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On Monday, July 13, 2026, Reginald “Reggie” Frisby was returned to his family after more than four decades. It was a quiet and deeply meaningful conclusion to years of investigative work. Surrounded by flowers, members of Mr. Frisby’s family joined the Calaveras Cold Case Task Force, law enforcement representatives, forensic partners, community supporters, and others who helped carry the case forward. For those of us who work behind the scenes in forensic laboratories, cases

After 48 years, the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner has identified the young man long known as Riverside Vernon John Doe. His name was Mark Alan Smith. Mark was 18 years old when he died in a traffic collision in Riverside on June 2, 1978. Riverside County continued working to restore his identity, ultimately partnering with GenGenies to pursue forensic genetic genealogy. Resolve Forensics was honored to provide the forensic DNA sequencing used to support that effort. We ar

Resolve Forensics is honored to welcome Bradley Pierson as Senior Advisor of our Canadian Operations, an advisory role focused on supporting Canadian-led forensic genomics and forensic investigative genetic genealogy initiatives. Bradley is the Founder and CEO of Trouvay, a Canadian organization working at the intersection of DNA genealogy, law enforcement, Indigenous partnership, and community-based identification efforts. His work has focused heavily on helping bring home M

Last week, Resolve Forensics Manager of Client Advocacy & Training, Jen Spears spent the week in Virginia Beach, Virginia, working with investigators from the Virginia Beach Police Department and surrounding agencies as part of an Advanced Homicide and Cold Case Investigations training program through her company, Cold 2 Cuffs Training & Consulting. The week began with hands-on case reviews and investigative strategy discussions alongside retired Massachusetts State Police Li

A few weeks ago, I had the honor of participating in a panel discussion at the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice Spring Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania. I’m grateful to the Quattrone Center for including me in such an important conversation, and I appreciated the chance to spend time with so many people who are deeply committed to improving the justice system. The symposium brought together voices from law, academia, forensic science, advocac

We are incredibly excited to welcome Jen Spears to the Resolve Forensics family as our Manager of Client Advocacy and Training. At Resolve, this work has never felt like just a laboratory service or a piece of technology. It is personal. Every case represents a person, a family, an investigator, and a community still waiting for answers. We believe the best work happens when investigators, scientists, advocates, prosecutors, families, and partner organizations work together w

William Reginald Sipfle Last week, the Pima County Sheriff's Department announced an arrest in connection with the homicide of William Reginald Sipfle. While the arrest has understandably received significant attention, we believe it is important to remember the event that made everything that followed possible: after more than fifty years, William Reginald Sipfle was finally identified. For decades, his family lived without answers. That identification transformed what had b

Hiring Qualified FIGG Practitioners Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy (FIGG) has gone from a novel technique to a working tool for cold cases in a very short time. However, some might say the field has moved faster than the guardrails around it. More and more agencies are bringing FIGG in-house, which is a good thing, but some are doing so without a shared sense of what "qualified" actually means. That's the gap our new paper tries to help close. As part of NTVIC's Pub

Resolve Forensics at OFIA Conference 2026 Last week, the Resolve Forensics team had the privilege of attending the Ontario Forensic Investigators Association (OFIA) Conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario. OFIA brings together investigators, forensic professionals, law enforcement personnel, and industry partners from across Canada to collaborate, share knowledge, discuss emerging technologies, and help advance the field of forensic investigation. It was an outstanding event fil

Thirty-three years. That’s how long Theresa Morelock’s case sat open. Not forgotten. Just… waiting. I’ve been close to this case for a long time, working on the science behind it across different chapters of my career. Going back to my days at Sorenson Forensics, through Intermountain Forensics, and even in small ways during my time at Resolve, I’ve had a front row seat to what it actually takes to carry something like this forward. That’s the part most people don’t see. Th

Students and attendees engage in a discussion on the Tulsa Race Massacre identifications at Barnard College, Columbia University, during an presentation titled "Unknown No More" by Resolve Forensics. I recently had the opportunity to present our work, particularly around the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre identifications, at Barnard College, Columbia University, and I have been reflecting on it ever since. Honestly, I am just incredibly grateful. Grateful for the chance to talk abo