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Tag: Forensic Science
Was Pablo Neruda Murdered?
There has long been suspicion that Chile’s military dictatorship poisoned the nation’s most famous poet. A decade-long investigation has produced tantalizing clues, but nothing more.
No New Trial in Murder Mystery That Gripped France, Court Rules
Omar Raddad was convicted in the 1991 killing of a wealthy widow, but scant evidence and a grammatical error sowed doubts about his guilt. He sought a retrial based on new DNA evidence.
Your Doppelgänger Is Out There and You Probably Share DNA With Them
That person who looks just like you is not your twin, but if scientists compared your genomes, they might find a lot in common.
Who Killed Tair Rada? Inside Israel’s True Crime Obsession
A TV documentary upended a murder case and captivated the nation. But its sensational theories might also be distorting justice.
‘Somerton Man’ Identified Through DNA, Researchers Say
Sleuths amateur and professional alike have been puzzled for years by the discovery in 1948 of an unidentified man’s body slumped by a sea wall near Adelaide. The South Australian police have not verified the new finding.
Your Monday Briefing: A ‘Toothless’ Trip to Xinjiang
The U.N.’s top human rights official cozied up to Beijing on a trip to China.
Australia Wields a New DNA Tool to Crack Missing-Person Mysteries
The technique can predict a person’s ancestry and physical traits without the need for a match with an existing sample in a database.
In Ukraine, A Body Bag and a Sister in Denial
The war in Ukraine is so big that it has shaken the world. But for a sister looking for her missing older brother, it was reduced to a visit to a morgue.
Cyprus Overturns Conviction of Woman Who Accused Israelis of Rape
More than two years after a British woman was convicted of fabricating claims, Cyprus’s top court reversed the decision and said that she had not received a fair trial.