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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A woman has filed a lawsuit accusing Springhill Medical Center of mistreating her mother’s body after her death last year. Toilicia Williams said she was still mourning the death ...

A woman is suing an Alabama hospital where her 58-year-old mother died, accusing the facility of leaving her body to decompose in an unrefrigerated room for nearly two days. By failing to properly ...

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 ...

A body in an advanced state of decomposition was found in a wooded area in Maryland on an unspecified date, according to police. Officers from the Frederick Police Department were called to the area ...