A forensic scientist testified in a Riverhead courtroom Wednesday that the scientific methods used to link DNA from degraded hair samples found with the remains of several Gilgo Beach homicide victims ...

A forensic consultant says that investigators may use new DNA techniques to identify the human remains found in Hickory Hill ...

You follow the thread of a case that sat cold for nearly three decades and feel the moment the silence breaks. Investigators used updated DNA methods and persistent detective work to connect evidence ...

(CNN) — The devastating fires in Maui have caused at least 115 deaths, yet only 46 of those have been identified two weeks on from the blaze, police said Thursday. Hundreds of people remain ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. This overview describes the essentials of the subject with a minimum of jargon, ...

In May 2006, Tim Stinson travelled to England to tour the libraries of London, Oxford and Cambridge. At the time, he was ...

One technique was originally devised to extract ancient DNA from Ice Age megafauna and is also used on human remains found in archaeological contexts, such as Neanderthals. The second, known as the ...

A mass of writhing maggots on a decomposing murder victim is not a sight for the squeamish, but for some, it is evidence. A maggot’s age and species can give essential information to forensic ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Characterization, or ''typing," of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for purposes of ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- For 65 years the nation has been waiting for investigators to determine the identity of the boy who became known as America's Unknown Child or "The Boy in the Box." Now, we know ...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department detectives say they have solved a sexual-assault case dating back to the early 1990s, ...