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Former Crime Lab Analyst Gets 10 Years After DNA Scandal Upends Colorado Cases
A former Colorado crime lab analyst is heading to prison for 10 years after authorities uncovered manipulated DNA data that forced officials to examine hundreds of criminal cases. Yvonne “Missy” Woods, a longtime forensic analyst with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, pleaded guilty to multiple crimes connected to her handling of evidence, including perjury, forgery…
25 Years After 9/11, Investigators Identify Another Victim Using DNA Genealogy
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, investigators have finally identified another person killed at the World Trade Center. The identification marks the first time New York officials have successfully used forensic investigative genetic genealogy in their decades-long effort to identify the victims. The newly identified victim was an adult woman whose family has chosen…
AI Helped Expose a Security Flaw That Could Have Put Three Decades of DNA Evidence at Risk
DNA evidence has long been treated as one of the strongest forms of proof in criminal investigations. Jurors trust it. Investigators rely on it. Courts often view it as the scientific standard that can confirm guilt or prove innocence. That confidence has been shaken by a newly disclosed cybersecurity flaw that researchers say may have…
Louisiana Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction Built on Junk Science
For more than a quarter of a century, Jimmie “Chris” Duncan lived with the possibility that the state of Louisiana could execute him for murdering his girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter. Prosecutors argued the evidence was overwhelming. Jurors agreed, sentencing him to death in 1998. Now, nearly three decades later, Louisiana’s highest court has unanimously concluded that…
New DNA Study Reveals the Shroud of Turin Is Covered in Animal and Food Traces
For centuries, the Shroud of Turin has stood at the center of one of history’s most enduring religious mysteries. Believed by many Christians to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, the linen has inspired countless scientific investigations, fierce debates, and deeply held beliefs. Every new study tends to reignite the same question: could this…
True Face of Jesus’ is Brought Back to Life With Modern Breakthrough
What if the most recognized face in human history—reproduced in stained glass, Renaissance frescoes, and Sunday school coloring books—was never close to the truth? For centuries, the image of Jesus Christ has remained frozen in Western imagination: fair-skinned, light-haired, and ethereal. Yet nowhere in scripture is his appearance described, and no image from his lifetime…
Human Remains Found in California Identified as 13-Year-Old Girl Who Disappeared 50 Years Ago
In the quiet expanse of a California riverbed, a discovery made nearly three decades ago puzzled investigators—a set of skeletal remains, anonymous and mysterious. The case languished in the files of unsolved mysteries, holding secrets of a past life untold. Fast forward to today, and the advancements in forensic technology have finally pulled back the…