Forensic DNA evidence is an invaluable tool for determining guilt and innocence in criminal investigations. Technology has reached a point where sub-microscopic samples – so-called “touch DNA” – can ...

Crime documentaries and courtroom dramas offer only a glimpse into the complex world of forensic science. While DNA analysis plays a key role in identifying suspects or victims, the scope of ...

Forensic experts have obtained a DNA profile of the unknown killer of a schoolgirl raped and shot dead 62 years ago near Swansea, Wales. Scientists isolated the killer's DNA from a semen stain on the ...

CeCe Moore, an actress and director-turned-genetic genealogist, stood behind a lectern at New Jersey’s Ramapo College in late July. Propelled onto the national stage by the popular PBS show “Finding ...

A forensic DNA expert testified at Marissa Shephard's murder trial Thursday that a blood stain found on the rear porch of 96 Sumac St. belongs to a woman with the initials M.S. DNA collected from the ...

LONDON – Britain’s forensics watchdog says an innocent man spent months in jail on a rape charge because of a DNA technician’s “avoidable” mistake. Adam Scott was arrested after a plastic tray ...