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Human remains found in 1979 in Chicago suburb identified through DNA, forensic genealogy

Mar. 21, 2024 13:13 PM EDT

BARRINGTON HILLS, Ill. (AP) — Partially dismembered human remains found in 1979 in a Chicago suburb have been identified through DNA and forensic genealogy as those of a man who was 27 when he vanished, authorities said. Barrington Hills police announced Wednesday the remains are...

Forensic police find a 10th body in the charred remnants of a Spanish apartment building

Feb. 24, 2024 06:11 AM EST

VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — The death toll from a dramatic fire that left two residential buildings charred in the Spanish city of Valencia rose to 10 on Saturday after authorities announced they had located the remains of what they believed was the last missing person. Forensic police...

Pregnant woman found dead in Indiana in 1992 identified through forensic genealogy

Feb. 15, 2024 15:35 PM EST

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A pregnant woman who was found dead in 1992 in a northeastern Indiana basement has been identified through forensic genetic genealogy and DNA provided by her father, authorities said Thursday. The woman was identified as Tabetha Ann Murlin of Fort Wayne, who...

Migrants from Africa and Mideast who died in Bosnia get marble headstones and a memorial

Feb. 09, 2024 00:35 AM EST

BIJELJINA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — In cities along a section of the Drina River, which forms a natural border between Bosnia and Serbia, there are simple, durable gravestones marking the final resting places of dozens of migrants who drowned in recent years trying to reach Western Europe. ...

Journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus spyware in Jordan, forensic probe finds

Feb. 01, 2024 10:51 AM EST

Israeli-made Pegasus spyware was used in Jordan to hack the cellphones of at least 30 people, including journalists, lawyers, human rights and political activists, the digital rights group Access Now said Thursday. The hacking with spyware made by Israel's NSO Group occurred from...

DNA proves a long-dead man attacked 3 girls in Indiana nearly 50 years ago, police say

Jan. 19, 2024 18:23 PM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man who died in a Texas prison decades ago has been identified as the person who abducted and stabbed three Indiana girls and left them in a cornfield nearly 50 years ago, police said, citing DNA evidence. The girls, ages 11, 13 and 14, survived the attack,...

They're not aliens. That's the verdict from Peru officials who seized 2 doll-like figures

Jan. 12, 2024 22:20 PM EST

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Aliens they are not. That’s what forensic experts in Peru said Friday about two doll-like figures and an alleged three-fingered hand that customs authorities in the South American country seized last year from a shipment heading to Mexico. The forensic experts...