California | Local |
By Jason Felch |
September 13, 2008
They waited in a courtyard at Chatsworth High School for news of their loved ones, or – even better – for their loved ones to arrive.
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California | Local |
By Jason Felch |
September 13, 2008
Third of three parts
On a March visit to the United States from her adopted home in Thailand, antiquities scholar Roxanna Brown met her brother for lunch in Santa Monica.
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California | Local |
By Jason Felch |
September 12, 2008
Second of three parts
Roxanna Brown never saw the car that hit her.
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The National Institutes of Health quietly blocked public access to databases of patient
DNA profiles after learning of a study that found the genetic information may not be as anonymous as previously believed, The Times has learned.Institute officials took the unusual step Monday and removed two databases on its public website.
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State crime lab analyst Kathryn Troyer was running tests on Arizona’s
DNA database when she stumbled across two felons with remarkably similar genetic profiles.
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Firefighters discovered four charred bodies Monday afternoon while fighting a fire in a single-family house outside Lancaster, authorities said.
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Ruling in a “cold hit” murder case, the California Supreme Court decided Monday that prosecutors may tell juries in all cases of the rarity of finding a defendant’s
DNA “match” in the general population even when a database search has increased the likelihood.
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One of the key issues in a case argued Thursday before the California Supreme Court is how to describe the significance of a “cold hit,” when a criminal suspect is first identified through a
DNA database search.
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Police found the naked body of Diana Sylvester near her Christmas tree.
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