Here's a scenario: police take a blood sample from a crime scene. They compare the DNA to that of convicted criminals, but get no match. But they find someone with similar DNA, and that leads them to ...

QIAGEN chooses Bode Technology as its exclusive global commercial partner to accelerate use of GEDmatch PRO genealogy database in law enforcement and identification of human remains // Collaboration ...

San Luis Obispo County investigators have solved a decades-old cold case, using forensic genealogy to identify a suspect in ...

William Talbott II was arrested in 2018 for a Nov. 1987 double murder. In a milestone for forensic criminal investigators, a convicted killer received two life sentences on Wednesday for a 1987 double ...

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 ...

Forensic DNA analysis has fundamentally changed criminal investigations, providing an unprecedented level of accuracy in identifying suspects, exonerating the innocent, and solving cold cases. And ...

After reviewing DNA evidence from a cold case murder, Kirsty Wright uncovered systemic flaws and deception in a forensics ...

LONDON (Reuters) - In September 1987, Colin Pitchfork, a baker from central England, became the first criminal in the world to be caught by DNA evidence, for the rape and murder of two 15-year-old ...

Gregory Fleetwood, 69, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday in the killing of 36-year-old Jasmine Porter. He is expected to be sentenced to 12 years in prison. By Chelsia Rose Marcius The ...