of all the accused to the Government Examiner of Questioed Documents (GEQD) of the Central Forensic Science Labs in Ramanthapur. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:34:45 -0500 http://www.maysville-online.com/articles/2009/04/12/local_news/doc49dfb9b94cc5c624122570.txt http://www.maysville-online.com/articles/2009/04/12/local_news/doc49dfb9b94cc5c624122570.txt The parents of a missing Maysville teen were saddened Friday to learn that DNA tests have positively identified a body found in Utah last week as their son, Zachary Ruble. Although the parents of Zachary Ruble did not wish to speak with the press after learning the unfortunate news, a written statement about the Utah State Medical Examiner's identification of the remains was provided to The Ledger Independent by a family friend. "We are heartbroken over this tragic loss of our precious son Zach," said the statement signed by Jay and Paula Ruble. "The investigation into the cause of his death continues." Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:32:45 -0500 http://www.independent.ie/national-news/forensic--clues-key-to-finding-killer-of-young-dad-1706946.html http://www.independent.ie/national-news/forensic--clues-key-to-finding-killer-of-young-dad-1706946.html GARDAI hope analysis of forensic tests carried out over the weekend will lead to charges being brought against the two main suspects in the shooting of an innocent father of two. Roy Collins (35) was shot dead while working in his business in the Roxboro Shopping Centre in Limerick last Thursday. Gardai believe he was targeted because his family gave evidence against a leading member of the McCarthy- Dundon criminal gang in a criminal trial four years ago. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:31:52 -0500 http://blog.aefeldman.com/2009/04/13/field-of-forensic-services-remains-hot/ http://blog.aefeldman.com/2009/04/13/field-of-forensic-services-remains-hot/ Forensic services have become one of the fastest-growing practice niches among CPA firms. Accountants are in constant demand as expert witnesses and in other litigation support capacities. Now as the economy plummets, forensic accounting remains one field that is expected to grow. Exacerbated by the credit crisis and economic slowdown, accounting jobs in the fields of fraud and litigation as well as forensic accounting are opening up. In fact, AICPA research shows that CPAs represent 94% of forensic experts hired over the past two years. Executive search firm, A.E. Feldman, says that CPAs with expertise in forensic services are in a prime position to capitalize on the surge in demand. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:31:14 -0500 http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=65662&provider=gnews http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=65662&provider=gnews On Tuesday, the Erie County Medical Examiner's office stood by its initial ruling that Amanda Wienckowski died of a drug overdose. Back in January, Wienckowski's nude body was found stuffed in a garbage tote on Buffalo's East Side a month after she went missing. The Medical Examiner then ruled that Wienckowki had died of an accidental drug overdose. But her family has insisted that Wienckowski was murdered. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:25:50 -0500 http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/cpa/2009/04/understanding-and-utilizing-forensic-accounting-issues-06/ http://www.christianpost.com/blogs/cpa/2009/04/understanding-and-utilizing-forensic-accounting-issues-06/ Forensic accounting issues are not for the meek hearted or ill trained. As our world becomes more complex so should our procedures and internal controls. To protect your business, you will need much more than just a good business plan, but also fraud detection procedures, sound practices and procedures, adequate segregation of duties and the ability to look beyond the numbers for fraud detection issues and forensic accounting. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:24:27 -0500 http://www.kstatecollegian.com/csi-effect-affects-u-s-justice-system-1.1648361 http://www.kstatecollegian.com/csi-effect-affects-u-s-justice-system-1.1648361 A couple weeks ago, I took a look at the much loved prime-time drama "House." "House" blends truth with unreality in ways that were entertaining and not all that important as far as actual life is concerned. Some shows, however, have literally changed the way Americans think, and one of them is the subject of this week's "reality TV" analysis: "CSI." "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" is a critically acclaimed and popular crime drama that airs on CBS. It is currently in its ninth season and its 200th episode aired Thursday. According to the show's Web site, it features a team of forensic crime scene investigators who are "on the case 24/7, scouring the scene, collecting the irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that will solve the mystery." Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:23:37 -0500 http://www.4029tv.com/news/19121914/detail.html http://www.4029tv.com/news/19121914/detail.html The Fort Smith Police Department operates one of only three computer forensic labs in Arkansas. Investigators for the Fort Smith Police Department help other local police agencies with investigations involving computers and cell phones. Sgt. Adam Holland of the Fort Smith Police Department, sent a notice out to the local police agencies Monday letting them know investigators will only accept emergency cases. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:23:12 -0500 http://www.mercedsunstar.com/427/story/317055.html http://www.mercedsunstar.com/427/story/317055.html An autopsy is scheduled Tuesday for slain federal correctional officer Jose Rivera, 22, of Chowchilla, who was stabbed to death Friday by two inmates at U.S. Penitentiary Atwater. Three government agencies are investigating Rivera's death, the Merced County Coroner's Office, the FBI and the federal Bureau of Prisons. Merced County Sheriff Mark Pazin, who heads the coroner's office, said the autopsy will probably be conducted Tuesday. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:22:21 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/7981377.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/7981377.stm Plans to close one of Scotland's forensic crime laboratories have been dropped, it has been announced. The Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) plans to build a new £16.2m lab in Dundee and had said it wanted to close its site in Aberdeen. But Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill asked the SPSA to review its proposal. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:32:53 -0500 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/040509dnmetdrowning.a0ce76c3.html http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/040509dnmetdrowning.a0ce76c3.html A 2-year-old boy who fell into his family’s swimming pool Friday afternoon and drowned has been identified. The mother of Norman Williams was in the bathroom when the boy wandered outside their house in the Buckner Terrace neighborhood of Dallas and fell into the pool, the Dallas County medical examiner’s office. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:30:49 -0500 http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1512288,w-pregnant-woman-dies-crash-040509.article http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1512288,w-pregnant-woman-dies-crash-040509.article A 6-day-old baby who was delivered after her mother was involved in an accident downtown last Sunday died Saturday night. Kendall Osorio, of the 5800 block of South Sacramento Avenue, was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 6:55 p.m., according to a spokesman for the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:30:27 -0500 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article6040603.