Eight DNA profiles were cross-contaminated by sloppy lab work at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the Daily News has learned. Four of the profiles were entered into a federal database, CODIS, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - More than 500 missing and murdered children in the United States remain unidentified and unaccounted for, with many families left without answers for decades. Othram, a DNA ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Sedgwick County Forensic Laboratory is working to cut down on its backlog of DNA cases. Toward that challenge, securing grant money would help the cause. Sedgwick County ...

DNA testing of old rape kits helped crack Bay Area cold cases, AG says. Agencies must audit untested kits by July 1, 2026.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Felony criminal cases are being reviewed after an audit of the Honolulu Police Department’s forensic DNA testing lab. The FBI Quality Assurance Standards audit was done ...

The Alaska state crime lab in Anchorage seen on May 6, 2024. State and local law enforcement officials announced a breakthrough on a more than 25 year old cold case in Juneau this summer, thanks in ...

The sloppy lab work recently uncovered at the medical examiner’s office is worse than first believed, with an internal review finding additional DNA samples were contaminated and that expired bleach ...

A former lab scientist at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation faces felony charges after she falsified DNA tests in hundreds of cases and sent fraudulent reports to 24 law enforcement agencies across ...

Inside Arkansas’ state crime laboratory, scientists work daily to turn evidence into answers. Officials say the Arkansas ...

The Hennepin County Forensics Science Lab is crucial in helping investigators solve crimes. "We do prioritize violent crimes first," said Hanna Sczepanski, a DNA Analyst. When evidence is collected at ...