The field of forensic botany is being advanced with the publication of two recent studies that use marijuana DNA to link drug supplies and pollen DNA to aid in forensic investigations. Sam Houston ...

They stand silent in a Davie backyard, but police believe they help tell the story of how a retiree was killed and his body parts scattered across South Florida. The witnesses’ names: Schefflera ...

Two recent studies conducted at Sam Houston State University highlight developments in the field of forensic botany. One uses marijuana DNA to link drug supplies; another uses pollen DNA to aid in ...

Dedication -- Foreword / Bruce Budowle -- Acknowledgements -- The editor -- Contributors -- Chap. 1. Introduction to forensic botany / Heather Miller Coyle -- Chap. 2. Basic plant biology / Heather ...

Two CU-Boulder faculty cook up book to help crime investigators. Two longtime University of Colorado Boulder professors who have been using their expertise for decades to help solve crimes, often ...

When police investigating a murder in 1990 needed more evidence to solve the crime, they called University botanist Anita Cholewa. “I’ve always been something of a Sherlock Holmes,” said Cholewa, a ...

DAVIE | They stand silent in a Davie backyard, but police think they help tell the story of how a retiree was killed and his body parts scattered across South Florida. The witnesses' names: Schefflera ...

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Michele Wallace, 25, mysteriously disappeared on Aug. 30, 1974, near Grand Junction, Colo. Several days later, the police arrested Ray Melanson on suspicion of Wallace’s murder. He had been seen with ...

HUNTSVILLE, TX (02-29-16) -- Sam Houston State University is advancing the field of forensic botany with the publication of two recent studies that use marijuana DNA to link drug supplies and pollen ...

In an article published in the International Journal of Legal Medicine, faculty and students from the Department of Forensic Science report that they developed a test to individualize samples of ...