Forensic Health Training and Resources

01/12/2026

The power of language.

“These tools can be used on anyone who stands up to power or refuses to stay in line”

12/30/2025

Every form of abuse is unacceptable. We are here to help you heal from all forms of abuse. Reach out for support ❤️

12/30/2025

It is ! Think about it, talk about it, educate others about it. Consider this important conversation: What does evidence collection look like following an unwanted sexual encounter?
Knowledge is power, and today we would like to share a little more about the process of evidence collection during a medical forensic exam. Please keep in mind - it is always okay to seek evaluation and medical care even if you do NOT wish to pursue evidence collection - this is just one part of the exam offered. If evidence collection is desired, it is okay to decline any part of collection that you may not feel comfortable with. Evidence must be collected within 120 hours (5 days) of the unwanted sexual encounter. Sterile swabs, similar to a long q-tip, are used to gently collect evidence from the survivor in areas of their body that may have been in contact with the perpetrator. In some circumstances, a blood sample or urine sample may be requested. A DNA reference swab is also collected from the survivors cheek to allow the crime lab to differentiate the survivors DNA from any foreign DNA collected. All evidence collected will be sealed in a kit that is provided by the state, and initialed by the nurse or medical examiner that completed the collection. A tracking number is provided for the evidence kit. If a patient is reporting to law enforcement, the kit is transferred to a law enforcement officer following the exam to then be delivered to the crime lab, however immediate reporting is not required for evidence collection. If a survivor is unsure if they would like to pursue legal action, the kit can be delivered to the crime lab for anonymous storage to allow the survivor time to consider all of their options (up to 9.5 years in the state of WI).

12/29/2025

Kelly Nolan – Madison, Wisconsin
June 23, 2007 | 18 Years Unsolved

Eighteen years later, Kelly Nolan’s killer has never been caught.

Kelly had recently lost her father. Hoping for a fresh start, she moved from Waunakee to downtown Madison to finish her senior year at UW–Whitewater.

On June 23, 2007, Kelly spent time at Memorial Union before going out to several downtown bars with friends. When the night ended, her friends went home—but Kelly chose to stay out.

While walking later that night, a man joined Kelly and one of her friends and offered to walk Kelly home. The friend from the café left the area. That man was the last known person seen with Kelly Nolan.

There is no surveillance video showing who Kelly last spoke to or left with.

Kelly was reported missing the next day. Searches included Lake Mendota, the UW campus, and surrounding areas. In the early morning hours of June 24, Kelly made her last phone call to her sister. Cell tower data later gave detectives a general location.

Sixteen days later, on July 9, 2007, Kelly’s body was found on private property in the Town of Dunn—about 11 miles from where she disappeared—near the 4700 block of Schneider Drive, northeast of the Village of Oregon.

Her death certificate was later updated to show she died from homicidal violence, caused by blunt force trauma to the torso with fractures.

A reward of up to $25,000 was once offered for information leading to an arrest. Investigators continue to follow leads, including one that took them out of state in 2011. Kelly’s case has also been featured on playing cards distributed in jails and prisons to generate tips.

No one has ever been arrested

Someone knows who that man was.
Someone knows what happened to Kelly.

If you have any information, contact Madison Area Crime Stoppers at 608-266-6014.

Anonymous tips are accepted.
Even the smallest detail could help solve this case.

12/29/2025

Tennessee will become the first state in the nation to launch a public domestic violence offender registry. is named after Savanna Puckett, a Robertson County sheriff’s deputy who was found shot to death inside her burning home in 2022. https://bit.ly/44Lws0m

12/24/2025

12/20/2025

Eight years after Libby Caswell unexpectedly and suspiciously died in an Independence motel room with her boyfriend's belt around her neck, her mother continues to push for a brand-new investigation.

12/20/2025

12/14/2025

A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl near Lake Nokomis in 2024. Danylo Boldon, age 25, pleaded guilty in September to the attack.

Our forensic scientists matched suspect DNA from the sexual assault kit to Boldon, whose DNA profile was in the national convicted offender DNA database because of a previous conviction in Wisconsin.

Learn about this case: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/boldon-minneapolis-sentencing-kidnapping-seuxal-assault/

Learn about the convicted offender DNA database: https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/bca-divisions/fss/convicted-offender-dna-collection

Photo courtesy: Hennepin County Jail

12/08/2025

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12/03/2025

11/30/2025

On the bitterly cold night of November 29, 1990, seventeen-year-old Neil Stonechild lay dead in a snow-covered field on the outskirts of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Temperatures had plunged to -18°F. Dressed in only a T-shirt, jeans, a light jacket, and a single shoe, his young life ended in silence, far from home and family.

The last confirmed sighting of Neil had been five days earlier: handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser, blood on his face, pleading for help. “They’re going to kill me,” he had cried, words that would haunt witnesses for years.

Yet, in official reports, the Saskatoon Police Service claimed he had simply wandered off drunk from a party, intending to turn himself in for an outstanding warrant, and succumbed to the cold. To his family and community, the story made no sense. Eyewitness accounts, conflicting testimonies, and glaring omissions painted a far darker picture—but for years, the case remained closed.

It wasn’t until the early 2000s, when two more Indigenous men—Rodney Naistus and Lawrence Wegner—were found dead under eerily similar circumstances, that public outrage reignited. Pressure mounted for answers. A formal inquiry revealed the chilling truth: Neil Stonechild had been a victim of a “starlight tour.” Two officers had picked him up, driven him to a remote, frozen expanse, and left him to die.

The case became a grim emblem of systemic racism and police brutality against Indigenous peoples in Canada—a reminder of a young life stolen, and of a society forced to confront its failings. Neil Stonechild’s story is no longer just a statistic; it is a call for justice, recognition, and remembrance.