Decades after a brutal rape, a groundbreaking technique has finally exposed the attacker, solving a puzzle that once stumped ...

In part, because of contracting some of the work to outside private laboratories, Saldate said that the backlog in processing evidence has gone from more than 1,300 cases and 500 days in January, to ...

Fishers Police Department celebrated their new forensics lab and detailed its 2024 stats during Forensic Science Week.

A New York judge on Wednesday allowed DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques into the forthcoming murder trial of Rex Heuermann, the man accused of being Long Island’s Gilgo Beach serial ...

Texas authorities are seeking help from Colorado in generating information about the homicide of Roberta "Berta" Mumma, whose ...

A forensics lab in Texas helped restore the name to a once unidentified 1988 Kansas City Metro Jane Doe. “We help to restore identities to the John and Jane Does—these are people that die without ...

The Independence Police Department announced Thursday that the human remains of a woman who disappeared in 1984 have been ...

Authorities say they have found remains they believe are Travis Decker, an ex-soldier wanted in the deaths of his three ...

The second week of Ryan Routh's federal trial brought forensic evidence, tense courtroom exchanges, and signs of fatigue from both the jury and judge.

DNA evidence, with its high-tech luster, often grabs all the headlines. But latent prints, that old-fashioned staple of forensic science, are still a cornerstone of criminal investigations.

Remains found in 1976 have been identified as Marion McWhorter, who went missing two years before when she turned 21 years old, Oregon State Police said.

As of June, more than 7,000 pieces of evidence remained untested at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) crime labs. The report warns that the current volume of crimes is outpacing the speed at ...