When IMF heard what Keepsake DNA was trying to do and the difficulties they had run into, the IMF laboratory agreed to contract with Keepsake DNA to run these difficult samples through our specialized workflow designed to work with older, limited and sometimes degraded DNA samples.
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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.
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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.
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After a Y-STR match, detectives are seeking information from the public—especially anyone who may have spoken to 16 specific people they believe have direct or indirect information about the murder.
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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.
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As more advanced, faster and cheaper genetic technologies have reached the consumer realm, concerns about DNA piracy seem not only reasonable, but justified.
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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.
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Backlogs and intense demands for precision and timeliness can put undue pressure on DNA personnel.
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A missing person case in Niagara, Ontario, represents the National Missing Persons DNA Program's (NMPDP) milestone 50th case that was solved with the help of DNA.
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After decades of extensive sexual assault forensic backlogs, the number of pending sexual assault forensic assignments older than 180 days has reached zero.
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