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Project Prism: Investigating Toronto’s Missing Men
Sep 05 2023
On April 30th, 2017, Selim Esen was reported missing to the Toronto Police. On June 29th, 2017, Andrew Kinsman was reported missing to the Toronto Police. In early July 20...
Under the Microscope 2023 – Melody Josserand
Aug 22 2023
Due to the increase of global migration, missing person and unidentified, deceased person cases can have a cross-border impact. Often these cases are difficult to resolve in a...
Under the Microscope 2023 – Nicole Novroski and Amy Smuts
Aug 10 2023
In response to the growing demand for genetic genealogy in cold and violent crime cases, forensic practitioners worldwide are exploring the who, what, when, where, and how to ...
Under the Microscope 2023 – Natasha Poe
Aug 09 2023
On July 29, 2016, partially unidentified human remains were found in Slidell, Louisiana. The cause of death was determined to be a homicide. A CODIS eligible profile was o...
Under the Microscope 2023 – Allison Lewis
Aug 08 2023
There are many reasons the voice of the defense does not get considered during testing, hypothesis building, comparison and reporting of DNA evidence. It could be because te...
Using DNA to Help Exonerate the Innocent
Aug 03 2023
With the rate of wrongful convictions being estimated between 2% and 6%, there are thousands of innocent people currently incarcerated in the United States. Over the years, mu...
Under the Microscope – Meradeth Houston Snow
Aug 02 2023
The intersection between identifying human remains that may be of Native American ancestry, and genetic testing, is one that is fraught with misunderstandings and cultural ins...
Under the Microscope 2023 – Quentin Gauthier
Jul 26 2023
Quantification of DNA in extracted samples offers key insights for an examiner’s decision on which downstream analysis to conduct. If the amount of nuclear DNA in a sample ...
Under the Microscope 2023 – Colleen Fitzpatrick
Jul 20 2023
Forensic Genetic Genealogy was recently introduced into court as an investigative lead in the trial of Patrick Leon Nicholas for the 1991 murder of high school senior Sarah Ya...