As a shopping editor, I've spent years touting at-home DNA kits in gift guides, and I've even given a few to friends and family members myself over the years. I genuinely think they are one of the ...

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. -- A 64-year-old man was sentenced to 33 years in jail after a jury convicted him of multiple charges from a 2011 rape case that was solved as part of the Sexual Assault Kit ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s lawfully-owed DNA project has garnered more than 2,000 DNA samples since its inception, helping officials to better identify the ...

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department solved a decades-old mystery with the help of a new and unique DNA project. It happened in a partnership with police and a genetic genealogy ...

More than a year into a highly touted effort to test backlogged San Diego County rape kits, a Virginia lab has found less than half could ever lead to prosecutions. About 60% of the 966 kits tested ...

China has been working on building the world's largest genetic database as Chinese police gather blood samples from around 700 million males, including children, all over the country. According to new ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – In early 2012, a 14-year-old girl was raped by a stranger in Cleveland Heights. A rape kit captured a man’s DNA, but no match was found in the Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS, a ...