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article6040603.ece Sir, Alan Campbell, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime and Policing, criticises the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners (CRFP) for its failure to remove licences to practise forensic science in cases where a practitioner has been shown to be unfit (letter, April 3). But one cannot remove what does not exist. There has never been a licence to practise forensic science. The Forensic Regulator’s proposals do not grant them. The CRFP process may have lacked the necessary bite but there are no new sharp teeth here. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:28:32 -0500 http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/04/opposing-view-dont-relocate-crime-labs.html http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/04/opposing-view-dont-relocate-crime-labs.html The recent report from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) made many very important recommendations related to forensic science in the United States. The recommendations are clearly aimed at improving the quality of services provided by forensic laboratories and at increasing public confidence in the work of those engaged in this important service. One recommendation that deserves further consideration, however, is that of removing all public forensic laboratories and facilities from the administrative control of law enforcement agencies or prosecutors' offices. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:27:54 -0500 http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12040400 http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12040400 The time Jamie Ellen Weiss died could be a key factor in the murder trial of her alleged killer, Billy Justin Charles. Charles, now 32, claims that Weiss -- his fiancée and the mother of his child -- was still alive when he left their Magna trailer home about 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 7, 1996. But Todd Grey, Utah's chief medical examiner, testified Tuesday in 3rd District Court that he believes the 18-year-old woman died well before 6 a.m. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:03:54 -0500 http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/01/1m1pubsafe011029-public-safety/?zIndex=75655 http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/01/1m1pubsafe011029-public-safety/?zIndex=75655 A San Diego man who spent the evening celebrating his 21st birthday at a Mission Bay resort was found dead floating in a hotel hot tub early yesterday, authorities said. Michael Mayfield and three of his friends went to the Paradise Point Resort on Vacation Road near Ingraham Street to celebrate his birthday Monday, authorities said. The group had been drinking before heading to one of the resort's five pools when it opened at 5 a.m., said San Diego police Lt. Karen Tenney. Two of Mayfield's friends left him alone in the hot tub for about 15 minutes. When they returned, they found him floating facedown in the water. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:03:07 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iN98dxyAqNIVZ151pKs7_shPIL4wD979KU1G3 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iN98dxyAqNIVZ151pKs7_shPIL4wD979KU1G3 FBI scientists were unable to match bullets from a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting to guns carried by Blackwater Worldwide security guards, according to laboratory reports that leave open the possibility that insurgents also fired in the crowded intersection. Five Blackwater guards face manslaughter and weapons charges for their role in the shooting, which left 17 Iraqis dead and inflamed anti-U.S. sentiment abroad. Prosecutors say the contractors launched an unprovoked attack on civilians using machine guns and grenade launchers. The guards maintain their convoy was ambushed by insurgents. The FBI lab reports, obtained by The Associated Press from someone not involved in the criminal case, allow for both possibilities. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:57:16 -0500 http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/article989025.ece http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/article989025.ece More than $215,000 vanished from the city's bank accounts in the last year JoAnne Ryan headed up the finance department, forensic auditors have found. Most of it was cash. That's more than twice the amount of the roughly $100,000 that authorities previously thought was missing. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:56:47 -0500 http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20090402/NEWS01/904020307 http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20090402/NEWS01/904020307 The TBI is still waiting on forensic results in the shooting death of a Humboldt man, according to a news release from the Humboldt Police Department. Chief Raymond Simmons contacted the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation this week to ask about the status of the case, the release said. Police have said Officer Paul Carrier shot and killed Roy Glenn Jr. on Feb. 22 after a traffic stop. Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:56:12 -0500 http://www.oxfordpress.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2009/03/22/hjn032309widmer.html http://www.oxfordpress.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2009/03/22/hjn032309widmer.html A forensic expert who was involved in the O.J. Simpson case will testify in the Ryan Widmer bathtub murder trial expected to begin Monday, March 23. Widmer, 28, stands accused of drowning his young bride, Sarah Widmer, 24, in the bathtub of their Hamilton Twp. home Aug. 11, 2008. If found guilty, Widmer faces life in prison. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:57:58 -0500 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008879342_apmissingwomanmemphis.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008879342_apmissingwomanmemphis.html A model who was killed in her suburban Memphis home suffered greater injuries than one gunshot wound to the head that police initially reported. Shelby County medical examiner Karen Chancellor said in a news release Lisa Davis died of a combination of "blunt force injuries to the head and gunshot wounds." Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:55:45 -0500 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/jobs/22fraud.html?_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/jobs/22fraud.html?_r=1 As the financial crisis has continued to unfold, new suspicions of fraud have been emerging — and with them a need to find whether there is evidence of wrongdoing. That’s why the demand for fraud investigators is rising. Recently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that the number of open mortgage-fraud investigations was more than 1,600 at the end of fiscal 2008, which ended Sept. 30, compared with 881 two years earlier. In addition, 530 corporate-fraud investigations were open, it said. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:55:00 -0500 http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/616233.html http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/616233.html The first time he fielded the question, Charles Patrick Ewing was a Harvard Law School student, working in a Boston-area district attorney’s office some 25 years ago. A secretary pulled Ewing aside and whispered to him: “I know this may sound stupid. But I’ve heard that you are a forensic psychologist. What does psychology have to do with dead bodies?” “Forensic” actually means legal, Ewing replied. So forensic psychologists evaluate the mental state of people involved in legal matters. