The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in an attempt to identify skeletal remains that were discovered in 1977.
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Just a year and a half after Bronx investigators used familial DNA for the first time to arrest a man for the 1999 rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl, an appeals court halted the use of the technique.
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The innovation helped accelerate successful investigation and prosecution of sexual assault in the United States and whose influence continues to this day.
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The new Human Forensic DNA Analysis Process Map captures details about the various procedures, methods and decision points most frequently encountered in human forensic biology/DNA analysis.
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After criticizing the Boulder (Colorado) Police Department (BPD) of “pride” and “ego,” John Ramsey, father of JonBenet Ramsey, threw his support behind a petition that asks the governor of Colorado to take the case out of the hands of BPD.
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The Supreme Court has agreed to discuss whether new DNA tests can be carried out in relation to the murder of Stacey Stites in 1996.
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In recognition of the end of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, let’s take a look at some recent sexual assault news and investigations.
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Experience suggests PG software will continue to be improved, with creation of a continuum that completes the full workflow from analysis to interpretation and database matching the next logical step.
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Working with philanthropist and genealogist Carla Davis, Othram has identified two sets of unrelated human remains found in 2018 and 2020.
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The Tennessee Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of an inmate facing execution this week who sought to have his case reopened after an unknown person’s DNA was found on one of the murder weapons.
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