PARIS, Feb. 7 (UPI) — A French man admitted to a jewelry theft in Paris after DNA evidence from a kiss on a woman’s cheek singled him out as the thief, police said.
Daily Archives: February 7, 2014
French thief’s DNA identified after he kissed victim on cheek
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Bill to build new Pueblo CBI lab clears House Finance Committee
DENVER – Pueblo’s sub-standard forensic lab run by the Bureau of Investigation would get a new $11 million facility under a bill proposed Thursday by Rep. Leroy Garcia, D-Pueblo.
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Cause of deadliest plagues in history discovered
(NaturalNews) The two deadliest plagues in the world – the Black Death and the Justinian Plague – wiped out a great deal of Europe’s population. A new study shows that they were caused by two different strains of the same bacterium. With funding from a variety of sources from the United States, Australia and Canada, researchers analyzed DNA from people who were victims of those plagues to reach that conclusion.
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Rapid DNA Tests: New Crime Fighter?
Lt. Pat Ledwith is Sarasota, Florida’s commander of criminal investigations. He says quicker DNA testing could make a big difference.
“Currently we have to send it off to a lab, either a state lab or private lab,”Ledwith explains.
Most cases of criminal DNA testing can take anywhere from a week to a month.
“If they come up with a process that expedites this testing, it could really help us solve crimes quickly, especially when we have no suspects in cases,” Lepwith adds.
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