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:54:12 -0500 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090324.BCCAMERA24/TPStory/National http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090324.BCCAMERA24/TPStory/National A man who said he saw two police officers shoot and kill a homeless man on a downtown Vancouver street last Friday morning said he filmed the fatal confrontation, but a police officer later demanded his cellphone and erased the video. Recovering this alleged video is key because Adam Smolcic's version of the shooting differs from the police account. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:53:17 -0500 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090319/NEWS01/90319016/1008 http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090319/NEWS01/90319016/1008 Dr. Bill Ralston, a former Kentucky medical examiner, took the stand in the murder trial of Kathryn "Katie" McCoy this morning to tell the jury that her baby was born alive. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:54:55 -0500 http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/mar/20/multiple-shots-from-police-killed-man/ http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/mar/20/multiple-shots-from-police-killed-man/ Multiple gunshot wounds killed a man who died in a police shooting last month, according to a medical examiner's report obtained Thursday. Courtney McGowan, 25, died Feb. 14 after officers conducted a "suspicious vehicle stop" while he was visiting his cousin in the 2700 block of Hickory Bluff in the Raleigh area. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:53:04 -0500 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/19/blunders_persist_at_office_of_state_medical_examiner/ http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/19/blunders_persist_at_office_of_state_medical_examiner/ A worker cleaning a cooler at the state medical examiner's office in Boston last month discovered a box of human bones, including a skull, that were wrongly left behind when the rest of the remains from the body were turned over to a funeral home for burial in July 2007. The discovery led to the firing last month of the office's longtime forensic anthropologist, Ann Marie Mires, who had come under scrutiny 19 months earlier in a similar case in which remains were released for burial but bones from that body were later found stored in her office. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:48:36 -0500 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29718360/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29718360/ Scientists’ testimony found flawed Forensic evidence overstated at Va. trials of 4 wrongfully convicted in’80s, study finds A first-of-its-kind study has found that forensic experts gave flawed testimony in the trials of 82 men—four in Virginia—wrongfully convicted of rape or murder in the 1980s. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:47:47 -0500 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6319859.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6319859.html A forensic pathologist questioned the autopsies performed on a slain couple during testimony Wednesday in the capital murder trial of their son, Brandon Woodruff. Dr. Joy Carter, medical director with Forensic Pathology Associates in Indianapolis, disputed that a dagger introduced into evidence as the possible murder weapon could have made the stab wounds on the victims — Dennis and Norma Woodruff. The dagger's length, width and shape made it highly unlikely, Carter said while on the stand as the first witness called by defense attorneys. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:45:22 -0500 http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/mar/16/bones-found-trash-heap-sent-medical-examiner/ http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/mar/16/bones-found-trash-heap-sent-medical-examiner/ Human bones discovered in a trash heap near the Manatee County line have been turned over to the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:36:25 -0500 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.kirkpatrick16mar16,0,6722842.story http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.kirkpatrick16mar16,0,6722842.story Tracey Lynn Kirkpatrick would be 37 today, a wife and mother, perhaps, and maybe an attorney. Instead, she is mourned by her parents, her family and friends. Twenty years after her murder, she is also never far from the minds of the Frederick police investigators, who have worked since March 15, 1989, to solve the mystery of her violent death. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:35:30 -0500 http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/crime/article/DNAA16_20090315-221004/232414/ http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/crime/article/DNAA16_20090315-221004/232414/ A first-of-its-kind study has found that forensic experts produced flawed evidnece in the trials of 82 men -- four in Virginia -- wrongfully convicted of rape or murder in the 1980s. One of the Virginia cases concerned the late Mary Jane Burton, a forensic serologist who made a habit of keeping blood and other biological samples in her old case files. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:34:50 -0500 http://www.itworld.com/security/64333/how-respond-unexpected-it-security-incident http://www.itworld.com/security/64333/how-respond-unexpected-it-security-incident "So many people walk into an incident and start giving orders," according to Lenny Zeltser, a SANS senior faculty member who also sits on the SANS board of directors. Zeltser was a speaker at this week's SOURCE Boston conference and gave attendees tips on what to do when an unexpected incident hits an organization. Rather than immediately jumping to make rash decisions, ask questions. Lots and lots of questions. Zeltser detailed four key stages for response that will help you gain control and proceed with confidence. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:34:10 -0500 http://www.mb.com.ph/node/199064 http://www.mb.com.ph/node/199064 Lawmen can draw on biotechnology to sharpen their crime fighting ability? Forensic science can verify through the DNA the innocence or probable guilt of an alleged law breaker, solve parentage disputes, and identify disaster victims. The judicial system has adopted the advanced technology, which uncovers the unique makeup of DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid in solving crimes and biological disputes. DNA is the fundamental building block of a person’s genetic structure stored up in sweat, blood, semen or any fluid substances in the body. It can also be extracted from skin cells, hair strands, and other body tissues and composition. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:33:19 -0500 http://www.examiner.com/x-2684-Law-Enforcement-Examiner~y2009m3d13-US-Congress-investigates-forensic-science-requirements http://www.examiner.com/x-2684-Law-Enforcement-Examiner~y2009m3d13-US-Congress-investigates-forensic-science-requirements The US Congress' Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation on Tuesday heard from a panel of forensic expert witnesses that some issues dealing with the validity of forensic science need better review procedures and more rigorous standards. The hearing focused on a recent report released by the National Academy of Sciences regarding the status of US crime labs, Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward. The study found that, with the exception of DNA analysis, most forensic disciplines are in need of further scientific evaluation to determine their reliability and accuracy. