Marcia King, 21, would not be identified until 2018, a result of developments in science that included pollen analysis, a relatively new tool used by the federal government’s only forensic palynology program. But who was the young homicide victim, known for decades thereafter only as “Buckskin Girl”? She was found in a southwest Ohio ditch in 1981, auburn-haired, shoeless and dressed in jeans, a sweater and a fringed buckskin jacket. Listen to Andrew Laurence and Shannon Ferguson discuss their work: Provided critical information to help law enforcement solve hundreds of drug smuggling cases and other crimes by analyzing microscopic pollen grains to determine where drugs were produced, and the routes taken, as well as the travel histories of crime victims.
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