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Sean Patrick McNulty was connected to an unsolved rape case in Columbus in 1997 and at least four home invasions and rapes ...

GEORGIA - Last week, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Combined DNA Index System recorded its 6,000th state offender hit. CODIS contains DNA profiles from evidence collected in criminal ...

MOULTRIE, GA (WALB) - Investigators are able to solve crimes at a much faster rate thanks to a DNA database called Codis. In Georgia, more than 3,500 cases have now been solved, some dating back ...

Columbus investigators say they have connected a 1997 rape case to a man suspected of at least five other rapes using DNA.

COLUMBUS - Confusion around Ohio’s seven-year-old DNA collection law extends beyond collection to whether it can be removed in cases of acquittal. The answer is yes, but there are indications few ...

The following month, a femur was located in the same area with the aid of a cadaver dog. Both bones were determined to be the ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) – The battle over evidence continues in the reopened Karyn Hearn Slover murder case.

It’s generally commonly accepted that if a person is convicted of a serious crime such as murder or rape, their DNA will be collected and saved in a searchable database for future use. Originally, 42 ...

Bobby Lee Hart Jr. was charged with multiple rapes in Douglas County. Authorities seek additional victims, linking cases ...

A medical examiner in Texas confirms a homicide victim also has been raped. The DNA evidence is entered into the FBI Laboratory's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) and gets a "hit" in another state.