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 ...

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 ...

As more and more cold cases are solved using forensic genealogy, Connecticut’s forensic lab is offering funding to local police departments that are looking to take a fresh approach to unsolved crimes ...

Kathy Eppler had waited seven years to see the man who murdered her two brothers and sister-in-law be punished for his crimes. Garrett Coughlin was sentenced to life without parole in the triple ...

(CNN) — Melonie White was a young mother of a baby boy, a stylish lover of fashion and on an inspired search for a new career when her body was found strangled and lifeless. White was 27 years old ...

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 ...

Crime documentaries and courtroom dramas offer only a glimpse into the complex world of forensic science. While DNA analysis plays a key role in identifying suspects or victims, the scope of ...

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 ...

Colorado forensic scientists have cut the time it takes for complete DNA testing in sexual assault cases by over half since ...

Legislators should increase state funding for DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy of unidentified human remains, a state task force recommended. The recommendations came from a Washington task ...

A former Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist violated standard testing protocols and manipulated DNA test results in hundreds of cases, prompting further investigation into her ...