To solve three cold cases, this small county got a DNA crash course
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By: Virginia Hughes
Forensic genealogy helped nab the Golden State Killer in 2018. Now investigators across the country are using it to revisit hundreds of unsolved crimes. In October 2016, the remains of three murder victims, dead for three decades, were laid to rest in Newton County, a rural corner of Indiana.
Two were young men, likely teenagers, the victims of a serial killer in 1983. The third was a woman found dead in 1988 on the bank of a creek. She had been shot in the head, covered with car tires and lit on fire.
Kevin Page: Prepping for Boomerang Child s pregnancy scan - what to do with the gel?
3 May, 2021 12:00 AM
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A pregnancy ultrasound scan. The Boomerang Child is having her latest scan and the granddad-to-be is going along as her support person. Photo / Getty Images
A pregnancy ultrasound scan. The Boomerang Child is having her latest scan and the granddad-to-be is going along as her support person. Photo / Getty Images
Kevin Page is a teller of tall tales with a firm belief too much serious news gives you frown lines. editor@northernadvocate.co.nz
It has occurred to me as I have aged, gracefully of course, the simpler things in life have become far more enjoyable.
Tauranga traffic definitely no better - ex-mayor Greg Brownless
3 May, 2021 06:00 AM
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Former Tauranga mayor Greg Brownless says traffic remains one of the city s biggest issues. Photo / File
Former Tauranga mayor Greg Brownless says traffic remains one of the city s biggest issues. Photo / File
It has been two years since Tauranga s traffic woes were dubbed the city s number one problem by then-mayor Greg Brownless. Traffic numbers hit record highs in 2019 as vehicles choked key arterial routes throughout the region and motorists were subjected to a daily grind of congestion trying to get to and from work.
Asked what had been done since to improve the local roading network, council Transport System Plan (TSP) acting director Brendan Bisley said efforts were made to get traffic running smoother at key pinch points such as 15th Ave and Burrows St.