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Considerations for multivariate approaches to classify blow fly species based on cuticular...
Blow flies are early colonizers of human remains, allowing their developmental rates to be used to estimate postmortem interval (PMI). Accurate species identification is essential for PMI estimation, yet traditional methods can be subjective. Recently, the use of cuticular hydroc...
ASB Newsletter – May 29, 2026
Automated particle analysis of D.B. Cooper's tie
Automated particle analysis (APA) using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy‐dispersive x‐ray spectrometry (EDS) is a well‐known method in forensics, especially as it is applied to gunshot residue analysis. Here we describe the analysis of particles lifted from D.B. Coop...
Determination of mitragynine concentrations in medicolegal death investigations at the...
The prevalence of mitragynine, the major psychoactive component in kratom, has increased in forensic toxicology casework due to its current legal status and ease of accessibility in local shops and the online community. This study presents 28 death investigation cases from 2022 t...
Evaluation of illicit drug contaminants in seized cannabis in Arizona and California, 2023...
Despite public health concerns, fentanyl, cocaine, and other illicit drug contaminants remain largely understudied in unregulated cannabis. Here, we developed an analytical method to quantify a panel of common illicit drugs in cannabis and tested the law enforcement seizures in A...
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From 15,000 to near zero: Cuyahoga County's eight‐year effort to address lawfully “owed”...
This study presents the final outcomes of an eight‐year, countywide initiative to address "lawfully owed" DNA (LODNA) among individuals who should have had a DNA sample in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) following a qualifying arrest or conviction but did not. Bui...
Discriminative features and contextual cognitive bias effects between robotic and natural...
This study aims to systematically identify the discriminative features between robotic and natural handwriting and explore how contextual conditions influence the classification accuracy of two groups of discriminators: forensic document examiners and nonexaminers. Repeated measu...