The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office says its Forensic Science Laboratory DNA facility is now fully functional. The sheriff’s office said the lab halted DNA testing after identifying a DNA profile ...

Suggested Citation: "Executive Summary." National Research Council. 1996. The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5141. This committee was ...

CHARLOTTE — The Cold Case Unit with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has identified a 2016 deceased victim as Kenneth Robert McCarthy using forensic investigative genetic genealogy. The ...

For nearly three decades, Yvonne "Missy" Woods was Colorado’s star forensic scientist, relied on by police and prosecutors to test DNA evidence in the state’s most baffling crimes. Her work was ...

On Tuesday, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office identified the remains of a Eureka man who was lost at sea over 35 years ago thanks to the aid of a genetic genealogy company. Milton Leon Pelligrini ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A forensic scientist is no longer working with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation after “anomalies” were discovered in her DNA testing work. According to CBI, the former CBI employee ...

Legislators should increase state funding for DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy of unidentified human remains, a state task force recommended. The recommendations came from a Washington task ...