In the time it takes to process thousands of tips and chase down leads, serial offenders can strike again. That's why forensic expert David Mittelman is arguing the rapid DNA breakthroughs in the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - More than 500 missing and murdered children in the United States remain unidentified and unaccounted for, with many families left without answers for decades. Othram, a DNA ...

The Alaska state crime lab in Anchorage seen on May 6, 2024. State and local law enforcement officials announced a breakthrough on a more than 25 year old cold case in Juneau this summer, thanks in ...

BEXAR COUNTY – A deep dive into the Bexar County Criminal Investigation Lab’s backlogs ends with a look into DNA analysis cases. KSAT’s Courtney Friedman looked into backlogs in all three divisions of ...

IBERIA PARISH, LA. (KLFY) — A new state-of-the-art crime lab, the Bo Duhe Acadiana Criminalistics Lab, has opened in Iberia Parish, providing advanced DNA technology to assist law enforcement across ...

SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Crime Lab has access to the national DNA database that helps match samples and identify possible criminals. CODIS, which stands for “Combined DNA Index System,” is a ...

A former lab scientist at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation faces felony charges after she falsified DNA tests in hundreds of cases and sent fraudulent reports to 24 law enforcement agencies across ...

People were always aware that things like physical features and biological quirks tended to run in families, but no one ever really knew why. The 1940s marked a turning point when scientists finally ...

Human embryos have been developed from eggs given the DNA of adult skin cells – a feat that had previously been achieved in mice. This could one day provide a way for same-sex couples or women with ...

The Hennepin County Forensics Science Lab is crucial in helping investigators solve crimes. "We do prioritize violent crimes first," said Hanna Sczepanski, a DNA Analyst. When evidence is collected at ...

(TNS) — Without advanced DNA testing developed by a Texas lab, Iowa City Police investigators may not have been able to identify an infant found in 1992 in an Iowa City landfill because the DNA tissue ...