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 ...

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 ...

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

PHOENIX - It has been just over 10 years since a woman was found dead by her boyfriend at her Scottsdale home, and on Nov. 12, trial began for Ian Mitcham, the man who police say murdered Allison ...

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Nearly four decades later, Prince William County prosecutors have announced a conviction in an abduction and rape. Russell Marubbio, 54, was convicted by a jury last week.

DNA testing tied missing Manassas Park mother Mamta Kafle Bhatt to blood found on a handheld power saw, according to recently filed prosecution documents. An Oct. 29 report from Virginia’s Department ...

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 ...