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Forensic Science

Human Remains Identification DNA Analysis Skeletal Remains Death Autopsy Child Disappearance Cold Cases DNA Testing Identification of Remains Victim Advocacy Government Response Age-Progression Images Remains Discovery Community Involvement Body Recovery Facial Reconstruction Police Procedures Family Impact Body Discovery Cause of Death Coronial Inquest Recovery of Remains Law Enforcement Identification Process Human Identification Ground Penetrating Radar Community Impact Search Operations LAPD Case Studies

Dallas Police Close 52-Year Cold Case After Photo Links Missing Teen to 1973 Hit-and-Run

A newly found postmortem photo relayed through NCMEC enabled investigators to connect Norman Prater to an unidentified victim in Rockport.

California DOJ Identifies 1986 Skull Fragments as Marjorie Linehan

2004 Nashville Skull Identified as TSU Student Missing Since 1986

Remains of Steven MacKrell Found in Boca Raton Pond a Decade After Disappearance

Skeletal Remains Found in Queens Believed to Be Missing Nurse Richard ‘Max’ Albright

Ohio BCI Releases Age-Progressed Image in 2004 Disappearance of Michael Hodge

Decades-Old Massachusetts Remains Identified as Missing Teen Anthony Angelli Rea

Nancy Gale Erickson Identified as Woman Found Dead in 1974 Marlborough

Remains Found in Southern Colorado Identified as Missing Rock Hunter Edna Quintana