To hear the alleged witnesses tell it, Peter Howseley had been fatally assaulted. The year was 1690 and Howseley was a Londoner who perished under …
Do a Person’s Fingerprints Change After Death?
Our fingerprints serve to definitively identify us forever, right? But do they? How long do fingerprints remain usable as identification after we are dead? Plus, find out how autopsies work and more about forensic science.
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Thanks to DNA, crime scene blood tests can give a lot of information about victims and assailants. But they've traditionally stopped short of …
If you're a fan of the Amazon Prime series "Bosch," you probably remember that grisly scene in season 4 in which Los Angeles Police Department …
The analysis of crime-scene DNA has revolutionized forensic science and reversed hundreds of wrongful convictions. With only a smudge of cells left …
When a person dies violently or unusually, or in an untimely fashion, difficult questions invariably follow.