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It was the first "successful" crime of its kind in the U.S. - hijacking an airplane for ransom - and after more than 45 years it is still unsolved. But forensic geology has provided some clues as to ...

March 16, 1978, on a street of Rome five bodyguards were gunned down and Italian prime minister Aldo Moro kidnapped. Some days later the first messages from the Brigate Rosse, a terrorist organization ...

The transfer principle behind forensic geology and the secrets held in soil. Like plants geology can be a silent witness when a crime has been committed. Forensic geology is used by police to ...

Forensic geology in the headlines -- From Sherlock Holmes to the present -- Using earth materials as evidence -- Origin and distribution of earth materials -- Artificial and commercial earth materials ...

A recent publication presented mineralogical analysis of bird nests from both rural and urban areas. It was found that the birds use minerals with specific characteristics and that they get them from ...

A Queen's University geologist has been helping Colombian police recover the bodies of thousands of the country’s ‘disappeared’, it emerged yesterday. Dr Alastair Ruffell from Queen’s School of ...

The victim was a seamstress, found dead in a bean patch, strangled by her own scarf. The suspect was a local creep who insisted he had nothing to do with the crime and was far away when it occurred.

09:04, Sun, Sep 4, 2016 Updated: 09:22, Sun, Sep 4, 2016 The killings in the city, known as the “World’s End Murders” made such an impression on the geology undergraduate that it led her to develop ...

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