Demetrius Ronell Cooper, 35, is charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in the 2005 shooting death of 18-year-old Calvin DeWayne Mack.
read more
Work within the DNA Unit of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety’s Forensic Laboratory in Santa Fe can be highly challenging, and not just in a scientific way. There’s a mental health aspect to the job that many have experienced.
read more
Advanced DNA testing—funded by the community—and facial recognition technology have combined to identify a suspect in the 1991 kidnapping and murder of a mother of two.
read more
Tennessee plans to execute Tony Carruthers on May 21 despite uncertainty of his guilt, which untested DNA and fingerprint evidence could clarify.
read more
In honor of Kaylee, Steve and Kristie have launched the “Murder Has a Name” foundation. The soon-to-be non-profit funds advanced forensic DNA testing in violent crime investigations.
read more
Scanning the genome for biological mutation patterns, the computer model traces pairs of genes back in time to their last common ancestor.
read more
Through persistence, and multiple evidence reassessments, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office has solved a nearly 50-year-old cold case, restoring a man’s name and bringing peace and closure to his family.
read more
Although a subject was previously convicted of a crime related to her death, that individual was later exonerated when DNA technology became available and proved their innocence.
read more
DNA evidence and genetic genealogy reveal the identity of Brian Cranfield, 20 years after his remains were discovered in East Haddam.
read more
The strategy has resulted in all sexual assault examination kits being processed, fully eliminating the inherited backlog, which was 601.
read more