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Letter to the editor — NSC‐ADID position statement on consensus‐based laboratory standards...
From ashes to evidence: A study on the alterations in bloodstain patterns in high heat...
Fire is often used to conceal or destroy evidence of violent crimes, making it essential to understand how fire environments affect forensic evidence, particularly bloodstain patterns. This study investigates the impact of high heat environments and fire on the morphology and ana...
The crucial role played by material trace analysis in resolving a murder vs. suicide...
In the case of a young woman's death by falling from the window of her boyfriend's sixth‐floor apartment, investigators needed to determine whether the fall was suicidal or if the victim was forcibly pushed. The incident occurred at night, with her boyfriend being the o...
Facing the future: Technology and “advocacy” at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Potential postmortem microbial biomarkers of infant and younger children death...
Microbial communities associated with the human body are highly dynamic and reflect the host environment and lifestyle over time. Studies show death is no exception, with data demonstrating similar antemortem and postmortem microbiomes up to 48 h following death. These predictabl...
Performance evaluation of a Cadre Forensics TopMatch‐GS 3D system for cartridge case...
Three‐dimensional (3D) measurement systems for firearm forensics are becoming more prevalent in forensic laboratories, and these instruments are typically coupled with algorithms to assist firearm examiners with comparisons. Due to differences in firearm feature reproducibility o...
Fishing for the missing: The application of recreational fish finders for underwater body...
Early detection of submerged bodies is essential to increase the possibility of recovery. Different water bodies present different challenges, particularly rivers and the ocean, where chances of detection are vastly reduced. Modern recreational fish finders incorporate multiple s...
How specific is the specificity rule in duty to warn or protect jurisprudence following...
Of the various rules establishing a mental health clinician's legal duty to take precautions to protect their patient from harming others, the most common is the specificity rule that limits the protective duty to warn reasonably identifiable victims. The specificity rule is...
Twenty‐eight days later: The recovery of DNA from human remains submerged in aggressive...
Aggressive chemicals intended for cleaning pools or unclogging drains contain high concentrations of dangerous compounds, leading to their nefarious use in dissolving human remains in some criminal cases. The use of these readily accessible household cleaners to destroy human rem...
Cross entropy and log likelihood ratio cost as performance measures for multi‐conclusion...
The inconclusive category in forensics reporting is the appropriate response in many cases, but it poses challenges in estimating an "error rate". We discuss the use of a class of information‐theoretic measures related to cross entropy as an alternative set of metrics t...
Prevalence of new psychoactive substances and drugs of abuse in the hair of individuals...
People diagnosed with substance use disorder (SUD) might represent a high‐risk subpopulation for New Psychoactive Drugs (NPS) consumption, and hair analysis offers a unique perspective to assess drug prevalence in this population. The present study aims to assess the prevalence o...
Preliminary validation of Amped FIVE software for subject height estimation
Single view metrology poses a persistent challenge in extracting accurate quantitative information from individual images or video frames within the realm of forensic video analysis. Methods such as reverse projection, projective geometry, and photogrammetry have been used in the...
Venous aneurysm leading to fatal pulmonary thromboembolism with a history of a remote stab...
Venous aneurysms are rare, and their incidence is unknown. External iliac vein aneurysms are even more rare with only 50 case reports published from 1950 to 2018. We present a case of an individual who died suddenly from a pulmonary thromboembolic event due to an external iliac v...
Generative‐adversarial network for falsification of handwritten signatures
With further development of generative AI, primarily generative‐adversarial networks (GAN), deepfakes are gaining in quality and accessibility. While, forensic methods designed for examination of handwriting are often applied to its digital copies, despite being possibly insensit...
Report of forensically relevant insects collected from pig and rabbit remains during two...
Forensic entomology relies on known geographic ranges and seasonal presence of forensically relevant insects. In the Northeastern United States, there is no information on species in the region in early spring. Two forensic entomology workshops took place in April of 2023 and 202...
Retraction: M. Ashton, N. Czado, M. Harrel, S. Hughes. “Genotyping strategies for tissues...
Survey on forensic DNA biology training in forensic science service laboratories in the...
Training is an essential component of onboarding new hires in forensic science service provider (FSSP) laboratories. There are several DNA training standards published by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Academy Standards Board (ASB) American National Standards In...
Comparative transcriptomic analysis provides novel insights into mescaline biosynthesis by...
Lophophora williamsii, known for mescaline synthesis, has raised legal and ethical considerations. However, L. williamsii specimens that do not contain mescaline have been recently identified, necessitating the development of techniques to differentiate between mescaline‐positive...
Correction to: The impacts of thermocouple insulation failure on the accuracy of...
Serial killer and necrophilia: Report of twenty‐five years of treatment and management in...
The authors report a case of a sexual serial killer responsible for four homicides (one homosexual and three prostitutes) over a 12‐year period. The perpetrator was diagnosed with a severe personality disorder and necrophilia at the time of the crimes and was declared partially m...