Authorities touted the use of a growing, powerful, yet contentious forensic technique to bring the search for a suspect in last year's killing of Rachel Morin to a long-awaited close. Federal ...

Forensic DNA evidence relies on understanding how genetic material is transferred, recovered and interpreted in criminal investigations. At its core are the processes of primary transfer, whereby DNA ...

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — When Maureen Brainard-Barnes’ skeletal remains were found hidden in the roadside scrub near Long Island’s Gilgo Beach in the winter of 2010, there was hardly any physical ...

Noting that there’s lack of a common procedure for collection of DNA samples resulting in acquittal of accused persons, the Supreme Court has issued nationwide guidelines to ensure proper collection, ...

The promise of solving crimes more quickly, efficiently and accurately is coming to the Lowcountry as police cut the ribbon on a state-of-the-art DNA testing laboratory that is the first of its kind ...