American Board of Forensic Dentistry

By using the bomb curve data from above-ground nuclear weapons testing during the Cold War, forensic scientists can determine a victim’s birth date by examining dental enamel.

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — Chester County Chief Deputy Coroner Dr. Norman Goodman and other medical personnel recently traveled to Haiti with a group of colleagues to assist in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that hit the island nation earlier this year.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System known as NamUs collects information on unidentified remains and missing people from all over the U.S. The system automatically searches for matches. So far, the system is credited with helping to resolve at least 17 missing-person cases, including the case of Luis Fernandez.

The American College of Forensic Examiners (ACFEI) provides continuing education credits for accountants, nurses, physicians, dentists, psychologists, counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists.

A state forensics lab is helping to identify human remains in an investigation of a New Mexico company after heads and other body parts traced to the firm were discovered at a Kansas medical waste facility. But the body parts found in Kansas remain there, despite repeated attempts from a Kansas coroner to have New Mexico authorities retrieve them.

A conformal coating process developed by Penn State professors can reveal hard-to-develop fingerprints on nonporous surfaces without altering the chemistry of the print.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) is a free Web-based tool that serves as a national repository for information on missing persons and unidentified remains

DNA testing that helped free Robert Lee Stinson in 2009 has identified a possible perpetrator of the crime for which Stinson served 23 years of wrongful incarceration.

Burglaries in a New Zealand suburb dropped drastically by more than 60 percent during a recently completed trial of the theft-deterrent product SelectaDNA.

An unidentified homicide victim from 1997 will be exhumed Wednesday as part of a Clark County forensic science project to solve John and Jane Doe cases, according to the county coroner's office.