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The Missing Piece Episode 1: Carla Walker
May 18 2021
For years, victims were listed on cold case files in law enforcement evidence boxes. While never forgotten, limitations in forensic science prevented their cases fr...
Applying Ancient DNA Techniques to Forensic Samples
May 13 2021
In this interview, Kelly Harkins Kincaid, co-founder of Astrea Forensics shares how her background in paleogenomics makes her uniquely qualified to tackle degraded DNA found i...
Predicting Appearance, Ancestry, and Age from DNA
Apr 29 2021
Unknown perpetrators of crime cannot be identified with the current forensic use of DNA. The European Horizon 2020 Project VISAGE (Visual Attributes Through Genomics) aims to ...
Meet the Sophomore Using Forensic Genetic Genealogy to Close Cold Cases: Olivia McCarter
Mar 31 2021
Olivia McCarter is just 19 years old, but she’s already been a part of three forensic genealogy successes. As a freshman at the University of South Alabama, Olivia wondered ...
Obtaining DNA Profiles from Rootless Hairs
Mar 17 2021
Throughout the years, conventional wisdom has said that rootless hair shafts do not contain DNA, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. In this interview, Ed Green, Pr...
GEDmatch: A Genealogy Platform Allowing Users and Law Enforcement to Make Familial Connections
Mar 02 2021
GEDmatch is a genetic genealogy website with over 1.4M users who want to learn more about their genetic roots. It was set up in 2010 with the mission of using science to conne...
Forensic Genealogy and Missing Persons Cases
Feb 23 2021
In this interview, we talk with Dr. Bruce Budowle, Director for the Center for Human Identification at the University of North Texas Health Science Center to learn more about ...
February 2021 Issue of The ISHI Report Now Live
Feb 18 2021
Greetings from Madison, Wisconsin. This issue of The ISHI Report finds us looking forward to warmer weather and the beginning of the end of life under COVID. The past y...
Identifying the Oldest Doe Using Forensic Genetic Genealogy: Henry Joseph Loveless
Feb 08 2021
In the summer of 1979, a family was searching for artifacts in Buffalo Cave, a dark lava tube outside of the small and remote town of Dubois, Idaho. Approximately 200 feet fro...