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FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU)

May 11, 2012

The FBI’s Podcasts and Radio page offers a fascinating account of what it’s like to be a Behavioral Analyst. “Making sense of the incomprehensible. That’s the specialty of the eight agents of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit-2, or BAU-2”, shares FBI’s Mollie Halpern. “They get inside the twisted minds of serial murderers like Ted Bundy, [...]

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Possible Lead in Etan Patz Case?

April 22, 2012

On May 25, 1979, a six-year old boy vanished from his SoHo neighborhood never to be seen again except on milk cartons across the country. It was young Etan Patz’s first time walking to the bus stop by himself, a landmark two blocks away from his family loft. His disappearance prompted President Ronald Reagan to [...]

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Security Risks aboard JetBlue and US Air Flights

March 28, 2012

Something strange was happening in American skies yesterday. Not one but two people on airplanes had to be detained mid-flight due to the risk they posed to crew and passengers. On a JetBlue flight heading to Las Vegas from New York City Tuesday morning, Captain Clayton Osbon started exhibiting erratic behavior which prompted flight crew [...]

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Innovative and Utmost Security for Super Bowl XLVI

February 5, 2012

The New England Patriots face off against the New York Giants today in Indianapolis for Super Bowl XLVI! Last year the Super Bowl broke the record for the television broadcast most watched in history by Americans with approximately 111 million tuning in. Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium will be seating around 70,000 fans for the 46th [...]

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Missing Bianca – Cadaver Dogs Brought Into Investigation

December 14, 2011

Two-year old Bianca Jones has been missing since December 2nd. The last to reportedly see the young toddler was her father, D’Andre Lane, who said he was carjacked by a suspect carrying a gun close to East Grand Boulevard and Brush Street in Detroit. Shortly after, Lane’s vehicle was found nearby at the corner of [...]

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Digital Gumshoes – Computer Forensics on the Rise

December 6, 2011

Today was the official grand opening of the New Mexico Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (NMRCFL) located at the University of New Mexico. The role of the NMRCFL is to provide online and technological investigative services of the highest caliber to regional law enforcement. Participating agencies include the Albuquerque Police Department, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, [...]

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Phony Craigslist Ads Lead to Homicide

November 27, 2011

It seems likes it comes straight out of an episode of “Criminal Minds,” the crime drama that focuses on the investigative tactics of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia would project a map of Ohio up on the screen highlighting Akron and Stock Township where bodies were found lying in shallow [...]

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Fort Hood Victims and Families File Suit

November 12, 2011

Just over two years after the Ford Hood shooting massacre, family members and victims filed a lawsuit on Thursday. Eighty claimants are asking for a total of $750 million in damages from the Department of the Army, Department of Justice, Department of Defense and the FBI. The suit is seeking compensation for the governmental departments’ [...]

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FBI Releases Russian Spy Footage

October 31, 2011

It seems fitting that on Halloween the FBI released videos, photographs and reports from its undercover mission “Operation Ghost Stories”. The 11-year operation ended with 10 Russian spies living in the United States and working for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) being arrested last year. Today, footage and documents were made public under the [...]

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Private Investigator Volunteers His Time

October 1, 2011

For 25 years, Ruth Parker has never stopped looking for her sons. Last week, the Foster Daily Democrat ran the story of her missing children, Charles Jason (CJ) and William (Billy) Martin Vosseler, to bring exposure to the child abduction cold case. As part of the organization he founded (Never Stop Looking), Private Investigator Monty [...]

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