Australia
The Australian Federal Police have been forced to send evidence to New Zealand for examination because of ”background contamination” in its 32-year-old Weston forensic centre and has warned that samples could be lost or contaminated unless a more modern facility is built.
Daily Archives: December 3, 2012
Forensic evidence at risk of contamination at ageing lab facility
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DNA of John Wayne Gacy, other executed inmates, could help solve coldest cases
Detectives have long wondered what secrets serial killer John Wayne Gacy and other condemned murderers took to the grave when they were executed _ mostly whether they had other unknown victims.
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Could DNA evidence heat up a 1959 cold case?
SARASOTA COUNTY – A critical piece of evidence in Sarasota’s most notorious cold case went undiscovered for 45 years.
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Posted in Cold Cases, Mitochondrial Testing