In April 2017, a man set out from New York to hike the Appalachian Trail. For 15 months, he made his way south, stopping along the way to socialize with fellow hikers. Then, in July 2018, his dead ...

Forensic scientists both help solve crimes and aid in exonerating innocent people. They use scientific methods to analyze crime scene evidence and write reports to law enforcement explaining what that ...

Have a question for Mikeie Reiland, MFA or our other editors? Ask here for a chance to be featured in a story. Submit your question This form is protected by ...

How can it be determined whether a person has died by suicide or homicide—an assessment that is key to the legal process? A ...

Likelihood ratio (LR) methods have become the cornerstone of quantitative forensic inference by expressing the strength of evidence as the ratio of two probabilities: one under the prosecution ...

Many of the "forensic science" methods commonly used in criminal cases and portrayed in popular television crime dramas have never been scientifically validated and may lead to unjust verdicts, ...

As the first author of her first publication, Isabelle O'Bryon developed the first forensic proteomics method to more quickly detect ricin, a lethal toxin that is often crudely made in home ...

An improved reconstruction method for facial recognition based on camera images has been invented by researchers. This method yields a better score in ninety percent of the examined cases, and helps ...

Ballistic analysis, handwriting examination and fingerprint comparison are forensic methods used for decades within the ...

Forensic analysis has become a cornerstone in the fight against financial fraud, combining accounting, auditing, and investigative skills to uncover and prevent fraudulent activities. As financial ...