Source: US National Institute of Justice (video statements)
Panel at the 2024 NIJ Research Conference
Forensic science research is developing essential knowledge to fill in the holes in death investigations, creating new ways to identify challenging skeletal remains. These methods inform cause of death, time of death, and familial relationships to guide investigations, identify suspects, support prosecutions, and bring justice to families. This plenary panel from the 2024 NIJ Research Conference will highlight research and case studies describing how forensic research and the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) have closed decades-long cold cases, strengthening public safety, bringing resolution to families, and giving names to the previously unidentified.
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