After 34 years, the Austin Police Department announced Friday it linked a suspect to the murder of four girls who were found ...

When evidence is collected at a Hennepin County crime scene, it ends up in a laboratory in downtown Minneapolis, where in ...

BOISE, Idaho — An innovative approach to criminal investigations first came to the forefront around 2018. Since then, forensic investigative genetic genealogy, or FIGG, has been instrumental in ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Two recent cold cases in Hampton Roads were cracked open by DNA evidence. “It could be clothing, it could be weapons, it could be swabs, like a Q-tip, it could be a rape kit that’s ...

Old-fashioned detective work and advances in forensic science led to the identification of a suspect in the killings of four ...

By the 1980s, it was clear that advancements in forensic technology were on the way, yet not all law enforcement held onto ...

NCIS accurately depicts various forensic techniques used in real-life investigations. From DNA analysis to fingerprint ...

Beccy holds a PhD in Biological Science, a Master’s in Molecular Biology of Parasites and Disease Vectors, and a Bachelor’s in Human Biology and Forensic Science. A forensic scientist crouches down on ...

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 ...

A judge in New York rejected a request on 23 September to disqualify the use of cutting-edge DNA sequencing as evidence in a ...