Glen Jackson, Ming Hseih Distinguished Professor in the Department of Forensic and Investigative Science, is featured in the latest episode of "What Remains," a podcast from WRAL Studios.
Every year in the United States, there are 600,000 missing person reports and 4,400 sets of unidentified human remains are found, but matching the remains to the missing people is not an easy task.
In the “What Remains” podcast, listeners meet passionate scientists and investigators dedicating their lives to the seemingly impossible — matching missing persons to unidentified human remains and bringing resolution to families yearning for answers.
Jackson is featured in Episode 16, "Isotope Analysis: It's in the water."
Isotopes from the water we drink and the water in the food we eat can tell scientists where we live and where we have traveled and lived in the past. Isotope analysis is quickly becoming a forensic tool that, when paired with DNA testing, can help solve some of the oldest cold cases.