forensics

A new crime lab on the Southeast Missouri State University campus in Cape Girardeau aims to expand forensic services, increase the speed of evidence testing, and boost training across more than a dozen Southeast Missouri counties. The future site will be near 1221 Broadway Street, located next to the SEMO Athletics offices, with some space used in the same building.

In August, Bengtson and the anthropology club opened a new case on remains found in Cape Girardeau County in 1980. So far, they suspect the body is likely…