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:40:56 -0500 http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6576:medical-examiner-dead-body-identified-but-asked-not-to-be-released&catid=34:guam&Itemid=141 http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6576:medical-examiner-dead-body-identified-but-asked-not-to-be-released&catid=34:guam&Itemid=141 Chief medical examiner, Dr. Aurelio Espinola says dental records have revealed the identity of the 19-year old man found dead in Dededo on Tuesday. However, Espinola says the father has asked that his name not be released. PNC news has learned that the man's father is also a officer with the Guam police department. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:40:28 -0500 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june09/madoff_03-12.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june09/madoff_03-12.html JUDY WOODRUFF: Financier Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty today in what may be the largest swindle in the history of Wall Street. Jeffrey Brown has our lead story report. JEFFREY BROWN: Helicopters hovered overhead, crowds gathered on the sidewalk, and all eyes were on Bernard Madoff as he arrived this morning at the Manhattan federal court, the first time the 70-year-old financier would stand face-to-face with some of the victims of his alleged $65 billion Ponzi scheme. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:39:43 -0500 http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41185202.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/41185202.html Lola Lieb, whose mother was charged Thursday with killing her with drug-tainted formula, was born at St. Joseph's Hospital on July 28. She weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces. She was 18 inches long. The medical examiner's report doesn't mention whether Lola shared her mother's red hair or blue eyes, only that she shared her mother's addiction to methadone. Lola spent the first month of her life at St. Joe's, dazed by the morphine and phenobarbital doctors gave her as she fought the addiction her mother had bequeathed her. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:39:03 -0500 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/0313/1224242800844.html http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/0313/1224242800844.html SNI DETECTIVES believe they may now have “forensic opportunities” that could assist them in apprehending the Real IRA gang responsible for the killings of two British soldiers at Massereene Barracks in Antrim on Saturday. Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy, who held talks about the current level of threat with PSNI chief constable Sir Hugh Orde in Belfast yesterday, is to attend the funeral of murdered police constable Stephen Carroll with Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern today. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:37:59 -0500 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jeT-s5wFtkYLqo0FOPV8uNLOuVOQD96S3DT80 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jeT-s5wFtkYLqo0FOPV8uNLOuVOQD96S3DT80 A music teacher who fatally shot his wife and two of his daughters last month said "I love you" before firing at a son who escaped, the teen told investigators, according to a report released Wednesday. The teen, Javier Amador, told police he heard gunshots soon after his father, Pablo Amador, arrived home about 5:45 a.m. on Feb. 25. The father then entered his 16-year-old son's room, offered the parting words and fired a single shot at him which missed. Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:12:55 -0500 http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2614/forensic-tests-identify-tsars-murdered-children http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2614/forensic-tests-identify-tsars-murdered-children Forensic DNA testing has finally confirmed that bodies found in a field near Yerkaterinburg, Russia, are two of the missing children of Russia's last Tsar, killed following the 1917 revolution. The bodies are almost certainly the crown prince, Alexei Romanov, and one of his sisters, according to a report today in the journal PLoS ONE. Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:12:28 -0500 http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1473604,w-woman-dies-south-side-crash-031209.article http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1473604,w-woman-dies-south-side-crash-031209.article A Lake View neighborhood woman died early Wednesday, six days after her car flipped in a South Side crash. Carol Lynn Hallowell, 53, of the 3700 block of North Marshfield Avenue, was involved in a March 5 crash on the 600 block of East 55th Street, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:11:51 -0500 http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1473609,w-domestic-battery-shooting-031209.article http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1473609,w-domestic-battery-shooting-031209.article A wanted man who was fatally shot after allegedly pointing a gun at a Chicago Police officer at the suspect's Englewood home Tuesday night has been identified. An officer shot the man just before 5:30 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Hermitage Avenue, according to police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli. Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:05:56 -0500 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7938033.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7938033.stm A man jailed 27 years ago for murdering a barmaid could be released from prison after DNA evidence was reviewed. Sean Hodgson, 57, is serving a life sentence for killing Teresa De Simone, 22. She was found strangled in her car in Southampton in December 1979. Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:04:42 -0500 http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1467223,w-teen-collapses-dies-basketball-030909.article http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1467223,w-teen-collapses-dies-basketball-030909.article A teenage boy with a history of heart problems died after collapsing while playing basketball at a Near West Side high school Sunday night, police said. Foul play is not suspected. Marcel Jones, of the 4200 block of West North Avenue, was pronounced dead at 7:27 p.m. at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, which said Jones collapsed while playing basketball at 2189 W. Bowler St. Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:21:58 -0500 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-disputeddeath,0,1230428.story http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-disputeddeath,0,1230428.story The Cook County medical examiner's office and a south suburban Chicago police department are at odds over the death of a 90-year-old man found tethered to a chair in his home. The medical examiner's office has ruled Joseph Basile's death last week was a homicide. Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:21:15 -0500 http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/general/fraud-on-the-rise-in-times-of-crisis/1452022.aspx http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/general/fraud-on-the-rise-in-times-of-crisis/1452022.aspx Corporate fraud is more prevalent but easier to detect in tough financial times, according to forensic accountants about to form a special interest group in Canberra. Forensic Accounting Special Interest Group's national chairman, Owain Stone, said people under pressure were more likely to commit fraud. Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:20:45 -0500 http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Cold-case-Forensic-advances-bring.5051231.jp http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Cold-case-Forensic-advances-bring.5051231.jp It was two police officers walking their regular beat who last saw Sheila Anderson alive. Only 5ft tall and wearing a dark blue donkey jacket, they watched the 27-year-old shuffle down a footway in Commercial Street in her heeled sandals. The officers saw nothing amiss as the mother-of-two was a well-known face among vice girls working the Capital streets. Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:20:05 -0500 http://dermatologytimes.modernmedicine.com/dermatologytimes/E-newsletter/AAD-Forensic-dermatology/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/585722?contextCategoryId=40160 http://dermatologytimes.modernmedicine.com/dermatologytimes/E-newsletter/AAD-Forensic-dermatology/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/585722?contextCategoryId=40160 Dermatologists rarely see symptoms of bioterror attacks or help police solve murders, an expert says. Nevertheless, she says a working knowledge of forensics can help any dermatologist in daily practice. "Every dermatologist does a certain amount of forensics detective work on live patients — if nothing else, looking at suspected cases of abuse, neglect or drug use," says Eve Lowenstein, M.D., Ph.D., chief of dermatology, Brookdale Hospital, and director of clinical research at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn, New York. She is also in private practice at South Nassau Dermatology. Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:17:52 -0500 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29413269/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29413269/ When John Feegel started as Hillsborough County's chief medical examiner, his office was in the basement of Tampa General Hospital. The office moved into a more spacious 8,000-square-foot building on Morgan Street in 1978. Thirty years later, the building became cramped, and there wasn't a proper place for families, funeral directors, law enforcement or reporters who frequent the building. Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:23:11 -0600 http://www.examiner.net/news/x1959833980/Medical-examiners-office-found-up-to-expectations-in-recent-review http://www.examiner.net/news/x1959833980/Medical-examiners-office-found-up-to-expectations-in-recent-review Jackson County Medical Examiner Mary Dudley made a special appearance at the county legislative meeting Monday to report on procedures and recent accomplishments. Dudley told legislators the office responds to death scenes when called by authorities, usually when violence is involved like homicides but also suicides or accidents. “If we are asked to come to a scene, we will go,” Dudley said. “That’s why we have an investigator on call 24/7.” Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:22:38 -0600 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2009-02-26-forensics_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2009-02-26-forensics_N.htm The clay face perched on a lab shelf at Louisiana State University's Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services — FACES — looked familiar to the sheriff's deputy. It got him digging back into his old case files. A few weeks later, the face — reconstructed from the remains of an unidentified 20-year-old slain man — was matched to a skull found 32 years ago on a sandbar in the Red River near Shreveport, La. Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:21:42 -0600 http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2009/03/03/CampusNews/Prof-Testifies.On.Future.Of.Forensics-3656633.shtml http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2009/03/03/CampusNews/Prof-Testifies.On.Future.Of.Forensics-3656633.shtml A Brown professor recently led a study on the shortcomings of current forensic science programs, offering recommendations to Congress about standardizing procedures and enforcing better regulatory mechanisms. Professor of Medical Science Constantine Gatsonis co-chaired a committee appointed by the National Academy of Sciences in 2007, and presented a report, entitled "Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward," to Congress last month. Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:21:11 -0600 http://www.tri-parishtimes.com/articles/2009/03/03/ap/state/304_50_apl.txt http://www.tri-parishtimes.com/articles/2009/03/03/ap/state/304_50_apl.txt LSU's forensics lab and Baton Rouge Crime Stoppers are working together to try to solve cold cases. The partnership will include a billboard campaign, Web site databases, and other ways to publicize face reconstructions by the LSU Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services Lab. Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:20:28 -0600 http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?699df3b5-9e40-4a65-928f-a6cfd3384e62 http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?699df3b5-9e40-4a65-928f-a6cfd3384e62 The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) on Monday announced the opening of a new laboratory and office suite for the forensic examination of radiological material and associated evidence, located at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:00:33 -0600 http://www.chronicle-tribune.com/articles/2009/02/24/news/doc49a372b3be12f493867263.txt http://www.chronicle-tribune.com/articles/2009/02/24/news/doc49a372b3be12f493867263.txt Crimes aren’t solved in 55 minutes, Steve Barker tells his Ivy Tech Community College advanced forensics class. Students in the class — being offered for the first time locally this semester — are getting an idea of how long it really takes to analyze crime scenes, compared to how television shows make it appear. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:59:47 -0600 http://sentinelsource.com/articles/2009/02/23/news/national/free/doc49a2da35eb0f1133685609.txt http://sentinelsource.com/articles/2009/02/23/news/national/free/doc49a2da35eb0f1133685609.txt When disaster strikes a community, the humble laborer steps in to physically rebuild homes, schools, businesses and roads. When disaster strikes the economy, who will be the indispensable worker that will help rebuild the country's financial system? The humble accountant, of course. While America's politicians struggle to implement a rescue package and reforms, accountants stand poised to play a key role in helping to rebuild the economy. That means opportunities for accounting jobs will continue to expand. In fact, the U.S. Department of Labor has predicted continuing growth in accounting fields for the foreseeable future. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:59:10 -0600 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008776604_webhomicide23m.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008776604_webhomicide23m.html A 19-year-old Auburn man was arrested on suspicion of homicide this morning, accused of killing his estranged girlfriend inside her Auburn apartment. Someone called 911 at 3:20 a.m. and reported that a woman was having difficulty breathing, said Auburn police Cmdr. Will Lathrop. When medics arrived at the apartment complex, located in the 3700 block of Auburn Way South, they found a 20-year-old woman dead inside her unit, he said. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:58:34 -0600 http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/feb/24/help-sought-id-remains-illegal-immigrants/ http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/feb/24/help-sought-id-remains-illegal-immigrants/ As a forensic investigator with the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office, Pete Bihorel's job includes identifying remains. To do that, he reaches out to the public for help. But fears over deportation among a growing segment of the public may be hindering those efforts. