MSU, Department of Public Safety sign forensics agreement

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety have formally agreed to work together on forensic investigations, including recovery of human remains, exhumations, surface scatter and burial recoveries, as well as identification of human skeletal remains.

MSU President Mark E. Keenum joined Public Safety Commissioner Sean J. Tindell for a Memorandum of Agreement signing in Jackson on April 17. Keenum said the university’s areas of expertise uniquely position MSU to support the Department of Public Safety’s forensic science needs.