Gilgo Beach killings: Investigators eyeing microbial DNA analysis to help identify Asian victim, DA says

Suffolk District Attorney Ray Tierney said microbial DNA analysis might be useful in getting a more precise time of death for ...
Newsday

Prosecutors defend DNA hair analysis they say links accused Gilgo serial killer Rex Heuermann, family to six victims

"It’s not magic — it’s science." That was the final point put forth by the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office on Friday in its legal brief to persuade a judge that novel genetic testing and ...
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Breakthrough in twin DNA analysis leads to historic conviction in 1987 Virginia rape case

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. A Prince William County jury on Aug. 21 convicted a ...

Prehistoric wolf’s gut frozen in time reveals an ice age giant

Little is known about why the woolly rhinoceros went extinct around 14,000 years ago. Scientists have found clues in the frozen remains of an ice age wolf.
WUSA

Advanced DNA analysis leads to conviction of identical twin in Woodbridge rape from 1987

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Nearly four decades later, Prince William County prosecutors have announced a conviction in an abduction and rape. Russell Marubbio, 54, was convicted by a jury last week.