LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The breakthrough in Morgan Nick's disappearance is thanks to advanced DNA testing technology. It is becoming more and more common that decades-old unsolved cases are revived by something as little as a cigarette butt or a strand of hair.

Without advanced DNA testing developed by a Texas lab, Iowa City Police investigators may not have been able to identify an infant found in 1992 in an Iowa City landfill because the DNA tissue sample was “degraded and contaminated.” The advanced ...

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office says its Forensic Science Laboratory DNA facility is now fully functional. The sheriff’s office said the lab halted DNA testing after identifying a DNA profile that had contaminated a control sample. A team of ...

ST. PAUL — The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has put DNA testing at its crime lab on hold as it works to determine the source of “sporadic DNA contamination.” The sheriff’s office said it appears the contamination may be linked to “an ...

The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office has opened its own DNA lab, cutting down on the time it takes to receive results that occurred when sending test samples to the busy New Jersey State Police lab. Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, seen in a 2021 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office will no longer rely on a state lab for DNA testing, as the Colorado Bureau of Investigation continues to grapple with a backlog of sexual assault forensic exams. Sheriff ...