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No Sign of Bodies at Former Home of Alleged Serial Killer

Lucy Studey maintains she helped bury bodies on property where cadaver dogs registered hits

(Newser) - There's no evidence of a serial killer at an Iowa property where a woman claims she helped her father bury up to 70 bodies, officials say. After an exhaustive search involving "an array of experts representing several disciplines and significant assets to excavate, collect, and examine soil samples...

Details Emerge on Car Found Buried in $15M Home's Yard

The car was reported stolen in late 1992

(Newser) - Update: Police have released a few new details in the odd case of a car found buried on the grounds of an Atherton, Calif., mansion. The car is a Mercedes-Benz convertible that was buried without its top on. The car had been reported stolen to Palo Alto police in September...

Dog-Sniff Evidence Helped Convict Him. Is That Right?

'Science' magazine takes a look

(Newser) - In July 2021, Mark Redwine was found guilty of murdering his 13-year-old son. In a 2017 Newser story on Redwine's arrest, we recounted that "cadaver dogs were able to determine that a dead body had been in the older man's home and the bed of his truck....

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