The Gilgo Beach murder case is moving toward a trial, but two defense requests are slowing things down. Rex Heuermann's attorneys are asking for more time as they challenge something called nuclear ...

A technician removes tubes containing genetic material in this 2010 McClatchy file photo. A Charlotte-Mecklenburg crime lab analyst accused of intentionally manipulating DNA testing processes could ...

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 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 opinion that Texas death row prisoner Ruben Gutierrez should be permitted to continue his lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's post-conviction ...

With only five exonerations, lawmakers weigh bills that would update Delaware's DNA evidence practices, aligning the state ...

Further developments in paternity testing have arisen as a result of the rapidly evolving field of genetic testing technologies. A previous method of determining paternity during pregnancy was to do ...

This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Ruben Gutierrez. Texas was set on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, to end its more than four-month delay in executions due to the ...

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Almost a year ago the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) released a statement that their star DNA analyst, Yvonne "Missy" Woods, was under criminal investigation after an ...

The Pima County Sheriff’s Office says it is actively pursuing hundreds of leads in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Without advanced DNA testing developed by a Texas lab, Iowa City Police investigators may not have been ...

For nearly fourteen years, a set of bones found under a busy Chicago overpass sat in a file labeled only with a case number.