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DNA Profiling in Cold Cases – The UK Process

February 17, 2011 By Alice

Sue Carney

…refer to it as Low Copy Number (LCN) DNA profiling whilst Key Forensic Services Limited offers DNAXtra, and LGC Forensics offers DNA SenCE. For simplicity, I’ll refer to the technique…

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Filed Under: Forensics, Guest Writers Tagged With: DNA, Forensics, guest bloggers, Sue Carney, UK

Theresa Corley: DNA found

December 3, 2017 By Alice

The cold case of Theresa M. Corley/Massachusetts Gov.

…Theresa’s body. They collected nine and a half fingernails. The goal of course, looking for DNA. Theresa was only 19 years old on Dec. 6, 1978 when she was raped…

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unsolved Tagged With: DNA, Massachusetts, Theresa M. Corley

Zeigler DNA Appeal denied

February 21, 2013 By Alice

Tommy Zeigler

…in his three-plus-decade fight to get off death row. Tommy appealed to the state Supreme Court after a circuit judge denied his request to have DNA tests performed on his…

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Filed Under: Forensics, Zeigler Tagged With: Capital Punishment, DNA, Florida, Miscarriage of Justice, Prosecutorial Misconduct, William Thomas Zeigler

Detecting DNA

July 15, 2020 By Alice

DNA double helix

…DNA matching from a distance is not. The patent Dr. Vass describes is a detector that can be used to find DNA and he claims 85% accuracy. Now compare this…

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Filed Under: Forensics Tagged With: DNA, Forensics, profiling

Lapointe: DNA does not match

July 3, 2012 By Alice

Richard A. Lapointe

…match Lapointe. Also, a pubic hair found on Mrs. Martin’s sweater contained mitochondrial DNA — the DNA contributed by the individual’s mother that did not match either Lapointe or Mrs….

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Filed Under: Miscarriages of Justice, Unsolved Tagged With: Actual Innocence, Arson Detection, Bernice Martin, DNA Database, Frederick Rodney Merrill, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Richard A. Lapointe, Wrongful Convictions

Zeigler, at long last: DNA testing

May 20, 2021 By Alice

William Thomas Zeigler/Grid AdS

William Thomas Zeigler/Grid AdS A motion was filed today by the William Thomas Zeigler defense team with the approval of the Orange County State Attorney’s office for DNA testing. It…

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Miscarriages of Justice, Zeigler Tagged With: DNA, Florida, William Thomas Zeigler, Wrongful Convictions

Kylie Maybury: DNA evidence

May 30, 2017 By Alice

Kylie Maria Antonia Maybury/Herald Sun

…8 last year, detectives again visited Davies at his home Waterford Park, this time requesting a DNA sample. He agreed. The results were damning. “His DNA profile was found to…

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Filed Under: Forensics Tagged With: Australia, DNA, Kylie Maybury

New DNA Technology

April 4, 2016 By Alice

m-vac system

…forensic DNA collection method. This method will enable the team to produce a DNA profile strong enough to move the case forward. The Missing DNA Link Another commonality in these…

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Filed Under: Forensics Tagged With: DNA, Jared Bradley, M-Vac Systems, MBA, Ras Al Khaimah Officer, Uta von Schwedler

Wet-Vacuum Forensic DNA Collection Continues to Gain Support

March 5, 2014 By Alice

m-vac system

…results. Of course, not every case, but the bottom line is if there is DNA material on the evidence, even when it is minute amounts of touch DNA, the M-Vac…

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Filed Under: Forensics, Guest Writers Tagged With: Crime Labs, Crime Scene, DNA, Evidence, Jared Bradley, M-Vac Systems

Zeigler closer to modern DNA testing

October 29, 2022 By Alice

Blood and truth: the lingering case of Tommy Zeigler and how Florida fights DNA testing

…the start. The preserved evidence pieces of guns, victim fingernail clippings and clothes will prove that he did not kill four people in 1975. Modern DNA testing may even shed…

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: DNA, Florida, Paul Kish, William Thomas Zeigler

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