The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Richmond Field Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia announce a suspect has been identified in the murders of two women in the Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, in May 1996.
read more
This study has enabled us to develop in vitro touch DNA models, as close to reality as possible, in order to better understand the interactions between a substrate and a biological trace.
read more
Police in Pennsylvania have solved a nearly three-decade-old murder of a Lehigh Valley woman using new DNA technology and have made an arrest. The District Attorney announced the arrest of Michael Breisch.
read more
Using Forensic-Grade Genome Sequencing and genetic genealogy, potential family members for the unidentified subject were identified. Detectives were able to work with the Othram genealogist and family members to construct a family tree and identify a possible match.
read more
In a new study, it is shown how the population of bacteria on a person’s skin leaves traces on the clothes they wear – and these traces last for months and can be used to uniquely identify the wearer.
read more
GTH DNA has announced that a case involving the identification of a WWII U.S. service member who perished as a Japanese prisoner of war has been selected as the DNA Hit of the Year for 2024.
read more
Qiagen has announced a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to develop a novel test for its QIAcuity digital PCR devices that will boost forensics by improving the quantification of DNA in human samples.
read more
Hunters in the Colorado Desert near Indio, California, found a body in a shallow grave in March of 1994. Using forensic genetic genealogy, investigators were able to determine the identity of the woman.
read more
Using standard forensic STR testing, the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory compared a profile from a DNA sample to a profile developed from a DNA sample that was collected from the victim’s sex assault examination. This comparison confirmed that Derrick Washington was the person who sexually assaulted the victim
read more
The case remained under investigation, with APD cold case investigators submitting evidence through the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to CODIS.
read more