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Process used to ID Boston bombing suspects identical to methods employed at NYSP Crime Lab daily

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013, 6:26pm

ALBANY--The FBI knew what the Boston bombing suspects looked like long before they asked the public to help them determine who they were.  A digital detail as small as matching remnants from the backpack that housed the bomb to a person in the crowd carrying that same brand of bag is crucial.

"The average person looks at visual data quite differently than law enforcement.  There is not a case that goes by that we can't glean something from that case no matter how poor the visual data is," explains James Kennedy, the manager of forensic video analysis for the New York State Police.

According to Kennedy, there is rarely a smoking gun in a digital manhunt.  Clues are sometimes garnered miles and hours from the actual crime. 

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Red Sox, Bruins postpone games during manhunt

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Friday, April 19th, 2013, 5:35pm

 

BOSTON (AP) - The Red Sox and Bruins have postponed their games while authorities search for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.          

No makeup date was announced for the opener of the Red Sox three-game series against the Kansas City Royals scheduled for Friday night at Fenway Park. The Bruins game against the Pittsburgh Penguins at TD Garden was rescheduled for Saturday.

(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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Bomb suspects’ father claims sons are innocent

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Friday, April 19th, 2013, 5:28pm

The father of two suspects says he believes his sons were framed.

The father spoke from his home in Russia Friday.

He calls the shooting of his oldest son cowardly and says he is scared for Dzhokar's life.

He says the boys never even saw guns in his home except on television and he 100 percent confident in his son's innocence.

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Submitted by WNYT Staff
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013, 11:26am
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Local Red Cross sends help to Boston bombing victims

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013, 2:42pm

 

Following the Boston bombings, the American Red Cross immediately dispatched volunteers to the scene in Boston, including from our area.

That includes a mental health worker deployed from Berkshire County.

Several other mental health workers from central and western Massachusetts were also deployed Monday night.

Those who want to help the victims of the Boston bombings, can do so by investing an hour of time.

NewsChannel 13 is teaming up with the Red Cross for the Save a Life Blood Drive, on Thursday.

The blood drive will be held at four locations from noon to 7 p.m.

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Boston bombing suspect’s hearing rescheduled again

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013, 1:00am
This image of evidence recovered from a landfill in New Bedford, allegedly showing contents of backpack belonging to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is included in the criminal complaint against Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayako. - US Department of Justice

A federal judge has rescheduled a probable cause hearing for surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR’ tsahr-NEYE’-ehv).

U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler on Thursday scheduled the hearing for July 10.

Bowler earlier this week granted a joint request from prosecutors and defense attorneys to postpone the hearing originally scheduled for May 30 until July 2. The lawyers say they need more time to obtain and review evidence.

The bombings near the finish line of the marathon killed three people and injured more than 260. Tsarnaev is charged with carrying out the April 15 attack with his brother, Tamerlan, who died four days later following a shootout with police.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is recovering from gunshot wounds at a federal prison hospital in central Massachusetts.

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Free help offered to tax filers earning under $51,000

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Monday, April 15th, 2013, 5:05pm

Albany County is teaming up with the Cash Coalition to offer free help for filers, earning less than $51,000 a year.

The Cash Coalition is a group led by The United Way of the Greater Capital Region.

The group has already helped thousands of taxpayers in Albany County this year.

Last minute filers can go to the Office of Catholic Charities Monday.

It's at 40 north Main Avenue in Albany.

Meanwhile for people in Massachusetts: your federal taxes are due today, but you have one more day to file state taxes.

That's because Monday is a holiday in the Bay State, it's Patriots Day.

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