The prosecution expects to wrap up its case Wednesday against Issiah Ross. He is charged with the murders of Lyric Woods and ...

Drugs and fibers are among the materials collected in forensic and criminal laboratories. Some of these samples can be quite small, and light microscopes are frequently employed to examine evidence ...

A Virginia man on trial for double-homicide will testify in his own defense, his lawyer says.

A recent Oregon Court of Appeals ruling blew a gaping hole in the state police crime lab’s long-standing technique of matching a suspect’s gun to shell casings left behind at a crime scene. The court ...

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is announcing it has officially solved the 1983 murder of Dorothy “Toby” Tate, ...

The Secret Service’s Atlanta Field Office has deployed a one-of-a-kind mobile digital forensics truck, bringing lab-level ...

This story contains information that may be disturbing to some readers. As the search for Travis Decker -- the dad accused of killing his three daughters -- has almost reached the three-month mark, ...

Forensic DNA analysis has fundamentally changed criminal investigations, providing an unprecedented level of accuracy in identifying suspects, exonerating the innocent, and solving cold cases. And ...

The Jackson Police Department is aiming to make crime response more efficient with the addition of a mobile crime scene unit, also known as a mobile command center — a transportation van turned into a ...

The Jackson Police Department has a new mobile crime scene unit to improve crime scene processing. The unit, a converted van, cost about $240,000 and was funded by a federal grant. It will be used to ...