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Releases and Articles

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DatePress Release/Article
April 2, 2026Justice Department Announces Operation Not Forgotten 2026
November 24, 2025Justice Department Surge to Indian Country to Investigate Unresolved Violent Crimes Yields Results
April 1, 2025Justice Department to Surge Resources to Indian Country to Investigate Unresolved Violent Crimes
July 2, 2024NamUs Partners with NCIS to Provide Facial Comparison Services
May 23, 2024Commemorating National Missing Children's Day, 2024
May 9, 2024Meet the NamUs Tribal Liaison
September 12, 2023NamUs Now Providing Free DNA Testing and Anthropology Services for Missing and Unidentified Persons Cases
July 28, 2023Justice Department Launches Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Regional Outreach Program
May 30, 2023

The Office for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Updates When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide

March 18, 2023Missing Native American Persons: Nebraska Study Details Scope of Problem, Urges Culturally Sensitive Research and Better Access to Justice
February 28, 2022How Prevalent is Violence in Missing and Unidentified Persons Cases?
November 23, 2021

Justice Department Boosts Efforts to Solve American Indian and Alaska Native Missing Person and Unidentified Remains Cases

April 22, 2021Justice Department Partnership Finds More Than 300 Unidentified Persons Through Fingerprint Analysis
January 16, 2020Justice Department Awards $145 Million to Advance Forensic Science
May 5, 2020NamUs Recognizes Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives Awareness Day
April 14, 2020NamUs Supports Medical Examiner and Coroner Communities with COVID-19 Cases
July 10, 2017Advances in Forensic Science and Law Enforcement Investigations