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In The News

2018-04-23 | Photography, fingerprints, DNA lead to arrest in 1986 slaying of retiree
Decades later, technology — starting with high-quality photography and fingerprints from the slaying scene — brought a break to the cold case. On Monday, Escondido police Chief Craig Carter announced that a now-62-year-old man has been arrested and charged with Finney’s slaying. Nathan Eugene Mathis, who was 31 at the time of the killing, pleaded not guilty last week to one count of murder and an allegation that he used a knife in the attack. Mathis faces 26 years to life if convicted, and he remains jailed in lieu of $3 million bail.

2018-04-23 | DNA Links Same Unknown Rapist to 4 Penn State Attacks
The DNA evidence from a rape on the street last summer has been linked to three similar attacks from 2010 and 2011. The serial rapist’s genetic profile has not had a hit in any databases—and he remains at large, authorities said Friday, amid warnings to the Penn State community. The attack happened at approximately 1:40 a.m. on July 16, 2017. The white female was approached by a white male with an accent, who pushed her into some bushes and assaulted her, according to the State College Police Department.

2018-04-13 | 2 Montana Prisoners Cleared of 1995 Murder Conviction from Rope DNA Mix
“No DNA linked to Jenkins and Lawrence was found,” ruled Judge Kathy Seeley, sitting in Helena. “The result … matches the DNA of David Nelson—a man known to have committed similar violent kidnappings, robberies, and, in Deer Lodge, homicides.” The state of Montana has to decide whether to re-try Jenkins and Lawrence—or put Nelson on trial.

2018-04-12 | Calling for Better Police Body Cam Design
Challenges reported by both police and the public surrounding usability issues with the vast array of body cams and recording functionality prompted a study by human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) researchers from Wichita State University. In their just-published Ergonomics in Design article, “Design Considerations in the Proliferation of Police Body-Worn Cameras,” Joel Suss and colleagues identify limitations and provide some guidelines for designers.

2018-04-12 | Sweat Could Distinguish Between Individuals at Crime Scene
Halámek explained that the human body is constantly producing sweat, and that people are constantly depositing small amounts of sweat on everything they touch. Sweat is what makes up the nearly invisible latent fingerprints found on the surfaces of walls, furniture and objects, etc., and contains a multitude of chemicals including 23 different amino acids and many other metabolites.

2018-04-04 | Forensics worker sues AZ DPS
"As a result of giving truthful testimony they didn't like they suspended him for a matter of months and ultimately punished him for his actions," St. Louis said. Ohlson told his attorney that D.U.I. suspects were only allowed to see around 20 percent of their blood results in court from D.P.S. which Ohlson testified saying the suspect would need to be given all of the results to prove the validity of the blood sample.

2018-03-28 | True Crime Book Investigates Bite Mark Evidence, Wrongful Convictions in Mississippi
It wasn’t until 2007, after 16 years in prison for Brooks and 13 years on death row for Brewer, that DNA testing would reveal that one man, Justin Albert Johnson, was actually responsible for the crimes. The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist, by Washington Post reporter Radley Balko and Mississippi Innocence Project director Tucker Carrington, focuses on the two men who provided the “science” used to convict both Brooks and Brewer, while painting a picture of racism and corruption in rural Mississippi throughout the state’s history.

2018-03-23 | Convicted Oregon Burglar Challenges Fingerprint Evidence
The Oregon Court of Appeals heard Cannon's appeal Friday in Salem. It's unknown when a ruling will come, but the case could change the way fingerprint evidence is presented in Oregon's courts, or whether it should be allowed at all. For decades, fingerprints have been used during trial as irrefutable evidence linking a person to a crime. But recently, science has found the way fingerprints are collected and analyzed is subject to error. Cannon's case is unique because the conviction relies heavily on the fingerprint evidence. It forces Oregon's appeals court to consider the quality of fingerprint evidence and how it's presented in court.

2018-03-22 | Oregon Appeals Court To Hear Case Challenging Fingerprint Science
According to court documents, the latent fingerprint is the only evidence that connects Cannon to the crime scene. “It’s a problem because we like to have evidence that’s reliable,” he said. On Friday in Salem, the Oregon Court of Appeals is set to hear Cannon’s appeal. The case could change the way fingerprint evidence is presented in Oregon’s courts, or whether it should be allowed at all. For decades, fingerprints have been used during trial as irrefutable evidence linking a person to a crime. But recently, science has found the way fingerprints are collected and analyzed is subject to error.

2018-03-21 | ‘Caught Red Handed’: Welsh Cops Break Up Drug Ring from Photo Fingerprint
A routine tip-off of a pot dealer’s house in Wales widened into a months-long police investigation leading to the sentence of nine members of a drug ring, authorities announced last week. The criminal case culminated with a photograph of a hand showing ecstasy drug tablets—and the ringleader’s fingerprints, the South Wales Police announced. The agency’s Joint Scientific Support Unit (JSIU) made the identification, finalizing the whole complex case, authorities said. “Despite being provided with only a very small section of the fingerprint which was visible in the photograph, the team were able to successfully identify the individual,” said Dave Thomas, the unit’s forensic operations manager.