Media, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Newly tested DNA evidence from the 1997 killing of a 70-year-old Pennsylvania woman indicates she was sexually assaulted and fatally beaten by an unknown man – and not by ...

WASHINGTON, DC (1/10/24) – STRmix™ forensic software has produced usable, interpretable, and legally admissible DNA evidence in at least 530,000 criminal cases worldwide since its introduction in 2012 ...

For nearly three decades, Yvonne “Missy” Woods was Colorado’s star forensic scientist, relied on by police and prosecutors to test DNA evidence in the state’s most baffling crimes. Her work was ...

In a Hartford courtroom on Tuesday morning, prosecutors will begin presenting evidence in a case that went cold for years — a double homicide in the city’s North End in 2016. The state will argue its ...

Promising new inroads into critical DNA testing has been forecast by experts who have applied machine learning to DNA profiling. From medical diagnostics to forensic tests and national security, PCR ...

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — When Maureen Brainard-Barnes’ skeletal remains were found hidden in the roadside scrub near Long Island’s Gilgo Beach in the winter of 2010, there was hardly any physical evidence ...

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — When Maureen Brainard-Barnes’ skeletal remains were found hidden in the roadside scrub near Long Island’s Gilgo Beach in the winter of 2010, there was hardly any physical ...

AMES, Iowa — Matt DeLisi, a renowned criminologist and scholar at Iowa State University, examined over 100 cold cases recently resolved by DNA evidence in his latest book. “What DNA Evidence Reveals ...

DNA's long-term stability and its ability to precisely confirm the identity of a potential suspect in criminal cases have supported its continuous use for forensic analyses. Recent advancements in ...

Anne Stone receives funding from the National Institute of Justice. Fire devastates communities and families, and it makes identification of victims challenging. In the aftermath of the wildfire that ...