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The OSBI was requested to assist the Pottawatomie County District Attorney’s Office in the homicide investigation of Samantha Weaver, who has been missing since June 2012. The DA’s Office recently received information that Weaver was buried in a clandestine grave in rural Pottawatomie County, outside of Shawnee, Oklahoma. In November 2014, the OSBI added a new “crime-fighting tool” to its arsenal, a ground-penetrating radar. The ground-penetrating radar was utilized in this case and aided in finding human remains, buried in a clandestine grave. This search and recovery has been a collaborative effort between personnel from the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, Shawnee Police Department, Pottawatomie County District Attorney’s Office, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, University of Oklahoma Forensic Archaeology Department, and the OSBI. The OSBI aims to stay a pioneer in law enforcement in the State of Oklahoma and is pleased to be able to offer this technology (ground-penetrating radar) to law enforcement, in the pursuit of justice.