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Long arm of DNA gets its man once again
-- No search for this suspect. He’s already serving 25 to life
The brutal rape of an 81-year-old Modesto woman 32 years ago now has a suspect, thanks to the diligent work of a CSLEA and AC-DOJ-member criminalists at the state of California’s Central Valley Laboratory and Richmond DNA laboratory.
According to The Modesto Bee, “Florence Millard died in a hospital 12 days after she was brutally attacked and raped inside her west Modesto home in 1976. More... |
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Is your death-benefit information up to date?
-- Unexpected passing of AC-DOJ member Nick Leonard a timely reminder for all
The unexpected passing of AC-DOJ member Nick Leonard at 34 years of age is a timely reminder to make sure your own beneficiary information is up to date.
In addition to the death benefits your survivors would receive from the state or your own insurance company, AC-DOJ adds an extra $2,000 on top of the $15,000 CSLEA offers its full members at no additional cost. More... |
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Passing of BFS Document Examiner stuns AC-DOJ family
34-year-old Nick Leonard leaves two young children
--Memorial Service set for Thursday, Nov. 6
The Association of Criminalists at the California Department of Justice (AC-DOJ) is in mourning after the unexpected passing of Nicholas “Nick” Leonard Friday morning (Oct. 31) at Roseville-Sutter Hospital.
Leonard, 34 years old, was a Questioned Document Examiner II with the Bureau of Forensic Services at DOJ, where he had worked for nine years. More... |
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AC-DOJ at CSLEA Board Meeting
AC-DOJ President John Miller represented his affiliate at the first CSLEA Board meeting held in its newly renovated headquarters in Sacramento.
One goal of the re-designed building is to save money by having a Board Room big enough to accommodate the entire CSLEA Board of Directors without having to pay for a hotel meeting room. More... |
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Supreme Court upholds ‘cold hits’ from state DNA lab
-- Elapsed time does not violate defendant’s right
The crime was committed in 1976, but it wasn’t until 2002 when CSLEA-member Criminalists at the state’s DNA lab made a ‘cold hit’ matching Dennis Louis Nelson to the murder and rape of 19-year-old Ollie George in Sacramento County.
Was this 26-year span, however, during which time witnesses died, memories faded, and evidence was lost, unfair to Nelson’s ability to put together an adequate defense? More... |
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