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Weeks later, her remains were found in a national forest in Wyoming.\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-10-10T16:28:01-07:00\u0022\u003E10\/10\/2025-4:28pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The tragic case of Gabby Petito and the so-called \u201cZombie Killer\u201d are just two of the topics to be discussed at the fourth annual Cold Case Symposium taking place Oct. 16\u201317 at ASU\u2019s West Valley campus. 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I just couldn\u0027t wrap my brain around it,\u201d Klyuchnyk said. \u201c\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222023-02-06T14:24:00-07:00\u0022\u003E02\/06\/2023-2:24pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Tatyana Klyuchnyk, a first-generation ASU graduate, completed her master\u0026#039;s degree in forensic psychology through ASU Online while dealing with the grief of her home country being at war. 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For the past two years, Assistant Professor Jonathan Parrott has been developing one of Arizona\u2019s first genetic and developmental databases of forensically important blowflies to assist both crime scene investigators and the courts.","teaser":"Editor\u2019s note:\u0026nbsp;This story is featured in the\u0026nbsp;","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20230104_parrott_research_lab_141.jpeg?itok=QURzUp1B","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20230130-discoveries-csfly-insect-data-holds-clues-crimes","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Dolores Tropiano","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"West Valley campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/20230104_parrott_research_lab_141.jpeg?itok=QURzUp1B","image_alt":"Student applying dyed DNA to gel bath","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Interdisciplinary Forensics|New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences","interests":"Forensic science|Life Science|Research","audiences":"Faculty|Graduate students|Students","locations":"West Valley campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Science and technology"}},{"node":{"nid":"94707","title":"Outstanding undergraduate finds confidence through on-campus involvement","body":"Editor\u2019s note:\u0026nbsp;This story is part of a series of profiles of notable\u0026nbsp;fall 2022 graduates.When Michelle Gradillas first began her Arizona State University journey in 2019, she considered herself shy \u2014 the kind of person who wouldn\u0027t raise her hand in class or voice her opinions. 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