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#DNA evidence hit finds 18 year old charged with multiple felonies for #rape and sexual assaults made on female victim he stalked late one evening along #ContraCosta

Ancient #DNA solves #Plague of #Justinian mystery to rewrite #pandemic history.

Ancient DNA solves Plague of Justinian mystery to rewrite pandemic history
For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian—the world's first recorded pandemic—in the Eastern Mediterranean, where the outbreak was first described nearly 1,500 years ago.

OK, this one is weird. She died in 1991. Her skull was found in 1992. But she was supposed to have been cremated. #ColdCase #forensics #DNA
"Skull found in Wisconsin woods belonged to Stillwater …

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I love it when there's an advancement in forensic science that closes a cold case.
#coldcase #forensics #DNA #twins

Her rape was unsolved for decades. The suspects were identical twins.
Investigators in Prince William County, Virginia, used an advanced test to distinguish the DNA of identical twins and solve a decades-old rape case.