Daily Archives: October 9, 2012

SmallPond™ Undergoing Validation by Strand Analytical Laboratories

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October 9, 2012 — Indianapolis, Indiana — SmallPond, LLC, has announced that Strand Analytical Laboratories, a division of Strand Diagnostics, LLC, is validating the use of the SmallPond™ DNA Profile Matching System for use in both single-source database searching and forensic casework contamination detection applications.

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Posted in New ID Technologies

Fiscal Year 2012 Awards

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In fiscal year 2012, NIJ made 363 awards for a total of approximately $168 million dollars. Awards were made in response to:
•34 competitive solicitations.
•One formula award program (DNA Backlog Reduction Program).
•One solicitation producing both formula and competitive awards (Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program).

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Posted in Funding

Factory fire: Govt told to speed up victims’ identification

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The Sindh High Court has told the Sindh government to speed up the DNA matching process to identify the remaining victims of the country’s worst industrial disaster

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Posted in Forensic Industry News

National Database Helps Nab Armed Robbery Suspect

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Deputies say a national DNA database helped them solve the robbery of a restaurant that happened last year.

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Posted in Database

Toothbrush DNA Brings Hotel Room Bill-Dodger to Justice

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When a sly hotel guest used a fake name and managed to slip out of his room without paying, he probably thought he had gotten away with a classic sleep-and-dash.

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Posted in Cold Cases

Blood sample to be required upon arrest in SC

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A revised law in South Carolina will unleash the power of DNA and potentially close unsolved crimes, including sexual assaults

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Posted in DNA Legislation

Jessica Ridgeway: Missing Colorado Girl’s Backpack Checked for DNA

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The Colorado Crime Lab is processing the backpack of missing 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway for possible DNA evidence.

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Posted in Missing Persons