forensics
Jack the Ripper's Final Victim Is Being Exhumed
Will DNA evidence finally identify the world's most mythologized serial killer?
10 Days Later: Biologists Find a New Way to Determine Time of Death
Their method worked in pigs over a week after death, long after the body's gone cold.
Forget Fingerprints—in the Future We'll Be Identified by Gut Bacteria
Scientists have shown for the first time that people can be identified with unique microbial “fingerprints.”
The Challenge of Identifying The Dead In a Disaster
After a large-scale disaster, one of the priorities is to identify the corpses, a task that often falls to a disaster-victim-identification expert.
Dying Your Hair Will Not Help You Hide From Police
Forensic investigators can tell the colour and brand of hair dye used on samples they collect with this new technique.
'If Someone's Died, or it's Apparent Someone will Die, They Call Us'
We spoke to a police officer whose job is investigating fatal crash sites to find out who's responsible.
Here's a Collection of 19th-Century Romanian Tattoos and the Skin They Were Etched On
Nicolae Minovici's collection of tattoos is being exhibited in Bucharest's Sutu Palace until March. And yes, some of the pieces still have hair on them.
Dead Migrants Are Vanishing at the Texas Border
Bureaucratic obstacles are making it next to impossible for families to find their lost loved ones, or even learn where they died.
Mexico's Disappeared Students (Dispatch 1)
Mexico's Attorney General has confirmed that human remains found in a river in Cocula, Guerrero, were those of Alexander Mora, one of the missing 43 Ayotzinapa students.
It's Him: Richard III Is the Oldest Successful DNA Identification Case
The DNA also "cannot prove a lover" as there's a break in his male-lineage.