A forensic science examiner performs an analysis at the Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory. Some state labs face yearslong backlogs across a range of cases, including those requiring DNA and ...

When it comes to catching criminals, every minute counts. Rapid DNA technology can analyze DNA samples in less than two hours ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS UNSOLVED CASES IN IOWA. 13 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, TWO YOUNG COUSINS WERE ABDUCTED WHILE ON A BIKE RIDE IN EVANSDALE. THERE ARE STILL NO ARRESTS IN ...

The California Attorney General's office will handle any criminal charges filed against former San Francisco crime-lab technician Deborah Madden for her alleged role in tampering with narcotics ...

Fifteen years ago, the state crime lab in Connecticut was in disarray. A high-profile, Yale University murder case had been postponed while lawyers awaited DNA and other evidence. A serial rapist had ...

The New Orleans sheriff waited nearly a week to have the scene of a 10-man jailbreak processed for evidence by crime lab technicians, and then did so only at the behest of the district attorney, ...

Former Omaha Mayor Mike Boyle speaks before the Omaha City Council on March 6, 2012. Omaha and Douglas County are just a few weeks into a new agreement to share more crime lab services, but already ...

MANKATO — A $67 million crime lab coming to Mankato as soon as next year will bring a major construction project to the city, add 50 scientists and investigators to the local workforce, increase ...