Investigators in 2025 were able to use support from NamUS, a missing persons criminal justice program funded and run by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) via a contract with Research Triangle Institute International (RTI), to pay for work conducted by private forensics lab Othram, located in Texas.

Stabbing suspect Bradford James Gille was subdued within minutes with the help of bystanders, authorities said.

At least 11 people were injured in a "multiple stabbing incident" at a Walmart in Traverse City, Michigan, officials said.