Prosecutors at Karen Read's second murder trial on Friday focused on DNA found on items collected from the crime scene and on clothing of her Boston police officer boyfriend. Read, 45, is accused of ...

In a French criminal trial, conventional DNA analysis couldn’t distinguish between twin brothers, but emerging scientific methods could help in such cases.

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

Joseph Scott Morgan, forensic expert, details the crucial role of DNA evidence in the search for missing Nancy Guthrie. He explains advanced genetic testing, including the use of genealogical ...

Suggested Citation: "Executive Summary." National Research Council. 1996. The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5141. This committee was ...

Beginning this fall, the Williamson and Montgomery County Sheriff's Offices will begin entering DNA samples from some ...

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office says its Forensic Science Laboratory DNA facility is now fully functional. The sheriff’s office said the lab halted DNA testing after identifying a DNA profile ...

As the FBI awaits the DNA results from the glove recovered nearly two miles form Nancy Guthrie's home, a forensic genealogist ...

On Tuesday, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office identified the remains of a Eureka man who was lost at sea over 35 years ago thanks to the aid of a genetic genealogy company. Milton Leon Pelligrini ...

Medscape recently spoke with Brian Ward, PhD, Vice President of Operations for Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc., in Salt Lake City, Utah, about the difficult task of identifying the victims of the ...

Colorado forensic scientists have cut the time it takes for complete DNA testing in sexual assault cases by over half since last summer, but it is still well above both the Colorado Bureau of ...