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:57:37 -0600 http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/1439883,w-employee-hang-suicide-niles-west-school-021909.article http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/1439883,w-employee-hang-suicide-niles-west-school-021909.article The social work team is available to students and staff at a north suburban high school Thursday after a school employee killed himself in the school Wednesday evening. Skokie police responded to Niles West High School at 5701 Oakton St. about 5:30 p.m. after employees found a man dead in a second-floor “mechanical room” near the girls’ gymnasium, Skokie police Cmdr. Michael Ruth said. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:24:15 -0600 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7899914.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7899914.stm Two police officers who were accused of lying during the Omagh bomb trial have been cleared of any criminal conduct. The trial judge said Philip Marshall and Fiona Cooper had engaged in "deliberate and calculated deception". Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:22:18 -0600 http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20090220/NEWS01/902200332 http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20090220/NEWS01/902200332 The Tallahassee Police Department may be a step removed from CSI, but it's now one step closer. TPD held an extended press conference Thursday to showcase its renovated forensics unit. The project took 18 months, and the officers did much of the work. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:21:35 -0600 http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13006&Itemid=5821 http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13006&Itemid=5821 If you read the A to Z of Corporate Scandals article on Sunday, August 18, 2002 by Hugh Brady and Paul T Colgan you will find that fraud and corruption are no jokers in any country and in any financial market so to speak. Talk of the recent collapse of major stock brokerage firms and the near collapse of some reknowned Kenyan companies, fraud has taken root in Kenyan companies and this is expected to do more than harm if let on the loose. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:19:59 -0600 http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090219_298_0_OKLAHO768312 http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090219_298_0_OKLAHO768312 Legislation to increase oversight of the Chief Medical Examiner's Office is headed to the House floor. The House Public Safety Committee on Wednesday passed House Bill 1434, by Rep. Lucky Lamons, D-Tulsa, which would require the Medical Examiner's Office to obtain legislative approval before closing any satellite office. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:19:25 -0600 http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattle911/archives/162385.asp?from=blog_last3 http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattle911/archives/162385.asp?from=blog_last3 The King County Medical Examiner's Office identified the woman who died after she was involved in a traffic collision on the Fremont Bridge. The head-on collision between an SUV and a van happened just before 11 a.m. Wednesday on the bridge, Seattle police reported. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:18:37 -0600 http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2185122/ http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2185122/ Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced that its forensic DNA solutions are successfully being used for a broader range of criminal investigations that include non-violent crimes, such as burglaries, auto thefts and other property crimes. These technologies are assisting law enforcement agencies, such as the Denver Crime Laboratory Bureau to reduce property crimes by more than 30%, saving more than $5 million in police costs and preventing an estimated $36.8 million of property loss during the past three years. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:24:28 -0600 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6269891.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6269891.html An autopsy on a 3-year-old girl by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office determined she drowned in a septic tank near her home. The body of Alisandra Galvan was found early Wednesday in the septic system of her home. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:22:58 -0600 http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2009/2/19/forensic_reports_released_in_casey_anthony_case.html http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2009/2/19/forensic_reports_released_in_casey_anthony_case.html More than 500 pages of forensic reports were released Wednesday in the case against Casey Anthony. The reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office document evidence collected at the crime scene and at the Anthony home. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:22:06 -0600 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/us/19forensics.html?_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/us/19forensics.html?_r=1 Crime laboratories around the country are grossly underfunded, lack a scientific foundation and are compromised by critical delays in analyzing physical evidence, according to a broad study of forensic techniques published Wednesday by the National Academy of Sciences, the nation’s premier scientific body. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:21:08 -0600 http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=106904&d=883&h=884&f=882&dateformat=%25o%20%25B%20%25Y http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=106904&d=883&h=884&f=882&dateformat=%25o%20%25B%20%25Y Investigators say that the number of people trying to pull off low-level Ponzi schemes is increasing so quickly that they are now calling them "mini-Madoffs." And forensic accountants believe their skills will be even more valuable in this climate, as jilted investors are asking tough questions about where their money went. Business owners and governments are also being cautious, watching their funds with more scrutiny than ever. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:19:52 -0600 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/18/AR2009021803579.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/18/AR2009021803579.html A medical examiner has ruled that the death of a 13-year-old Manassas area girl whose body was found last month in a creek was a homicide, authorities said yesterday. The cause of Alexis "Lexie" Glover's death was drowning and exposure to cold, Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney Paul B. Ebert (D) said yesterday, citing the medical examiner's report. Glover's adoptive mother, Alfreedia Gregg-Glover, who told police that Alexis had run away, has been charged with felony neglect and filing a false police report in connection with the incident. The girl's body was found Jan. 9. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:18:24 -0600 http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=294695 http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=294695 KPMG’s forensic unit will begin an audit of allegations levelled at airline SA Airways after its CEO, Khaya Ngqula, was placed on special leave last week. They will look into the issue of retention premiums (payments above a salary), alleged issues of a conflict of interest and issues of procurement. The announcement was made on the same day that the airline was dealing with the second arrest in a month in London of its crew after drugs were allegedly found in their luggage. