There is data available that doesn’t necessarily require overcoming encryption protection, which can help support evidence that’s obtained through other methods. read more

Over the years through advancements in technology to include DNA and genetic genealogy the Maine State Police were able to identify 58-year-old Lee Ann Daigle, formerly Lee Ann Guerette, of Lowell, Massachusetts, as Baby Jane Doe’s mother. read more

A bill that establishes a tracking system in New York state for sexual assault kits has passed both the senate and assembly, and is expected to be signed into law by the governor shortly. read more

The Anne Arundel County Police Department sees true crime podcasting as a new way to revive interest in cold cases where investigators are still searching for leads. read more

The Commission will examine whether the methods, systems and processes used by the Queensland Police Service, and the Forensic and Scientific Services for forensic DNA collection, testing and analysis are, and have been, reliable, conducted in accordance with best international practice. read more

A recently retired cross-country truck driver arrested in Texas in May for a 1992 murder has now also been charged in California with the cold case murder of a woman whose body was found off Interstate 10 nearly 30 years ago. read more

To keep pace with the current recreational drug landscape, laboratories in the United States should consider investing in practices that are able to detect new and emerging synthetic drugs. read more

As more advanced, faster and cheaper genetic technologies have reached the consumer realm, concerns about DNA piracy seem not only reasonable, but justified. read more

Advanced DNA technology helped detectives link the cases of six women to a man accused of being the “pillowcase rapist” for a string of rapes back in the 1980s. read more