Through continued investigative efforts, detectives identified a family who had not heard from a relative in several decades.

The Wake County Bureau of Forensic Services’ Crime Scene Science Division recently became the first crime scene science division in the state to receive an accreditation under the ISO 17025 Standard, ...

The findings point to common challenges: investigative tools, resources and expertise are struggling to keep pace with the forms and volume of digital evidence created by modern technologies.

A Victorian cold case shows how DNA and family history can work together—and why this powerful technique demands care.

Through educational sessions, presentations and opportunities for collaboration, ISHI connects experts from across the ...

The investigation took an unexpected turn earlier this year when detectives learned that one of the suspects had died just two days before DNA evidence linked him to the crime.

A new study finds both autistic and non-autistic suspects may be judged more harshly if any idiosyncratic behaviors in ...

The initiative brings together forensic science with ethical, cultural and legal approaches to help families resolve the ...

Forensic scientists, medical examiners, emergency response personnel, and organ and tissue donation professionals in Milwaukee County now share one roof. The State of Wisconsin and Milwaukee County ...

The Black Death is best known for the catastrophic wave of plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1353, killing millions of people. But the disease did not vanish once that initial disaster ...

Promega Corporation has launched Paradyme 27GY STR System, the first commercially available short tandem repeat (STR) analysis kit to include the company’s Reduced-Stutter Polymerase (RSP). This novel ...

Forty-six years after his skeletal remains were found in Flagstaff, DNA Doe Project and its law enforcement partners have identified the man formerly known as Flagstaff Kowboy John Doe. While his name ...