You’ve seen it countless times. Police scope out the scene of a crime and find a piece of evidence: a strand of hair, a blood sample, a bullet casing. It goes to the lab, and after forensic scientists ...

The FBI DNA hair sample Nancy Guthrie case has reached a critical forensic moment in 2026. Federal investigators now hold DNA ...

In 1964, 1-day-old Paul Fronczak was kidnapped from the Chicago hospital where he was born. In 1965, the FBI believed they had found him abandoned in a shopping mall and returned him to his parents.

The same DNA science being used to bring closure to families in long-unsolved cases is also increasingly being used as a ...

When a homicide detective in California’s Central Valley last year reopened the investigation into the unsolved killing of a bakery owner, she turned to an increasingly popular forensic tool credited ...

Of the 4,017 adult sex crime incident reports that had been suspended, the forensic science center reported 1,147 had associated sexual assault kits that were tested for DNA. 76 of those kits found ...

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New research reveals an innovative wildlife forensics method that uses advanced genetic tools and local DNA databases to help authorities solve complex environmental crimes involving multiple species.

A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of courtroom trials over the past 30 years is facing questions about his credentials and an inquiry ...

Last week the Texas Senate advanced a bill that would prevent the use of witness statements made while under hypnosis in criminal cases. Senate Bill 338, authored by Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, a ...