The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the launch of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons Initiative (NamUs), which is designed to provide officials and the general public with the ability to search the records of missing persons and unidentified human remains in order to solve cases. We are urging all offices to enter their cases!

The NamUs initiative unites two programs and their online, searchable database http://www.namus.gov.

Galesburg, IL - The Knox and Warren County coroners are teaming up in a new effort to combat underage drinking and help save young lives. The coroners will show juveniles who are in the court system because of problems with underage drinking images of the aftermath of DUI fatalities to try to make them aware of the potential consequences of their decisions.  The Register-Mail

The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner (NYC OCME) and the Regional Catastrophic Planning Team (RCPT) will host the International Mass Fatality Management Conference and Workshop in New York City from April 25 – 27, 2012.

The primary objective of this conference is to bring together international and domestic experts and leaders in mass fatality management to explore past incident management, discuss lessons learned and define best practices to enhance future responses and decision-making in complex disasters.