From sample to insight, the EZ2® Connect Fx allows for a seamless forensic laboratory experience. Get high-quality nucleic acids in just three easy steps. read more

Neuman was a teenager when she was raped by a stranger in Baltimore in 1983. Her rapist had never been caught, but she had never let go. She called Baltimore police over the years until she found two determined city detectives to investigate her case in 2002. read more

Trips down to the department’s evidence room only deepened Brady’s frustration. Most of the evidence in cold rape cases had disappeared, everything from blood samples to basic investigative records. read more

On June 5, 2011, patrol officers from the New Castle County Division of Police were dispatched to the wooded area of Sellers Park off Edgemoor Road for the discovery of human bones. read more

Human identification is all about getting answers. Whether it's natural disaster, accidents, war, political strife, or any other conflict, friends, loved ones and ancestors live in uncertainty. These people deserve answers— and so do the missing. Explore this infographic to learn how forensic DNA analysis is working to give the missing back their names in three non-traditional applications. read more

In December 2020, the Cold Case Team identified the woman's adult son. Through DNA, the unidentified woman was positively identified as Laurie Diane Potter. read more

A definitive answer to the question of where the famous explorer came from could be just five months away as international scientists launched an effort to read the DNA from his remains and identify his geographic origin. read more

Researchers have developed a fluorescent polymer that binds to blood in a fingerprint—without damaging any DNA also on the surface—to create high-contrast images. read more

Police have turned up bones and other evidence under the floor of a dwelling near Mexico City where a man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman to death and hacking up her body. read more

Between workplace appearance policies that felt restrictive and uncomfortable conversations regarding social injustice, Powell felt she had to make a change—from forensics to entrepreneur. read more