The curated articles show how advances in forensic science have solved cold cases after decades. Authorities use DNA testing and genetic genealogy to identify victims and suspects from cases once ...

You’ve seen it countless times. Police scope out the scene of a crime and find a piece of evidence: a strand of hair, a blood sample, a bullet casing. It goes to the lab, and after forensic scientists ...

The ASPCA Veterinary Forensic Science Center has served as the nation's only forensic laboratory that investigates animal ...

British police have solved a 58-year-old rape and murder cold case, convicting a 92-year-old man in the killing of ...

Of the 4,017 adult sex crime incident reports that had been suspended, the forensic science center reported 1,147 had associated sexual assault kits that were tested for DNA. 76 of those kits found ...

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 ...

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is finalizing a contract with a startup from Wisconsin to assess its forensics lab after former forensic scientist Yvonne “Missy” Wood was found to have ...

Michael Coble, executive director, Center for Human Identification (CHI) at University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC), shows DNA test kits to Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, ...

Researchers have developed a new method for human identification, which could be a powerful new tool for forensic ...

State leaders are warning of “startling” test results showing impaired drivers not only over the legal limit of alcohol, but ...

The second-in-command at the Travis County district attorney’s office issued a letter Friday to the head of the Austin Forensic Science Department saying prosecutors were not provided legally required ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The City of Austin's forensic science department is addressing concerns about its disclosure of information in criminal cases. The KVUE Defenders first reported about the issue in ...