Iraqi officials find Saddam-era mass grave containing 185 bodies mostly of women and children
Iraq says new mass grave found near Kirkuk Deputies will do DNA tests to determine killer of family in California
DNA tests aim to identify Calif. family killer 26 years later, Oregon teen girl’s remains identified, may be Green River killer victim
Oregon teen remains may be Green River victim Spain starts exhuming mass grave believed to hold remains of poet Federico Garcia Lorca
Spain starts exhuming purported Garcia Lorca grave Spain prepares to exhume mass grave believed to hold remains of poet Federico Garcia Lorca
Spain to exhume purported grave of Garcia Lorca Police say serial killer on death row is suspect in 1984 San Francisco homicide of girlSAN FRANCISCO — For 25 years, the unsolved murder of 9-year-old Mei Leung haunted San Francisco police homicide Inspector Holly Pera, a novice patrol officer at the time who now helps solve the department’s cold cases. AP NewsBreak: Family says new inquiry concludes bones found in Utah not those of poet RuessSALT LAKE CITY — A skeleton found in the Utah wilderness last year was not that of Everett Ruess, a legendary wanderer of the 1930s, despite initial forensic tests that seemed to have solved an enduring mystery, his nephew told The Associated Press. Texas governor defends much-criticized actions in case of father executed for killing childrenAUSTIN, Texas — A man put to death in 2004 for killing his three children was “a monster,” and suggestions that he may have been innocent are anti-death penalty propaganda, Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday. Texas governor further shakes up panel set to investigate arson finding that led to executionAUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has further shaken up a state panel that was about to review a report concluding that a faulty arson investigation led to a Texas inmate’s execution. Police: DNA on bloody clothes in Curacao match that of missing US diplomatSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The weeklong search for an American diplomat has taken a grim turn as investigators on the Dutch island of Curacao said DNA from bloody clothing strewn along a popular beach matched that of the missing man. Perry dismisses 3 members of panel investigating arson finding that led to executionDALLAS — A report concluding a faulty investigation led to a Texas man’s execution won’t be reviewed by a state board as planned Friday after Gov. Rick Perry abruptly removed three people from the panel, forcing the meeting’s cancellation. Texas governor dismisses 3 members of panel investigating arson finding that led to executionDALLAS — A report concluding a faulty investigation led to a Texas man’s execution won’t be reviewed by a state board as planned Friday after Gov. Rick Perry abruptly removed three people from the panel, forcing the meeting’s cancellation. Indian investigators exhume bodies of women whose rape, killing angered KashmirSHOPIAN, India — Government investigators were exhuming the bodies Monday of two women whose unsolved rape and murder sparked weeks of enraged protests in Indian-run Kashmir and exposed the deep tensions plaguing this turbulent region. Scientists: Skull piece that Russian officials say came from Hitler’s body actually from womanHARTFORD, Conn. — A piece of skull with a bullet hole through it that Russian officials claimed belonged to Adolf Hitler actually came from a woman, scientists at the University of Connecticut concluded. Family of slain Yale student is grateful for support, but uncomfortable with media attentionNEW HAVEN, Conn. — The family of a Yale graduate student who was murdered on campus is grateful for countless expressions of support, but uncomfortable with the attention the tragedy has brought them. Legal experts say Yale murder suspect’s attorneys must attack process, not forensic evidenceNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Defending a Yale University lab technician charged with murder against what appears to be a mountain of forensic evidence might mean trying to convince jurors that the crime scene was contaminated because police didn’t immediately shut down the lab where the victim was found, legal experts said. Suspect in 1998 Yale murder case says experience cost him his reputation, jobThis time, the suspect wasn’t called a suspect until he was arrested. But the last time a Yale student was killed near campus, James Van de Velde wasn’t so fortunate. Report: DNA in ceiling, space where body was found links suspect to Yale killingNEW HAVEN, Connecticut — Police found DNA evidence implicating a lab technician in the death of a Yale graduate student in a ceiling and in the wall recess where her body was found, according to a newspaper report Friday. Insane killer escapes on field trip to county fair in Washington, has past history of fleeingSPOKANE, Wash. — A criminally insane killer from eastern Washington is on the run after escaping during a field trip to the county fair that his mental hospital organized. Police in killing of Yale University graduate student stake out Conn. hotel roomCROMWELL, Conn. — Police say they’re watching a hotel room in Connecticut where a “person of interest” in the killing of a Yale University graduate student has been staying. Autopsy finds Yale student was suffocated hours after ‘person of interest’ questioned, releasedNEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Yale graduate student whose body was found hidden in a wall in her lab building was suffocated, according to autopsy released Wednesday, hours after a “person of interest” was questioned and released. Dr. Wayne Carver’s office released the results three days after the body of 24-year-old Annie Le was found in a Yale medical school research building. Carver had previously announced Le’s death as a homicide. Yale lab tech awaits fate as it’s revealed graduate student was suffocatedNEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Yale graduate student whose body was found hidden in a wall in her lab building was suffocated, according to autopsy released Wednesday, hours after a “person of interest” was questioned and released. Conn. police lab tries for speedy DNA tests to decide fate of Yale ‘person of interest’HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut police lab is expediting tests on the DNA of the “person of interest” in the Yale killing so he can be charged or vindicated soon. Ex-American soldier extradited to Germany to face murder charges in 25-year-old caseBERLIN — An American man has been extradited to Germany to face charges that he raped and murdered a 19-year-old woman near where he worked on a U.S. military base 25 years ago, police said Monday. Dino detectives: New ‘fingerprinting’ technique may help nab fossil poachers on public landsSALT LAKE CITY — Looters who plundered one of Utah’s newest troves of dinosaur bones got away with ribs, vertebrae and part of an ancient legbone they had to bust apart to remove. They also stole hidden scientific clues about the life of a young diplodocus dinosaur that roamed the area some 150 million years ago. Moldy records, mixed-up bones may make identifying many remains at Ill. cemetery impossibleCHICAGO — Human remains strewn amid overgrown weeds have deteriorated into jumbled bones. Paper records in a rusted metal cabinet have dissolved into dust. Forensics specialists to probe shooting of Australian mining employee in IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia — A 40-member team of police and forensics specialists arrived Sunday to investigate the deadly shooting of an Australian employee of U.S. mining giant Freeport in restive Papua province, officials said. Bosnian mothers in agony as experts piece together jigsaw puzzles of loved ones’ bonesTUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — How many times can you bury your child without going mad? Supreme Court sides with defendants in dispute over use of crime lab reports at trialWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Thursday that criminal defendants have a constitutional right to cross-examine the forensic analysts who prepare laboratory reports on illegal drugs and other evidence used at trial. Sounds detected in Atlantic but no ‘pings’ from Flight 447 black boxes, French officials sayPARIS — French military ships searching for the black boxes of Flight 447 have detected sounds in the Atlantic depths but they are not from the Air France plane’s flight recorders, French officials said Tuesday. |
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