Forensic DNA analysis has fundamentally changed criminal investigations, providing an unprecedented level of accuracy in identifying suspects, exonerating the innocent, and solving cold cases. And ...

Prosecutors spent Monday focused on DNA evidence found at the crime scene where Scott Brooks was killed outside Brooks’ Sandwich Shop in NoDa in December 2019. RECENT TRIAL STORY: Jurors see SWAT ...

This volume offers recommendations for handling DNA samples, performing calculations, and other aspects of using DNA as a forensic tool. It addresses two major areas - determination of DNA profiles ...

n the mid-1980s, tragedy struck two villages in Leicestershire, England. In two separate instances, three years apart, two teenage girls were raped and murdered on their way home from school. On ...

Can DNA typing uniquely identify the source of a sample? Because any two human genomes differ at about 3 million sites, no two persons (barring identical twins) have the same DNA sequence. Unique ...

You find yourself pulled into a case that keeps unfolding with new evidence. Investigators from the Pima County Sheriff’s ...

Investigators in the Nancy Guthrie case have turned to genetic genealogy as they try to make the most of potential DNA ...

Australians looking to learn more about their heritage through commercial ancestry websites could be helping police solve ...

Scientists have developed new DNA profiles in the past year for the remains of nearly 40 people killed in the 2001 World Trade Center attacks but say they have been unable to identify the victims ...

The source of the contamination, which also occurred in other labs worldwide, was tracked down by forensic scientists in a 79-day herculean effort. The lab is back up and running. It was technically a ...