SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Illinois State Senators got an update on the state's DNA processing backlog for murders and other violent crimes at a Thursday hearing. Some families have waited years for ...

Olasinmibo “Sinmi” Abosede was last seen walking away from her Naperville home on the morning of July 30. The mother of four ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (CBS) -- A tiny hand crafted from DNA in a lab in Illinois may be able to help researchers get a hold of viruses and isolate them. Scientists at the University of Illinois ...

At issue: will a judge allow samples to be run through state and national databases? Defense claims samples could identify ...

The Illinois Family Roots Pilot program is expanding across the state after launching in June with 250 kits. A program aimed at helping Black residents trace their ancestry, and in some cases, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Rapid DNA technology is now being used to reduce the giant forensic backlog in Illinois State Police crime labs. It can't be used for everything, but Illinois State crime lab ...

ST. CHARLES, Ill. — Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who died more than 150 years ago, authorities ...

A skull found in the wall of an Illinois home in the 1970s was identified this week as that of a Civil War-era teenage girl — whose corpse was likely snatched by grave robbers long ago, authorities ...

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