The scientists who pitched in on the search for Kristin Smart’s body and say they found evidence of human decomposition near Susan Flores’ yard used the same method to help investigators on a double ...

What truly happens to the human body after death? From the first minutes to long-term decomposition, we explore the biological journey of the body shedding light on a natural process that’s both ...

Human remains that had been decomposing “for an extended period of time” have been discovered just off of a public hiking trail in Utah, police said. The Washington City Police Department announced ...

When people die, Cheryl Johnston’s work begins. A forensic anthropologist at Western Carolina University, Johnston oversees one of our nation’s six human decomposition facilities. On a mountain slope ...

Police officials said they have found a body that was in "severe decomposition," in West Philadelphia. Though police officials have not yet said exactly when or how the body was discovered, they told ...

Cape Town has consistently been one of the metropolitan regions in South Africa with the highest murder rates. It has more than double the national average, and is currently ranked second overall and ...

A team of experts was unable to determine why a Missouri nun who died in 2019 had not decomposed, the bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph announced on Thursday. "Within the limits of what ...

Getting an accurate estimate of when someone died is a critical part of forensic investigations. In extremely cold conditions, molecular biology can provide critical information that the naked eye ...

"They had been there for an extended period of time," police said. Human remains that had been decomposing “for an extended period of time” have been discovered just off of a public hiking trail in ...