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:01:43 -0600 http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/02/iphone-forensics-expert-creates-amber-alert-app-for-iphone.ars http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/02/iphone-forensics-expert-creates-amber-alert-app-for-iphone.ars Well-known iPhone developer and hacker Jonathan Zdziarksy is hoping to revolutionize how people receive alerts about missing children and how information about sightings is reported to law enforcement agencies with his new AMBER Alert iPhone app. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:00:39 -0600 http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20090217/NEWS/902170299/-1/ENTERTAINMENT04?Title=Killen_woman_found_dead__forensics_asked_to_investigate http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20090217/NEWS/902170299/-1/ENTERTAINMENT04?Title=Killen_woman_found_dead__forensics_asked_to_investigate The body of a 30-year-old woman found late Monday has been sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in an effort to help answer questions about her death, authorities said today. Lauderdale County Sheriff Ronnie Willis said deputies were called to the woman’s home in the 2800 block of Harrison Road between 10:30-11 p.m. Monday. The residence is just off Brush Creek Road. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:00:10 -0600 http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1641120/dna_aids_forensic_experts/ http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1641120/dna_aids_forensic_experts/ US scientists report that the smallest amount of DNA found at a crime scene could help reveal the face of the criminal. The new process called ‘forensic molecular photofitting' goes far beyond doing an identity-proving genetic fingerprint. Dr Mark Shriver from Pennsylvania State University said the process would allow forensic experts to reconstruct facial features and skin with the help of DNA. It maps the genes that are linked to skin pigmentation and facial structure. Therefore, a person's face could emerge from the analysis. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:59:20 -0600 http://www.freep.com/article/20090218/NEWS01/902180327/1003/NEWS/Detroit+news+briefs++Couple+arraigned+in+toddler+s+death http://www.freep.com/article/20090218/NEWS01/902180327/1003/NEWS/Detroit+news+briefs++Couple+arraigned+in+toddler+s+death The mother of a toddler who died Friday and her boyfriend were arraigned on murder and child abuse charges in 36th District Court on Tuesday. Tasha Martin, 18, and Joseph Taylor, 23, are charged with first-degree murder, felony murder and first-degree child abuse. Two-year-old Isaiah Martin died of blunt force trauma, the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office said. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:58:42 -0600 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29247968/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29247968/ The medical examiner's office confirmed Tuesday that carbon monoxide poisoning caused the death of a woman found dead in a Flour Bluff apartment Monday. Karen Harwell, 41, was found in her apartment unit on the 1100 block of Barton. Carbon monoxide also sickened two other men. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:57:39 -0600 http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/16/forensic-experts-to-hear-boulder-jane-doe-case/ http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/feb/16/forensic-experts-to-hear-boulder-jane-doe-case/ Boulder County's 1954 Jane Doe homicide case will be presented to the annual meeting of American Academy of Forensic Science this week in Denver. About 4,000 scientists are expected to attend the meeting at the Denver Convention Center beginning today. Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:54:03 -0600 http://www.freep.com/article/20090217/NEWS01/902170381/Detroit+boy+was+second+of+woman+s+kids+to+die http://www.freep.com/article/20090217/NEWS01/902170381/Detroit+boy+was+second+of+woman+s+kids+to+die A 2-year-old Detroit boy who died Friday after being taken to a hospital by his mother and her boyfriend in what is believed to be a case of fatal child abuse was the second of the mother's children to die in the last six months. Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:52:49 -0600 http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/16/bn16boatfire-body-found-san-diego-bay/?zIndex=53771 http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/16/bn16boatfire-body-found-san-diego-bay/?zIndex=53771 A man's body was discovered in the wreckage of a boat destroyed by fire in San Diego Bay early Sunday morning. The man was identified as 52-year-old Allan L. Simmons, the Medical Examiner's office said Monday. Firefighters were called just after 3:20 a.m. to the dock at North Harbor Drive near the Pacific Fleet Training center after someone living on another boat reported the blaze, a dispatcher with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said. Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:52:25 -0600 http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20090216/UPDATES01/90216012 http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20090216/UPDATES01/90216012 A 42-year-old township man found dead in the woods last month died of accidental alcohol poisoning, with hypothermia contributing to his death, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office said. Simeon Brunka was found in the woods off Woodland Avenue on Jan. 21 after an extensive search following a report about Brunka missing with the neighbor’s dog he was watching. Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:51:38 -0600 http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20090128/NEWS/901279954/1049&title=Indian%20Hills%20reopens%20books%20for%20forensic%20accountants http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20090128/NEWS/901279954/1049&title=Indian%20Hills%20reopens%20books%20for%20forensic%20accountants A request to delve deeper into a forensic accounting of the Indian Hills General Improvement District’s books was narrowly approved by trustees. Board secretary Bill Eisele said he wanted to continue the study conducted by the accounting firm of Muckel Anderson and covering the period between June 2006 and September 2008. “I’d like them to look at two or three things,” he said. “My feeling is that we owe it to taxpayers to clean this up.” Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:50:59 -0600 http://www.smartbrief.com/news/fvs/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=18FE71F7-B5EF-4C07-8A59-7796EB9CF28D&copyid=EC06265C-3153-4CE0-8A1C-03757D31A39A http://www.smartbrief.com/news/fvs/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=18FE71F7-B5EF-4C07-8A59-7796EB9CF28D&copyid=EC06265C-3153-4CE0-8A1C-03757D31A39A n this article in Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, John J. Scott and Hutch Hubbard, directors in the New York office of RSM McGladrey, offer advice for in-house counsel on selecting forensic experts. Scott and Hubbard say the trial judge acts as the "gatekeeper" to determine whether expert testimony meets the test of being "sufficiently established to have gained general acceptance in the particular field in which it belongs." Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:50:33 -0600 http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=106908&d=883&h=884&f=882&dateformat=%25o%20%25B%20%25Y http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=106908&d=883&h=884&f=882&dateformat=%25o%20%25B%20%25Y Demand for courses in fraud and forensic accounting has been strong and is growing at colleges and universities throughout the country. Georgia Southern University is no exception, and The College of Business Administration's Center for Forensic Studies in Accounting and Business has taken the lead by offering two educational tracks in fraud and forensic accounting to students at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:28:20 -0600 http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/580856.html http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/580856.html The difficult task of identifying the 50 victims of Continental Flight 3407 progressed Sunday as specialists combed through body fragments and personal belongings after the crash in Clarence Center. Assuming the clear weather continues, officials said they expect to remove the remains by the end of the week from the crash site on Long Street. But identifying all the dead could take many more weeks of forensic work in the morgue. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:24:49 -0600 http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_02_12_Medical_examiner_cremates_body_prematurely/srvc=home&position=recent http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_02_12_Medical_examiner_cremates_body_prematurely/srvc=home&position=recent The state medical examiner’s office is under scrutiny again after officials disclosed that a woman’s body was cremated before law enforcement had to a chance to determine whether she was murdered. The error could hamper a possible criminal investigation. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:24:21 -0600 http://eastsidebusinessjournal.com/Education/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2845&Itemid=2 http://eastsidebusinessjournal.com/Education/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2845&Itemid=2 Forensic psychology will be the focus as Bellevue Community College (BCC) and Eastern Washington University (EWU) jointly present a free, public psychology symposium on the BCC Campus Feb. 18 and 19. The symposium will feature Dr. Kayleen Islam-Zwart, EWU associate professor of psychology, speaking on the topic, “Mayhem, Malingering, and Mental Illness: The Work of a Forensic Psychologist.” Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:23:06 -0600 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.bones16feb16,0,749686.story http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.bones16feb16,0,749686.story One display case holds the remains of a 15-year-old Anne Arundel County boy, a servant who apparently was murdered and stuffed into a hole scooped out of a dirt cellar. Farther along are the bones of a strapping lad of 12 or 13, with evidence of a raging infection in his lower jaw. He was found in a hastily dug grave in Jamestown, Va., an Indian arrow in his thigh. Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:22:09 -0600 http://blog.al.com/breaking/2009/02/jamal_woods_lawyer_withdraws_s.html http://blog.al.com/breaking/2009/02/jamal_woods_lawyer_withdraws_s.html Larry Morgan withdrew today from his role as a defense lawyer for capital murder suspect Jamal Woods so he could become a witness and testify about the testimony of state medical examiner Dr. Adel Shekar. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:41:13 -0600 http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090212/METRO/902120474/1361 http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090212/METRO/902120474/1361 The deaths of two Michigan State University students in two weeks are not related, according the Ingham County medical examiner. MSU senior Kevin Boskey, 21, of Farmington Hills was found dead in his bed Friday after missing class and feeling fatigued on Thursday. MSU senior Don Ausman, 22, of Northville was found dead in his East Lansing apartment Jan. 28. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:40:06 -0600 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008736710_webtaxi12m.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008736710_webtaxi12m.html The taxi driver fatally injured on an icy overpass in the Burien area early Wednesday has been identified by the King County Medical Examiner's office as Getnet Endeshaw, 28, of SeaTac. Endeshaw died after being struck by three vehicles after he got out of his car, which had spun around on the slick roadway on Highway 509 at South 128th Street shortly after 4 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:39:19 -0600 http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1234414509169570.xml&coll=1 http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1234414509169570.xml&coll=1 Capitalizing on Wednesday's unusually warm weather, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology professor Robert Furey took his students outside to collect insects for a project in forensic entomology, the study of how insects are used in criminal investigations. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:31:49 -0600 http://blog.aefeldman.com/2009/02/09/recession-bolstering-demand-for-forensic-accounting-services/ http://blog.aefeldman.com/2009/02/09/recession-bolstering-demand-for-forensic-accounting-services/ Forensic accounting is one of the fastest-growing practice niches among CPA firms. The trend, which began several years ago, has evolved into an era in which CPAs are in constant demand as expert witnesses and litigation specialists. Today, amid the recession, forensic accounting has also become an integral part of “recovery teams” organized by CPA firms in an effort to help financially troubled clients navigate through these uncertain times. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:29:38 -0600 http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/46BE789C0C8032C66525755C0047F8FF?OpenDocument http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/46BE789C0C8032C66525755C0047F8FF?OpenDocument The Nithari case was a challenge for the forensic experts who had to examine hundreds of bones and skeletal remains besides going for psycho-analysis tests to reconstruct the gory happenings in the "House of horror" where innocent girls and children were hacked to pieces two years ago. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:28:40 -0600 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/02/12/body_cremated_in_error_state_says/ http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/02/12/body_cremated_in_error_state_says/ The state medical examiner's office allowed the body of an Andover woman to be cremated before authorities had determined whether she was the victim of homicide, a blunder that could thwart a potential criminal investigation, according to state and local officials. Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:27:03 -0600 http://news.opb.org/article/4253-northwest-regional-computer-forensics-lab-receives-accreditation/ http://news.opb.org/article/4253-northwest-regional-computer-forensics-lab-receives-accreditation/ The only regional computer forensics laboratory in the Pacific Northwest received accreditation Wednesday. The lab – which is in Portland – is one of only fourteen accredited computer forensic labs in the country. Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:26:28 -0600 http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_144557.asp http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_144557.asp A four-year-old boy who died September 26, 2007, after he was punished for urinating on himself, bled to death, a forensic pathologist testified Wednesday. Dr. Jim Metcalfe said Keanon Beamon’s liver was torn in two, and about 500 milliliter of blood had collected around his internal organs. Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:24:54 -0600 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb1967534.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/02/prweb1967534.htm A nationally prominent forensic accounting firm is sounding the alarm about the potential for hundreds of millions of dollars in fraud, waste and abuse from ... Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:24:15 -0600