New research confirms the potential for police forensic investigators to carefully consider the presence of pets at crime scenes as a credible new avenue for finding and investigating DNA leads to ...

As far as crime laboratories go, it is not very impressive-looking. And it is not very big, with a permanent staff of just three forensic scientists and a few interns. But the work product that comes ...

Texas is using DNA technology and offering a $6,000 reward to solve the 1980 Christmas double murder of a mother and her teenage son in Houston.

Australians looking to learn more about their heritage through commercial ancestry websites could be helping police solve cold cases.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Changes to a DNA database will likely affect cold case investigations. The site Ancestry.com recently tightened restrictions for law enforcement, requiring a court order ...

Scientists have found a way to pinpoint what cells in the body a sample of DNA has come from.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The world of crime and DNA has evolved significantly over the past decade, including the use of phenotyping to help solve cases. In the Lowcountry, a 40-year-old cold case was ...

A Fulton County murder case from 21 years ago has finally been solved. The advancement in technology for DNA matching is how police were able to catch the suspect, 61-year-old Jerry Lee. Authorities ...

Washington County’s cold case unit helped solve a decades-old case, identifying the man responsible through DNA testing.

12News spoke with a retired Phoenix Police homicide sergeant about how the DNA processing works.

Fort Worth police say they've solved the decades-old cold case murder of an 11-year-old girl using DNA phenotyping. On June 27, 1983, Julie Fuller was reported missing after she'd gone to take out the ...