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A mass exhumation began on Monday in Torreón, where at least 250 bodies of people presumed missing are to be raised from 161 common graves.

Remains found in 1985 identified as young Washington state mother David K. Li Human remains found in Montana nearly 36 years ago have been identified as a young Washington state mother, authorities said. Janet Lee Lucas, born in October 1960, had only been known as “Christy Crystal Creek” since a bear hunter came across her skeletal remains on Sept. 9, 1985, the Missoula County Sheriffs Department announced. The woman had been shot in the head with a .32-caliber handgun, she...

Serial Killer Wayne Nances Links to Womans Death Probed After DNA Breakthrough On 5/11/21 at 11:21 AM EDT A cold case unit is probing possible links between serial killer Wayne Nance and a woman whose skeletal remains were recently identified. The investigation to uncover any links between Janet Lee Lucas and Wayne Nance, known as the Missoula Mauler, came after officers announced they had finally identified her from remains that were found in 1985, in Missoula County, Montana. The Missoula Cou...

Montana Cold Case: Woman’s remains identified after 36 years courtesy photo By: MTN News and last updated 2021-05-10 14:44:42-04 MISSOULA — An announcement has been made in a Montana cold case investigation that goes back 36 years. The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that “it is with both great pride and sadness” that a name has been given "to the unidentified remains previously known as ‘Christy Crystal Creek’.” Her name...

Cold Case: Woman’s remains identified in Missoula County after 36 years The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that the human remains previously known as ‘Christy Crystal Creek’ have been identified as Janet Lee Lucas. By: MTN News and last updated 2021-05-11 10:41:13-04 MISSOULA — The Missoula County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that the human remains previously known as ‘Christy Crystal Creek’ have been identified as ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - The Missoula County Sheriffs Office Monday has identified the remains of a woman found nearly 36 years ago near Crystal Creek.  MCSO has identified the woman, formally identified as Christy Crystal Creek, as Janet Lee Lucas, 23, of Spokane. According to a release from MCSO, a bear hunter found her remains near Crystal Creek in September 1985. Her remains could not be identified after an in-depth investigation and were called Christy Crystal Creek up until Monday. The Missou...

4:09 Human skeletal remains found on Kruzof Island near Sitka in 2020 are modern, but not especially recent.  A DNA sample will be compared to a national database of missing persons, and could shed light on who the individual was, and how they came to an end in the woods behind Shoals Point. According to Sitka police, the individual was between the ages of 30 and 50 years old at the time of death, and likely of Native American, Latinx, or other Asian derivative. And while it’s not a lot to g...

The 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Francis Crick, James Watson and Maurice Wilkins, recognizing their work in discovering the structure of DNA. Not included in the Prize was Rosalind Franklin, a scientist whose research made essential contributions to the Nobel Prize winners understanding of DNA. A research scientist at King’s College London with expertise in… Technology May 1, 2019 In 1962, Francis Crick, James Watson, and Maurice Wilkins were aw...

The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is to reopen on Friday with a new Ken Currie work depicting forensic anthropologist Professor Dame Sue Black. Arriving at the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) on a long-term loan directly from the artist, the large portrait is titled Unknown Man and shows Professor Black in surgical robes standing behind the covered remains of a body. The pair met during a BBC Radio 4 discussion programme on the relationship between art and anatomy. Currie then visited...

Identities of a human foot, bones found in Saginaw County remain mystery due to lab funding Updated 9:45 AM; Facebook Share SAGINAW COUNTY, MI — Investigators have suffered a setback in identifying a human foot found earlier this year along the Flint River in southern Saginaw County. The same complication is also keeping police from learning the identity of a set of human bones found in the county years ago. Sheriff William L. Federspiel said an unexpected cut in federal grant funding to a l...