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The Missing Piece: A New Video Series Focusing on the People Behind Forensic Genetic Genealogy Successes
Nov 18 2020
Carla Walker. Christine Jessop. Siobhan McGuinness. For years, these victims were listed on cold case files in law enforcement evidence boxes. While never forgotten, limitatio...
Fall 2020 Edition of The ISHI Report Now Live
Nov 17 2020
Greetings from Madison, Wisconsin. We hope this edition of the ISHI Report finds you well. The latest ISHI Report is packed with updates from the field of forensics. Th...
Save the Date for ISHI 32
Sep 21 2020
An infant kidnapped from a Chicago hospital. A man who became an “unidentified living person” the instant a DNA test disproved his past. An internationally known investiga...
Testifying During the OJ Simpson Trial
Aug 18 2020
Robin Cotton shares what it was like testifying during one of the most publicized cases including how she prepared for trial and what it was like being recognized as the ‘DN...
Predicting Facial Morphology Using DNA Phenotyping
Jul 21 2020
When trying to identify a perpetrator of a crime, phenotyping is another tool that investigators have to generate leads and narrow down suspects. Susan Walsh, Assistant Profes...
Reverse Complement PCR: A Novel System for the Target Capture of Identity SNPs for Typing Highly Degraded DNA
Jun 08 2020
Rachel Kieser, former PhD student at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, shares the poster that she presented at ISHI on a new method to target degraded DNA. ...
The Foundling: Resolving a Case of Unknown Parentage Through the Use of Genetic Genealogy
Jun 01 2020
On April 27, 1964, a nurse came into the hospital room of Dora Fronczak, who had just given birth to her young son, Paul. She took the baby and left, saying it was time to&hel...
The Power of Genetic Genealogy
May 28 2020
In this interview, Diahan Southard, Founder of Your DNA Guide, shares how researching ancient Egyptian mummies led to the inception of the genetic genealogy databases that we ...
Writing the Books on Forensic DNA: Dr. John Butler
Apr 29 2020
Dr. John Butler has both taught and inspired many in the field of forensic DNA. In this interview, Mirna Ghemrawi, PhD student at Florida International University and former I...